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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>That’s because utilities worry courts will interpret the obligation to serve to mean that they must offer both gas and electricity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://law.stanford.edu/publications/removing-legal-barriers-to-building-electrification/\">Stanford legal scholars wrote, \u003c/a>“Precedent in California has not precisely outlined whether and how utilities can substitute electricity service for natural gas service.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“[The obligation to serve] is a major impediment to electrification, or at least trying to do it in an orderly way that avoids unneeded new investments in gas pipelines,” Matt Vespa, senior attorney at Earthjustice, told KQED in an email.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>How do we address this challenge?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>“The legislature probably needs to pass a law to clarify it,” said lawyer Michael Wara, Director of the Climate and Energy Policy Program at Stanford, “to create the kind of certainty that you’re going to need for companies to be okay abandoning [gas] infrastructure in the way that they’re going to have to.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1992352\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 683px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/04/GettyImages-1495707498.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1992352\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/04/GettyImages-1495707498.jpg\" alt=\"An aerial view of gas and oil pipelines by a small body of water and grassy landscape.\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/04/GettyImages-1495707498.jpg 683w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/04/GettyImages-1495707498-160x240.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Oil and gas pipelines run through the Delta near the confluence of the Sacramento and San Joaquin Rivers as viewed from the air on May 22, 2023, near Rio Vista. \u003ccite>(George Rose/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>For the past two years, Senator Dave Min (D-Irvine) has introduced \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1221\">legislation \u003c/a>to do just that. 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"content": "\u003cp>Not enough salmon will swim up the state’s rivers to spawn this year to make a commercial salmon season viable, the Pacific Fishery Management Council announced late Wednesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“The number of fish that could be available for harvest was so small there was risk that we wouldn’t be able to conduct a fishery and stay within our limitations,” Robin Ehlke, a staff officer with the Salmon and Pacific Halibut Pacific Fishery Management Council, told KQED. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Matt Juanes, Bay Area fisher\"]‘I’d rather see the fish go back up the river.’[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This is the second year in a row that the council voted to close the season, which hundreds of commercial fishers and tribes rely on for their livelihoods and food supplies. This year’s scarcity of Chinook salmon is tied to California’s last drought. The fish have a three-year lifecycle, so the returning fish were born when there wasn’t enough water to thrive. The issues threatening the species extend well beyond the recent dry years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“We hope the decision gives the benefit to the fish so they can rebuild themselves and be available for fisheries in future years,” Ehlke said.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California’s water management decisions have played a significant role in the species’ decline over the years — cutting off the fish from spawning grounds and decreasing the cold water the salmon need.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1984149/as-klamath-dams-come-down-a-once-in-a-generation-river-restoration-begins\">State leaders unveiled a blueprint to boost salmon populations\u003c/a> in January, including tearing down dams that block salmon from spawning grounds and restoring some river flows. However, scientists and environmental groups argue that the pace of the work is too slow and that some salmon runs may not exist by the time the state completes the projects.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>‘It comes down to water’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The closing of the salmon season will force Matt Juanes, who docks his green and white 36-foot-long boat, Plumeria, at San Francisco’s Fisherman’s Wharf, to diversify his income this year. Juanes said he will likely lose nearly half his income. “This year is going to be very difficult,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1992315\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/2024/04/10/californias-commercial-salmon-season-is-closed-again-this-year/230607-salmon-closures-02-ks_qut-2/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1992315\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1992315 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/04/230607-salmon-closures-02-ks_qut-1.jpg\" alt=\"A man dressed in black jacket and a black beanie stands on a boat surrounded by orange and white boating supplies. The sky behind him is purple and pink\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1277\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/04/230607-salmon-closures-02-ks_qut-1.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/04/230607-salmon-closures-02-ks_qut-1-800x532.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/04/230607-salmon-closures-02-ks_qut-1-1020x678.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/04/230607-salmon-closures-02-ks_qut-1-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/04/230607-salmon-closures-02-ks_qut-1-768x511.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/04/230607-salmon-closures-02-ks_qut-1-1536x1022.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Commercial salmon fisher Matt Juanes prepares to set sail at Pier 47 in San Francisco on June 7, 2023. With California’s salmon season shut down this year, Juanes is pivoting to fish for crab and using his boat to charter tourists. (Kori Suzuki/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>He’s fished salmon for six years, and the numbers seem to dwindle each season, he said. The closure of the fishery was a gut punch, but he agreed that it was a necessary step for the species to rebound.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’d rather see the fish go back up the river,” he said. “It comes down to water. If it had rained, we probably wouldn’t be in this predicament.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Drought isn’t the only factor contributing to the demise of California’s salmon.[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Robert Lusardi, UC Davis wetlands professor\"]‘That’s a beacon of hope for the future, but it has to happen at a faster rate. We need these habitats like yesterday.’[/pullquote]Also to blame is a \u003ca href=\"https://oehha.ca.gov/climate-change/epic-2022/impacts-vegetation-and-wildlife/chinook-salmon-abundance#:~:text=California%20Chinook%20salmon%20populations%20are,dramatically%20declined%20in%20recent%20years.\">warming and acidifying ocean\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1992122/toxic-dust-threatens-california-salmon-population-lawmaker-seeks-solution\">toxic dust from tires that kills the fish in hours\u003c/a>, dams blocking migration paths, managers diverting water flows for storage and climate-fueled storms complicating river systems.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With all these challenges, \u003ca href=\"https://caltrout.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/SOS-II-Fish-in-Hot-Water-Report.pdf\">the state could lose nearly half of its native salmon and trout species\u003c/a> within 50 years, according to a study co-authored by UC Davis professor Robert Lusardi.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lusardi, who studies freshwater ecology and wetlands, said the closure of the salmon season is a direct result of humans’ alteration of the salmon habitat. Nearly 2 million salmon historically swam up rivers within the Central Valley. This year, Lusardi expects just over 200,000 to spawn.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“What we have left are small populations that I would argue are not diverse, which means they are incapable of acclimating to changing environments,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>‘We need these habitats like yesterday’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>In January, \u003ca href=\"https://www.gov.ca.gov/2024/01/30/governor-newsom-launches-californias-salmon-strategy-for-a-hotter-drier-future/\">Gov. Gavin Newsom outlined his administration’s strategy to restore salmon populations\u003c/a> “amidst hotter and drier weather exacerbated by climate change.” The sprawling plan includes improving salmon migration pathways, tearing down dams that block fish from spawning, updating hatcheries and restoring flows in some waterways.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California — alongside environmental groups, tribes and scientists — has started to restore floodplains where juvenile fish can grow into what conservationists call “\u003ca href=\"https://www.capradio.org/articles/2018/01/23/a-floating-fillet-rice-farmers-grow-bugs-to-help-restore-californias-salmon/\">floodplain fatties\u003c/a>\u003ca href=\"https://www.capradio.org/articles/2018/01/23/a-floating-fillet-rice-farmers-grow-bugs-to-help-restore-californias-salmon/\">,\u003c/a>” a nickname for the well-fed salmon that feed off bugs in flooded areas. The state is \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1984149/as-klamath-dams-come-down-a-once-in-a-generation-river-restoration-begins\">removing four hydroelectric dams on the Klamath River partly so fish have more room to spawn\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That’s a beacon of hope for the future, but it has to happen at a faster rate,” Lusardi said. “We need these habitats like yesterday.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>State scientists, including Colin Purdy, environmental program manager for the California Department of Fish and Wildlife, are tasked with implementing the governor’s plan. They have a considerable feat ahead of them. While some of the actions outlined in the state’s new blueprint are already underway, Purdy said changing how fisheries operate “takes years of doing pilot studies to flesh out the details” before hatchery managers can reintroduce the fish into habitats.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The sooner we can get started on that stuff, the better,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Golden State Salmon Association and other groups critiqued the governor’s plan. They argue that while it has some suitable components, California is also pursuing projects — a new reservoir and a 45-mile water tunnel beneath the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta to divert more water south — that could decrease the amount of cold water in rivers where salmon need to live.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re being distracted by this smoke and mirrors scenario,” said Scott Artis, the association’s executive director. “If we don’t address the water diversions, we’re going to continue to see salmon numbers decline, and we’re going to continue to be in a situation where there are closures.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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And the snowpack accounts for 30% of the state’s water needs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label=\"Related Stories\" postID=\"science_1991866,science_1991662,science_1991522\"]“Those are pretty healthy numbers,” UCLA climate scientist Daniel Swain said. “From a short-term water supply problem, we’re not going to have major issues in California.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With climate change “an urgent threat,” the state’s sprawling plan, updated every five years, addresses three key areas: strengthening watersheds, addressing climate change and closing a gap in “long-standing inequities” in water management. Planning with equity in mind is important because the report notes that water supplies will likely decrease by 10% by 2040, “challenging many vulnerable Californians in accessing their human right to water.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Newsom also lauded an endeavor to potentially build a new reservoir and a controversial plan to build a 45-mile water tunnel beneath the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta and said the project is “critical if we’re going to address the issue of climate change.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The announcement comes after the state’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1991979/california-eases-urban-water-use-rules-as-residents-still-urged-to-conserve\">new conservation rules received strong criticism\u003c/a>. If the regulations go into effect, they will likely ease standards, giving water managers more time to comply, and environmentalists argue that this will lead to smaller water savings statewide.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Advocacy groups, like the Community Water Center, applaud the state for focusing on equity and calling out a lack of inclusion in the world of water management. But Abraham Mendoza, the group’s policy manages, said the plan does “not speak to solving the problem in a timely manner.” He said funding and solutions are needed for “the infrastructure to implement community-driven solutions, programs for affordability.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>‘Average is awesome’\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>In January, the snowpack measured just 25% of the average, and scientists warned of a potential “snow drought.” Water managers worried storms wouldn’t build it up and that the long-term trend of a shrinking snowpack would hold true this winter. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>Updated 9:30 a.m. Friday:\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The first wave of what the National Weather Service has said will be \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1991662/major-storm-dumps-snow-on-the-sierra-as-california-chases-an-average-snowpack\">the most extreme Sierra snowstorm in several years\u003c/a> is behind us, having moved over the mountain range Thursday evening.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the snow kept flying overnight:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/UCB_CSSL/status/1763607803846091132\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>An update posted at 3:40 am on Friday by \u003ca href=\"https://www.weather.gov/wrh/TextProduct?product=afdsto\">the National Weather Service’s Sacramento office \u003c/a>said that satellite imagery shows the next wave of this storm approaching the California coast, “which will bring another increase in precipitation by [Friday] afternoon along with a chance for thunderstorms.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The peak intensity of snowfall rates still appears on track for later this afternoon and overnight across the Sierra,” said the agency. Wind gusts will also increase on Friday, ripping at 45-55 mph through the Central Valley, and faster than 75 mph over mountain peaks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lower elevations in the region will now also see snow over the next two days. “Snow levels have lowered to around 3000 to 4500 feet, and will lower further to 1000 to 2000 feet Saturday,” the forecast said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Their core message with this storm has not changed: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11937204/lake-tahoe-weather-forecast-road-conditions-snow-chains\">“Extremely dangerous to impossible mountain travel is expected.”\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Snow will come down at rates of 2 to 4+ inches per hour, which will close roads and produce white-out conditions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/CaltransDist3/status/1763590430711763136\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Palisades Tahoe announced Friday morning that it would close for the day, with other ski slopes including Heavenly Ski Resort, Northstar California Resort and Sugar Bowl Resort also partially closing their terrain.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update Thursday 11:56 a.m.: \u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nThe huge Sierra storm is here. The forecast from the National Weather Service’s Sacramento office remains largely unchanged, with meteorologists ringing all kinds of warning bells about a blizzard that they expect to be the most severe of the past few winters – one that will create “extremely dangerous to impossible” travel conditions from Thursday afternoon through Saturday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>By the weekend, snow will be accumulating as low as 1000 feet, which could mean snow cover on low-elevation foothill cities like Applegate and Colfax (and potentially on Bay Area peaks like Mount Diablo and Mount Tamalpais)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wind gusts will whip to 75 mph over the mountains, combining with heavy snowfall rates to create “near zero visibility at times” beginning on Thursday but especially on Friday and Saturday. The weather service continues to tell people not to drive in the Sierra during the storm.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/NWSSacramento/status/1763264372091359472\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The agency’s latest weather forecasts also mention the possibility of thunderstorms for interior Northern California on Friday and Saturday afternoon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Hazards from any T-storms that develop will include additional gusty winds, small hail, brief heavy rain and lightning,” said the Sacramento office’s latest forecast discussion. “As far as rainfall goes, much of the Valley will likely see generally less than 1.50″ inches through Saturday night. The foothills will see 2–4 inches, and the mountains will see 4–8 inches with locally heavier amounts.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/UCB_CSSL/status/1763242540420223219?s=20\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Original Story Feb. 28:\u003cbr>\n\u003c/b>\u003cbr>\nThe Sierra Nevada could receive more than 10 feet of snow over the next three days as a massive cold storm encapsulates Northern California, \u003ca href=\"https://www.weather.gov/sto/\">according to the National Weather Service\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is probably the biggest snowstorm potential that we’ve had in the last three years and the coldest storm we’ve seen so far this winter,” NWS Sacramento meteorologist Craig Shoemaker said. “That time [in 2021], Highway 50 was closed for days. There were a lot of trees down from that system, and power was out for a long time.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meteorologists issued a rare blizzard warning from 4 a.m. Thursday until 10 a.m. Sunday and are warning of the possibility of zero visibility. They strongly advise people to only travel in the mountains once the storm clears. The agency also issued \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-03-01/major-highways-and-roads-still-closed-in-lake-tahoe-due-to-blizzard-conditions\">a similar blizzard warning in late February last year, closing highways into Tahoe and an avalanche\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re expecting dangerous travel conditions, there are likely going to be highway closures, and there’s going to be whiteout conditions at times,” he said. “There should be no travel anywhere over the Sierra, heading in on Friday and Saturday.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/NWSSacramento/status/1762920427209547823?s=20\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The massive cold air mass is moving down the West Coast from the Gulf of Alaska. The agency forecasts “a tremendous amount of snow” and wind conditions of up to 50–80 miles per hour in the Sierra, which could down trees and power lines.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The storm will bring snowfall rates of 2 to 4 inches per hour at times,” said Courtney Carpenter, NWS Sacramento Warning Coordination Meteorologist. “It’s really going to pile up pretty quickly and make things nasty.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote align=\"right\" size=\"medium\" citation=\"Courtney Carpenter, warning coordination meteorologist, NWS Sacramento \"]‘The storm will bring snowfall rates of 2 to 4 inches per hour at times. It’s really going to pile up pretty quickly and make things nasty.’[/pullquote]Carpenter said snow conditions could drop to as low as 2,000 feet in foothill areas as the storm progresses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For ski resorts like Heavenly in South Lake Tahoe, all the snow is great for business, and resort officials said they do not yet plan to close down. They advise visitors to either head up the mountain before the storm arrives or to follow travel advice from the weather service.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“A lot of the powder hounds are excited to get out there in the deep stuff and have those fresh tracks,” said Cole Zimmerman, communications manager with the resort. “With that being said, we do expect heavy winds. There’s a chance that some of those upper mountain lifts could be closed down because of winds that could reach up to 100 miles an hour.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Zimmerman said the resort is watching the storm closely and will close down when people’s safety is in jeopardy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s such a thing as too much snow in the short term because you have to dig out lifts and chip off snow and ice off those lifts,” he said. “But in the long term, it ends up being a good thing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/US_Stormwatch/status/1762577660528787576?s=20\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What will 10+ feet of snow do for the state’s snowpack?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>While the potential of 10 to 12 feet of snow holds much promise for the snowpack, Andrew Schwartz, lead scientist at the UC Berkeley Central Sierra Snow Lab, said weather models have routinely overestimated snow and rain levels this water year. He expects 7 to 9 feet of snow across the Sierra.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label=\"Related Stories\" postID=\"news_11937204,news_11972590,science_1991522\"]“They’ve been overdoing it with expected amounts of precipitation all season and that makes us a little bit weary to throw big numbers out there,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For people who live in the Sierra or are visitors, Schwartz recommends buying three to five days’ worth of supplies, including food, water and flashlights. He said the best option is to hunker down in place once the cold winter storm hits.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Preparing for these storms is akin to preparing for a hurricane,” he said. “People living here are putting plywood on their windows to prevent the snow from shedding off their roofs and shattering them.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Schwartz said all this snow could bring the snowpack to just at or above average for the year. \u003ca href=\"https://cdec.water.ca.gov/snowapp/sweq.action\">At the moment, the snowpack is 71% of the April 1 average\u003c/a>, which is the timeframe water managers look to as an indicator of potential water supply for the rest of the year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Even if we got 10 to 12 feet of snow, we would still need another 2 to 4 feet to get us to the average for the entire year,” he said. “It’s not likely to be one-storm-that-fixes-all type of thing. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cem>Updated 9:30 a.m. Friday:\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The first wave of what the National Weather Service has said will be \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1991662/major-storm-dumps-snow-on-the-sierra-as-california-chases-an-average-snowpack\">the most extreme Sierra snowstorm in several years\u003c/a> is behind us, having moved over the mountain range Thursday evening.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the snow kept flying overnight:\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\n\u003cp>An update posted at 3:40 am on Friday by \u003ca href=\"https://www.weather.gov/wrh/TextProduct?product=afdsto\">the National Weather Service’s Sacramento office \u003c/a>said that satellite imagery shows the next wave of this storm approaching the California coast, “which will bring another increase in precipitation by [Friday] afternoon along with a chance for thunderstorms.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The peak intensity of snowfall rates still appears on track for later this afternoon and overnight across the Sierra,” said the agency. Wind gusts will also increase on Friday, ripping at 45-55 mph through the Central Valley, and faster than 75 mph over mountain peaks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lower elevations in the region will now also see snow over the next two days. “Snow levels have lowered to around 3000 to 4500 feet, and will lower further to 1000 to 2000 feet Saturday,” the forecast said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Their core message with this storm has not changed: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11937204/lake-tahoe-weather-forecast-road-conditions-snow-chains\">“Extremely dangerous to impossible mountain travel is expected.”\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Snow will come down at rates of 2 to 4+ inches per hour, which will close roads and produce white-out conditions.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Palisades Tahoe announced Friday morning that it would close for the day, with other ski slopes including Heavenly Ski Resort, Northstar California Resort and Sugar Bowl Resort also partially closing their terrain.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update Thursday 11:56 a.m.: \u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nThe huge Sierra storm is here. The forecast from the National Weather Service’s Sacramento office remains largely unchanged, with meteorologists ringing all kinds of warning bells about a blizzard that they expect to be the most severe of the past few winters – one that will create “extremely dangerous to impossible” travel conditions from Thursday afternoon through Saturday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>By the weekend, snow will be accumulating as low as 1000 feet, which could mean snow cover on low-elevation foothill cities like Applegate and Colfax (and potentially on Bay Area peaks like Mount Diablo and Mount Tamalpais)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wind gusts will whip to 75 mph over the mountains, combining with heavy snowfall rates to create “near zero visibility at times” beginning on Thursday but especially on Friday and Saturday. The weather service continues to tell people not to drive in the Sierra during the storm.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\n\u003cp>The agency’s latest weather forecasts also mention the possibility of thunderstorms for interior Northern California on Friday and Saturday afternoon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Hazards from any T-storms that develop will include additional gusty winds, small hail, brief heavy rain and lightning,” said the Sacramento office’s latest forecast discussion. “As far as rainfall goes, much of the Valley will likely see generally less than 1.50″ inches through Saturday night. The foothills will see 2–4 inches, and the mountains will see 4–8 inches with locally heavier amounts.”\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Original Story Feb. 28:\u003cbr>\n\u003c/b>\u003cbr>\nThe Sierra Nevada could receive more than 10 feet of snow over the next three days as a massive cold storm encapsulates Northern California, \u003ca href=\"https://www.weather.gov/sto/\">according to the National Weather Service\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is probably the biggest snowstorm potential that we’ve had in the last three years and the coldest storm we’ve seen so far this winter,” NWS Sacramento meteorologist Craig Shoemaker said. “That time [in 2021], Highway 50 was closed for days. There were a lot of trees down from that system, and power was out for a long time.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meteorologists issued a rare blizzard warning from 4 a.m. Thursday until 10 a.m. Sunday and are warning of the possibility of zero visibility. They strongly advise people to only travel in the mountains once the storm clears. The agency also issued \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-03-01/major-highways-and-roads-still-closed-in-lake-tahoe-due-to-blizzard-conditions\">a similar blizzard warning in late February last year, closing highways into Tahoe and an avalanche\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re expecting dangerous travel conditions, there are likely going to be highway closures, and there’s going to be whiteout conditions at times,” he said. “There should be no travel anywhere over the Sierra, heading in on Friday and Saturday.”\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\n\u003cp>The massive cold air mass is moving down the West Coast from the Gulf of Alaska. The agency forecasts “a tremendous amount of snow” and wind conditions of up to 50–80 miles per hour in the Sierra, which could down trees and power lines.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The storm will bring snowfall rates of 2 to 4 inches per hour at times,” said Courtney Carpenter, NWS Sacramento Warning Coordination Meteorologist. “It’s really going to pile up pretty quickly and make things nasty.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Carpenter said snow conditions could drop to as low as 2,000 feet in foothill areas as the storm progresses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For ski resorts like Heavenly in South Lake Tahoe, all the snow is great for business, and resort officials said they do not yet plan to close down. They advise visitors to either head up the mountain before the storm arrives or to follow travel advice from the weather service.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“A lot of the powder hounds are excited to get out there in the deep stuff and have those fresh tracks,” said Cole Zimmerman, communications manager with the resort. “With that being said, we do expect heavy winds. There’s a chance that some of those upper mountain lifts could be closed down because of winds that could reach up to 100 miles an hour.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Zimmerman said the resort is watching the storm closely and will close down when people’s safety is in jeopardy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s such a thing as too much snow in the short term because you have to dig out lifts and chip off snow and ice off those lifts,” he said. “But in the long term, it ends up being a good thing.”\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\n\u003ch2>What will 10+ feet of snow do for the state’s snowpack?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>While the potential of 10 to 12 feet of snow holds much promise for the snowpack, Andrew Schwartz, lead scientist at the UC Berkeley Central Sierra Snow Lab, said weather models have routinely overestimated snow and rain levels this water year. He expects 7 to 9 feet of snow across the Sierra.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>“They’ve been overdoing it with expected amounts of precipitation all season and that makes us a little bit weary to throw big numbers out there,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For people who live in the Sierra or are visitors, Schwartz recommends buying three to five days’ worth of supplies, including food, water and flashlights. He said the best option is to hunker down in place once the cold winter storm hits.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Preparing for these storms is akin to preparing for a hurricane,” he said. “People living here are putting plywood on their windows to prevent the snow from shedding off their roofs and shattering them.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Schwartz said all this snow could bring the snowpack to just at or above average for the year. \u003ca href=\"https://cdec.water.ca.gov/snowapp/sweq.action\">At the moment, the snowpack is 71% of the April 1 average\u003c/a>, which is the timeframe water managers look to as an indicator of potential water supply for the rest of the year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Even if we got 10 to 12 feet of snow, we would still need another 2 to 4 feet to get us to the average for the entire year,” he said. “It’s not likely to be one-storm-that-fixes-all type of thing. But with that being said, it’ll definitely get us very close to that point.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Thunderstorm potential, Bay Area snow, and more\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The storm has about a 20% chance of creating thunderstorms over the foothill and the Sacramento Valley that could contain hail and lightning. Flooding risk is minimal because of the cold nature of the storm, but local nuisance flooding is possible.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bay Area peaks like Mount Diablo and Mount Hamilton could glow white as the sizable cold storm passes over the region starting Thursday and lasting through Saturday, according to the National Weather Service.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Snow levels look like they’re going to get down to about 1,800 to 2,000 feet,” NWS Bay Area meteorologist Dalton Behringer said. “It should be a nice site with green hills and snow-capped mountains.”\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003ci>Updated, 1 p.m. Sunday:\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A strong storm with heavy rain is expected to hit the Bay Area around midday and continue through the night. According to the National Weather Service, strong winds that could knock down trees, a high surf, thunderstorms and potential flooding will last through Monday with conditions improving to lingering showers on Tuesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The atmospheric river could bring two to five inches of rain to some Bay Area cities on Sunday afternoon and a flood watch will be in effect until Wednesday morning. In anticipation of potential landslides and other storm hazards, some parks in San Mateo County including Memorial Park have closed on Sunday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/NWSBayArea/status/1759301577851211845\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>Updated, 1 p.m. Saturday:\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As the first of two moderate atmospheric rivers begin to roll over the region, the National Weather Service has issued a flood watch for the Bay Area and the Central Coast from Sunday through Wednesday morning. The advisory includes concerns about rising creeks, rivers and streams and the increased risk of shallow landslides.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A \u003ca href=\"https://www.weather.gov/mtr/\">high surf advisory \u003c/a>has been issued by the National Weather Service’s Bay Area office for all West-facing beaches from Sonoma County down to Monterey County. The high surf advisory will be in effect from 10 a.m. Saturday through 4 p.m. Sunday, with large breaking waves of 18 to 22 feet expected.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/NWSBayArea/status/1758558171214537121\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dalton Behringer, a meteorologist with the weather service’s Bay Area office, said Saturday’s storm is “priming the pump” for potential flooding later in the weekend and into early next week. He said most parts of the Bay Area should expect between 1 and 3 inches of rain, and 6 to 8 inches could fall in coastal mountain ranges near Santa Cruz and Marin counties.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That’s going to help the soils get closer to saturation if they’re not already, and we will likely be dealing with numerous shallow landslides and minor urban flooding,” he said. “I would expect some trees down and power outages due to the wind.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said Saturday’s storm could contain wind gusts of up to 30 mph, and Sunday’s storm could have gusts of up to 35 mph along the coast and higher elevations. However, stronger lowland winds are possible in the Santa Clara and Salinas valleys.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Behringer said he is most concerned about the Russian River near Guerneville because meteorologists forecast the North Bay to receive more rain than most places in the region. He said the Russian River has a 20% chance of reaching a lower flood stage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>UCLA climate scientist Daniel Swain said the Bay Area “could be under the gun for a good 24 to 48 hours.” He is concerned that either storm could stall over an already saturated area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If you get those embedded heavy rain bands that stay over the same spot for a long time, that relatively modest storm by other means can potentially produce significant flooding,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/CW3E_Scripps/status/1758616085035888784\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 2 p.m. Thursday: \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meteorologists are now forecasting two moderate atmospheric river storms will move over the Bay Area and into the Sierra Nevada over President’s Day Weekend, beginning with a weaker storm late Friday night. The first deluge could drop an inch of rain in populated areas of the region and up to 3 inches in the coastal range.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The second one is coming on the heels of the first one,” said Chad Hecht, a meteorologist at the Center for Western Weather and Water Extremes at the University of California, San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When you compound these storms, you tend to get a more exacerbated hydrologic response. Things like the ground saturated and heavy winds toppling trees.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hecht said the first storm would last about 24 hours and is forecasted to land in Northern California before working down the central coast. Forecasters expect Sunday’s storm to linger a few days and make landfall along the Central Coast, but Hecht said the Bay could still feel its effects because of the storm’s large size.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The National Weather Service’s Bay Area office forecasts high surf Saturday and Sunday with waves of 12 feet or larger from Monterey County to the San Francisco peninsula to the North Bay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We could see locally higher breaking waves up to 28 feet,” NWS meteorologist Dalton Behringer said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The west and southwest-facing beaches are going to be the most impacted,” he said. “The typical hotspots like Mavericks.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said both storms could bring wind gusts up to 40 mph along the coast and in more populated areas up to 35 mph. Behringer doesn’t expect extreme flooding since he forecasts the storms will occur over several days.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re going to be looking at minor, shallow landslides for much of the area,” he said. “The good news is that rivers still have quite a bit of capacity to take the runoff.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Behringer said the highest likelihood of any flooding issues due to streams or rivers rising is in the North Bay. But Hecht, with Scripps, said it is too early to tell where the worst storm effects will be.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There is potential for some rivers to rise above flood stage with these storms,” Hecht said. “The exact location of where the heaviest precipitation will fall or what rivers will flood is hard to nail down, but the potential is there.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meteorologists forecast as much as 3 feet of snow falling on the Sierra Nevada between storms. The worst of the wintery conditions could come Sunday through Tuesday morning, coinciding with President’s Day this weekend.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/NWSSacramento/status/1758242277581783100\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If you’re planning on traveling Monday into Tuesday, we would advise against it because that’s when we are expecting heavy mountain snow,” said Chelsea Peters, an NWS Sacramento meteorologist.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Original story, Feb. 13:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The National Weather Service forecasts three storms of varying intensities will roll through the Bay Area this week, starting with a relatively weak storm on Wednesday that could include some light rain, followed by a couple of stronger storms during the long President’s Day weekend.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Forecasters expect three-quarters of an inch of rain across most of the region on Wednesday, with more than an inch expected to fall in the North Bay and Santa Cruz mountains. Over the weekend through early next week, NWS Bay Area meteorologist Roger Gass said as much as 6 inches of rain could fall along the coastal range. San Francisco could receive 2.5 inches of rain.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Nathan Rick, meteorologist, NWS Sacramento\"]‘If you plan to travel, just be prepared for possible closures, chain controls and difficult driving conditions.’[/pullquote]While those numbers seem high, Gass cautioned that “we’re talking about [over] the course of several days. So it’s not all going to come at one time.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That could mean that the impact of the storm won’t be as extreme, although just how intense Sunday’s storm will be is still up in the air.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re still trying to fine-tune the details, but, again, it’s not expected to be as strong as the last system,” Gass said of the storm a week and a half ago that pounded the region with rain.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/NWSBayArea/status/1757498765068607873?s=20\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The three storms combined could add several feet of snow to the Sierra Nevada, and meteorologists advise holiday travelers to take extra precautions when visiting places like Tahoe or Yosemite National Park.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meteorologists expect significant snow to fall on the Sierra Saturday through Tuesday morning, with as much as 3 feet of snow at higher elevations. The storms coincide with the holiday weekend, and forecasters warn that getting out of the mountains on Monday could be a harrowing experience.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=\"science_1991123,science_1985890,science_1991249\" label=\"Related Stories\"]“If you plan to travel, just be prepared for possible closures, chain controls and difficult driving conditions,” said Nathan Rick, a meteorologist with NWS Sacramento. “Definitely have some alternative plans in place again if you can.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The storms aren’t quite atmospheric rivers — which can dump multiple inches of rain over a short period — but have some characteristics of these storms, mainly that the storms could encompass much of the state.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s going to be probably more or less an equal opportunity event,” UCLA climate scientist Daniel Swain said in a Monday briefing. “It’s going to affect most of the state simultaneously.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Swain said the weekend storms could produce “very wet conditions across most of the state.” He adds there’s a possibility of strong winds, “although almost certainly not as strong as what we saw last week in terms of wind” when gusts reached more than 90 mph in some places.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The trio of storms could bring flooding and landslides, especially as each deluge intensifies into next week. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003ci>Updated, 1 p.m. Sunday:\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A strong storm with heavy rain is expected to hit the Bay Area around midday and continue through the night. According to the National Weather Service, strong winds that could knock down trees, a high surf, thunderstorms and potential flooding will last through Monday with conditions improving to lingering showers on Tuesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The atmospheric river could bring two to five inches of rain to some Bay Area cities on Sunday afternoon and a flood watch will be in effect until Wednesday morning. In anticipation of potential landslides and other storm hazards, some parks in San Mateo County including Memorial Park have closed on Sunday.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As the first of two moderate atmospheric rivers begin to roll over the region, the National Weather Service has issued a flood watch for the Bay Area and the Central Coast from Sunday through Wednesday morning. The advisory includes concerns about rising creeks, rivers and streams and the increased risk of shallow landslides.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A \u003ca href=\"https://www.weather.gov/mtr/\">high surf advisory \u003c/a>has been issued by the National Weather Service’s Bay Area office for all West-facing beaches from Sonoma County down to Monterey County. The high surf advisory will be in effect from 10 a.m. Saturday through 4 p.m. Sunday, with large breaking waves of 18 to 22 feet expected.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\n\u003cp>Dalton Behringer, a meteorologist with the weather service’s Bay Area office, said Saturday’s storm is “priming the pump” for potential flooding later in the weekend and into early next week. He said most parts of the Bay Area should expect between 1 and 3 inches of rain, and 6 to 8 inches could fall in coastal mountain ranges near Santa Cruz and Marin counties.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That’s going to help the soils get closer to saturation if they’re not already, and we will likely be dealing with numerous shallow landslides and minor urban flooding,” he said. “I would expect some trees down and power outages due to the wind.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said Saturday’s storm could contain wind gusts of up to 30 mph, and Sunday’s storm could have gusts of up to 35 mph along the coast and higher elevations. However, stronger lowland winds are possible in the Santa Clara and Salinas valleys.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Behringer said he is most concerned about the Russian River near Guerneville because meteorologists forecast the North Bay to receive more rain than most places in the region. He said the Russian River has a 20% chance of reaching a lower flood stage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>UCLA climate scientist Daniel Swain said the Bay Area “could be under the gun for a good 24 to 48 hours.” He is concerned that either storm could stall over an already saturated area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If you get those embedded heavy rain bands that stay over the same spot for a long time, that relatively modest storm by other means can potentially produce significant flooding,” he said.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 2 p.m. Thursday: \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meteorologists are now forecasting two moderate atmospheric river storms will move over the Bay Area and into the Sierra Nevada over President’s Day Weekend, beginning with a weaker storm late Friday night. The first deluge could drop an inch of rain in populated areas of the region and up to 3 inches in the coastal range.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The second one is coming on the heels of the first one,” said Chad Hecht, a meteorologist at the Center for Western Weather and Water Extremes at the University of California, San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When you compound these storms, you tend to get a more exacerbated hydrologic response. Things like the ground saturated and heavy winds toppling trees.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hecht said the first storm would last about 24 hours and is forecasted to land in Northern California before working down the central coast. Forecasters expect Sunday’s storm to linger a few days and make landfall along the Central Coast, but Hecht said the Bay could still feel its effects because of the storm’s large size.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The National Weather Service’s Bay Area office forecasts high surf Saturday and Sunday with waves of 12 feet or larger from Monterey County to the San Francisco peninsula to the North Bay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We could see locally higher breaking waves up to 28 feet,” NWS meteorologist Dalton Behringer said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The west and southwest-facing beaches are going to be the most impacted,” he said. “The typical hotspots like Mavericks.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said both storms could bring wind gusts up to 40 mph along the coast and in more populated areas up to 35 mph. Behringer doesn’t expect extreme flooding since he forecasts the storms will occur over several days.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re going to be looking at minor, shallow landslides for much of the area,” he said. “The good news is that rivers still have quite a bit of capacity to take the runoff.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Behringer said the highest likelihood of any flooding issues due to streams or rivers rising is in the North Bay. But Hecht, with Scripps, said it is too early to tell where the worst storm effects will be.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There is potential for some rivers to rise above flood stage with these storms,” Hecht said. “The exact location of where the heaviest precipitation will fall or what rivers will flood is hard to nail down, but the potential is there.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meteorologists forecast as much as 3 feet of snow falling on the Sierra Nevada between storms. The worst of the wintery conditions could come Sunday through Tuesday morning, coinciding with President’s Day this weekend.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\n\u003cp>“If you’re planning on traveling Monday into Tuesday, we would advise against it because that’s when we are expecting heavy mountain snow,” said Chelsea Peters, an NWS Sacramento meteorologist.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Original story, Feb. 13:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The National Weather Service forecasts three storms of varying intensities will roll through the Bay Area this week, starting with a relatively weak storm on Wednesday that could include some light rain, followed by a couple of stronger storms during the long President’s Day weekend.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Forecasters expect three-quarters of an inch of rain across most of the region on Wednesday, with more than an inch expected to fall in the North Bay and Santa Cruz mountains. Over the weekend through early next week, NWS Bay Area meteorologist Roger Gass said as much as 6 inches of rain could fall along the coastal range. San Francisco could receive 2.5 inches of rain.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>While those numbers seem high, Gass cautioned that “we’re talking about [over] the course of several days. So it’s not all going to come at one time.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That could mean that the impact of the storm won’t be as extreme, although just how intense Sunday’s storm will be is still up in the air.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re still trying to fine-tune the details, but, again, it’s not expected to be as strong as the last system,” Gass said of the storm a week and a half ago that pounded the region with rain.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\n\u003cp>The three storms combined could add several feet of snow to the Sierra Nevada, and meteorologists advise holiday travelers to take extra precautions when visiting places like Tahoe or Yosemite National Park.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meteorologists expect significant snow to fall on the Sierra Saturday through Tuesday morning, with as much as 3 feet of snow at higher elevations. The storms coincide with the holiday weekend, and forecasters warn that getting out of the mountains on Monday could be a harrowing experience.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>A feud over balancing housing needs and preserving the California coast as seas rise is brewing along the western shores of San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>State Sen. Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco) introduced a bill — \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB951\">Senate Bill 951\u003c/a> — in mid-January that aims to remove urban San Francisco from the protections of the California Coastal Commission. He said his bill would “aid cities’ efforts to meet state housing goals by refining the commission’s role in housing approvals and permitting. Removing San Francisco from the commission’s tight regulations is about making it easier to build affordable housing in the city when dealing with a housing crisis.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The agency regulates land and water use in the coastal zone — the boundary varies, but in San Francisco, it rides the coast and extends a few blocks into the city — including developing and preparing this area for rising sea levels.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote align=\"right\" size=\"medium\" citation=\"State Sen. Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco)\"]‘We should be able to have new housing in this area without giving a tool to anti-housing obstructionists so that they can abuse the Coastal Commission process to try to kill new housing.’[/pullquote]“Not enough housing is getting built, particularly, that’s affordable to working-class people,” Wiener said. “We need to make sure that all parts of San Francisco and all parts of California are doing their fair share.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco Mayor London Breed sponsored the bill and \u003ca href=\"https://sd11.senate.ca.gov/news/20240119-senator-wiener-introduces-bill-exclude-urbanized-san-francisco-coastal-zone-clarify\">said in a press release that barriers to development need removal, even at the state level\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is the kind of surgical, smart policy we need to expand housing opportunities while still being strong protectors of our natural environment,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wiener said he introduced the bill to make sure the city gets ahead of looming housing affordability issues.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We should be able to have new housing in this area without giving a tool to anti-housing obstructionists so that they can abuse the Coastal Commission process to try to kill new housing,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>‘The precedent is dangerous and scary’\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Members of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, on the other hand, have ridiculed the plan, saying the bill is shortsighted, favors developers and would limit the commission’s power to prepare the city for future sea-level rise. The Board of Supervisors’ Land Use and Transportation Committee approved a resolution opposing Wieners’ bill, and the Board of Supervisors voted by a veto-proof majority to support it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Board President Aaron Peskin said Wiener overstepped and didn’t have “any idea that there would be this kind of a backlash.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The danger here goes far beyond a boundary adjustment in San Francisco County,” he said. “It just signals to developers that they can go to their state senator and start chopping apart one of California’s most cherished pieces of law. The precedent is dangerous and scary, and it’s got to be stopped now.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/Scott_Wiener/status/1755021067842986269\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While Wiener says the bill is about creating affordable housing, Peskin believes Wiener’s bill is about permitting \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/openforum/article/sf-housing-sunset-skyscraper-18494637.php\">a 50-story high-rise planned for the Outer Sunset\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Senator Wiener wants to take that property out of the coastal zone,” he said. “The Coastal Commission hasn’t opposed that project but has the right to review that project. I think he wants to be able to pursue any kind of development along the Pacific Ocean.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Wiener refutes this, saying the Sunset and Richmond neighborhoods are not zoned for high-rise development and “the bill doesn’t touch zoning.” Development in these neighborhoods is a “strategy to reduce emissions and fight climate change.” \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cbr>\n\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cbr>\n\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“Transportation is the largest source of greenhouse gas emissions in California, and living in dense urban communities allows people to drive less,” he said. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Climate experts and coastal public officials across the state believe this idea would have statewide ramifications and could create a domino effect with other cities and counties following. They argue it could weaken the commission’s power to protect shoreline public access, regulate proposed development and plan for sea-level rise.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The bill would “set a political precedent,” said UC Davis’ Mark Lubell, who studies the nexus between governance and rising seas. “I don’t think it’s a good strategy to try to erode [laws] that have statewide benefit for the very narrow local benefits for the housing development process.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1991452\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1991452\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/02/240214-COASTALCOMMISSION-15-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"A surfer heads toward the water in tall grass with the ocean stretching out to a cloudy gray horizon.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/02/240214-COASTALCOMMISSION-15-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/02/240214-COASTALCOMMISSION-15-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/02/240214-COASTALCOMMISSION-15-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/02/240214-COASTALCOMMISSION-15-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/02/240214-COASTALCOMMISSION-15-BL-KQED-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/02/240214-COASTALCOMMISSION-15-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/02/240214-COASTALCOMMISSION-15-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A surfer watches the waves at Ocean Beach in San Francisco on Feb. 14, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Lubell said a bill like this will not solve San Francisco’s housing crisis; instead, “It is going to take a regional approach that considers all of the housing opportunities across the entire Bay area.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Evan Rosen is a San Francisco resident who lives in the Parkside Neighborhood within the Sunset District. At a recent supervisor’s meeting, he stood alongside a long line of opponents to Wiener’s bill. He said it would be “undoubtedly the first step towards gutting the Coastal Commission’s authority.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It would seem that [SB] 951 was crafted to begin turning Ocean Beach into Miami Beach,” he said. “As San Franciscans, we must prevent this from happening.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>The beach will ‘ultimately disappear’\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The California Coastal Commission is the state’s leading voice in planning for sea-level rise and policy experts and lawmakers said the new bill threatens that authority.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wiener’s bill would redraw the coastal zone boundary in San Francisco, removing portions of the Richmond and Sunset neighborhoods, a portion of Golden Gate Park, and other tweaks. He said the newly redrawn coastal zone would be limited to the beach up to the Great Highway. It would also narrow the types of coastal development permits the commission can appeal, which, Wiener said, “restricts the ability of local governments to swiftly move forward on projects that are within the listed permitted uses.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1991455\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1991455\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/02/240214-COASTALCOMMISSION-46-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/02/240214-COASTALCOMMISSION-46-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/02/240214-COASTALCOMMISSION-46-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/02/240214-COASTALCOMMISSION-46-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/02/240214-COASTALCOMMISSION-46-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/02/240214-COASTALCOMMISSION-46-BL-KQED-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/02/240214-COASTALCOMMISSION-46-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/02/240214-COASTALCOMMISSION-46-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gabriel Gabbert and his dog Kali stand along the Great Highway in San Francisco on Feb. 14, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Narrowing the coastal zone in this way would dramatically reduce the state’s role in important planning efforts for western San Francisco, particularly how that stretch of coastal area adapts to sea-level rise,” said Sean Drake, a senior legislative analyst for the commission.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Drake said the bill would also limit how the commission can protect much of the critical infrastructure along the Great Highway, businesses and residential development. The coastal zone extends approximately four blocks into the city and encompasses about 6% of the city’s land area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote align=\"right\" size=\"medium\" citation=\"State Sen. John Laird (D-Santa Cruz)\"]‘… [I]t would unleash different developers and other people on me, asking me to exempt wherever their project is going to be from the coastal zone. I just don’t think that’s a good precedent.’[/pullquote]“As sea levels rise with little opportunity to implement comprehensive resiliency strategies, Ocean Beach will likely shrink against the exterior of the Great Highway and ultimately disappear,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last week, the Coastal Commission voted unanimously to oppose the bill unless amended. Drake said the commission is working with the city and Wieners’s office to devise a solution that doesn’t include legislation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wiener said he is working with the commission and the San Francisco Planning Department on a compromise plan that would protect the coast while “having a pro-housing stance.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Laura Walsh, California policy manager with the Surfrider Foundation, lives in the Outer Sunset neighborhood and argues that the Coastal Commission is a needed authority for jurisdictions like San Francisco to plan for the looming climate threat.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label=\"Related Stories\" postID=\"news_11970148,news_11973653,news_11965492,news_11970993\"]“This is an environmental law that has kept our coastline in California safe for the public in light of sea-level rise,” she said. “It’s not something we want to be tweaking or eliminating boundaries around.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>State Sen. John Laird (D-Santa Cruz), who represents around 20% of the coast from north of Santa Cruz to just south past Arroyo Grande, said Wiener’s bill “is a slippery slope” for developers to build in areas prone to flooding.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“In my case, it would unleash different developers and other people on me, asking me to exempt wherever their project is going to be from the coastal zone,” he said. “I just don’t think that’s a good precedent.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Laird applauds Wiener for taking action on the housing issue in San Francisco but said his idea would have negative implications for much of the coast.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I hope that he can find a way to address it in San Francisco rather than bringing in the coastal zone of all the rest of our districts in an animated discussion about how to protect the coast,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>‘People who want to obstruct new housing’\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Wiener said groups who oppose new housing easily manipulate the commission and use the planning process to stop or delay needed development in cities like San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote align=\"right\" size=\"medium\" citation=\"Jean Barish, Richmond neighborhood resident\"]‘My experience at the beach would significantly change if there were 15- and 20-story high-rises lining the ocean. 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Commission Legislative Director Sarah Christie said the commission certified San Francisco’s local coastal plan in 1986, and since then, there have only been two projects appealed to the commission, one of which had to do with housing. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“The only appeal of a San Francisco housing project was in 1988, and the Commission dismissed it the month after it was filed,” she said. “This bill is a problem masquerading as a solution in search of a problem that doesn’t exist.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wiener believes the future of development on the western shore of San Francisco is at risk if the commission continues to hold power over parts of the neighborhoods. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\n\u003cp>While Wiener says the bill is about creating affordable housing, Peskin believes Wiener’s bill is about permitting \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/openforum/article/sf-housing-sunset-skyscraper-18494637.php\">a 50-story high-rise planned for the Outer Sunset\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Senator Wiener wants to take that property out of the coastal zone,” he said. “The Coastal Commission hasn’t opposed that project but has the right to review that project. I think he wants to be able to pursue any kind of development along the Pacific Ocean.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Wiener refutes this, saying the Sunset and Richmond neighborhoods are not zoned for high-rise development and “the bill doesn’t touch zoning.” Development in these neighborhoods is a “strategy to reduce emissions and fight climate change.” \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cbr>\n\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cbr>\n\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“Transportation is the largest source of greenhouse gas emissions in California, and living in dense urban communities allows people to drive less,” he said. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Climate experts and coastal public officials across the state believe this idea would have statewide ramifications and could create a domino effect with other cities and counties following. They argue it could weaken the commission’s power to protect shoreline public access, regulate proposed development and plan for sea-level rise.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The bill would “set a political precedent,” said UC Davis’ Mark Lubell, who studies the nexus between governance and rising seas. “I don’t think it’s a good strategy to try to erode [laws] that have statewide benefit for the very narrow local benefits for the housing development process.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1991452\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1991452\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/02/240214-COASTALCOMMISSION-15-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"A surfer heads toward the water in tall grass with the ocean stretching out to a cloudy gray horizon.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/02/240214-COASTALCOMMISSION-15-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/02/240214-COASTALCOMMISSION-15-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/02/240214-COASTALCOMMISSION-15-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/02/240214-COASTALCOMMISSION-15-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/02/240214-COASTALCOMMISSION-15-BL-KQED-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/02/240214-COASTALCOMMISSION-15-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/02/240214-COASTALCOMMISSION-15-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A surfer watches the waves at Ocean Beach in San Francisco on Feb. 14, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Lubell said a bill like this will not solve San Francisco’s housing crisis; instead, “It is going to take a regional approach that considers all of the housing opportunities across the entire Bay area.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Evan Rosen is a San Francisco resident who lives in the Parkside Neighborhood within the Sunset District. At a recent supervisor’s meeting, he stood alongside a long line of opponents to Wiener’s bill. He said it would be “undoubtedly the first step towards gutting the Coastal Commission’s authority.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It would seem that [SB] 951 was crafted to begin turning Ocean Beach into Miami Beach,” he said. “As San Franciscans, we must prevent this from happening.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>The beach will ‘ultimately disappear’\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The California Coastal Commission is the state’s leading voice in planning for sea-level rise and policy experts and lawmakers said the new bill threatens that authority.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wiener’s bill would redraw the coastal zone boundary in San Francisco, removing portions of the Richmond and Sunset neighborhoods, a portion of Golden Gate Park, and other tweaks. He said the newly redrawn coastal zone would be limited to the beach up to the Great Highway. It would also narrow the types of coastal development permits the commission can appeal, which, Wiener said, “restricts the ability of local governments to swiftly move forward on projects that are within the listed permitted uses.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1991455\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1991455\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/02/240214-COASTALCOMMISSION-46-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/02/240214-COASTALCOMMISSION-46-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/02/240214-COASTALCOMMISSION-46-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/02/240214-COASTALCOMMISSION-46-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/02/240214-COASTALCOMMISSION-46-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/02/240214-COASTALCOMMISSION-46-BL-KQED-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/02/240214-COASTALCOMMISSION-46-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/02/240214-COASTALCOMMISSION-46-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gabriel Gabbert and his dog Kali stand along the Great Highway in San Francisco on Feb. 14, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Narrowing the coastal zone in this way would dramatically reduce the state’s role in important planning efforts for western San Francisco, particularly how that stretch of coastal area adapts to sea-level rise,” said Sean Drake, a senior legislative analyst for the commission.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Drake said the bill would also limit how the commission can protect much of the critical infrastructure along the Great Highway, businesses and residential development. 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In late November, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11968400/oakland-city-council-set-to-vote-on-gaza-cease-fire-resolution\">Oakland’s leaders voted unanimously on their own resolution\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11971971/san-francisco-is-considering-a-gaza-cease-fire-resolution-what-is-a-resolution\">followed by supervisors in San Francisco\u003c/a>. While much of the debate around these measures has centered on the horrors of the war and the loss of life, Bay Area’s climate and environmental leaders — both in the streets and in elected positions — have been at the center of the push for these solidarity resolutions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Two Bay Area environmental organizations — the Asian Pacific Environmental Network (APEN) and Communities for Better Environment (CBE) in Richmond — were integral in organizing the effort in Richmond.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They argued that on top of the loss of life, war has tremendous impacts on our climate and environment. “Global militaries are the world’s largest industrial polluters,” said Keala Uchoa, Richmond youth organizer at CBE in Richmond, pointing to a recent study that shows that \u003ca href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/jan/09/emissions-gaza-israel-hamas-war-climate-change\">militaries account for almost 5.5% of global greenhouse emissions annually\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1991349\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1991349 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/02/Keala-Uchoa-and-others-stand-behind-ceasefire-now-banner-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Three activists wearing white masks hold up a black banner that reads "No more California money for Israel's crimes." \" width=\"2560\" height=\"1703\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/02/Keala-Uchoa-and-others-stand-behind-ceasefire-now-banner-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/02/Keala-Uchoa-and-others-stand-behind-ceasefire-now-banner-800x532.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/02/Keala-Uchoa-and-others-stand-behind-ceasefire-now-banner-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/02/Keala-Uchoa-and-others-stand-behind-ceasefire-now-banner-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/02/Keala-Uchoa-and-others-stand-behind-ceasefire-now-banner-768x511.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/02/Keala-Uchoa-and-others-stand-behind-ceasefire-now-banner-1536x1022.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/02/Keala-Uchoa-and-others-stand-behind-ceasefire-now-banner-2048x1363.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/02/Keala-Uchoa-and-others-stand-behind-ceasefire-now-banner-1920x1277.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Keala Uchoa and others stand behind a banner that reads ‘Ceasefire Now.’ \u003ccite>(Courtesy of APEN)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>People in Gaza are already vulnerable to the effects of climate change, she argued, \u003ca href=\"https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1029/2021RG000762\">and live in a region that is warming twice as fast as the global average\u003c/a>. On top of that, bombs are destroying farmland and carbon sinks like forests that purify the air. “All of those things compound to create a very deadly climate [and] environmental situation,” Uchoa added.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote align=\"right\" size=\"medium\" citation=\"Hayward Councilmember George Syrop\"]“Why do we spend years and millions of taxpayer dollars trying to fight climate change, just to have Israel’s bombs that we pay for emit more CO2 than 20 countries combined, accelerating an unlivable future for all of us.”[/pullquote]On Jan. 23, the Hayward City Council voted to divest its shares of companies with ties to Israel, including Caterpillar, Chevron, Hyundai and Intel. \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/eastbay/article/hayward-divest-shares-four-companies-business-18628705.php\">Hayward is the first city in the Bay Area to take such a measure\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Councilmember George Syrop lobbied for it and made an environmental case. “Why do we spend years and millions of taxpayer dollars trying to fight climate change, just to have Israel’s bombs that we pay for emit more CO2 than 20 countries combined, accelerating an unlivable future for all of us,” he said, \u003ca href=\"https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4684768\">referring to a recent estimate led by researchers at Queen Mary University of London\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The scientists calculated the carbon emissions from aircraft, tanks and fuel from other vehicles and emissions generated from the manufacturing and detonation of bombs, artillery and rockets.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“As Hayward being a climate forward city, I don’t know why we’re investing in Chevron in the first place,” Syrop said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>From Richmond to Gaza: fighting for environmental justice\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Richmond resident Katherine Lee comes from a family of refugees who fled the Laotian War.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Her family’s history is one reason she joined in organizing for the call for a cease-fire back in October. Those experiences are “very real for what’s happening in Palestine,” too, she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lee is a senior Richmond youth organizer at APEN. Her family’s history is only part of it. Lee grew up around the Chevron refinery in Richmond, one of the largest polluters in the state, breathing the fumes it releases into the air. “It’s just a constant thing in our environment that we have to really fight [for],” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chevron is also \u003ca href=\"https://israel.chevron.com/en/our-businesses\">one of the largest energy companies to work in Israel\u003c/a>, bringing the government \u003ca href=\"https://israel.chevron.com/en/our-businesses/natural-gas\">billions of dollars in revenue annually\u003c/a>. APEN has called for a \u003ca href=\"https://bdsmovement.net/news/bds-movement-calls-for-consumer-boycott-chevron-branded-gas-stations\">boycott of Chevron\u003c/a> locally, saying it is a fight for the environmental rights of both Richmond residents and Palestinians.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The facility released nearly 3 million metric tons of planet-warming gas emissions in 2022, according to an \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/climate/article/greenhouse-gas-emissions-18531155.php\">analysis from the \u003cem>San Francisco Chronicle\u003c/em>\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pollutants released by refineries can cause \u003ca href=\"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6524223/\">respiratory problems and chronic health issues.\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"https://clear.ucsf.edu/reach\">A UCSF-led community health assessment of Richmond found\u003c/a> that the childhood asthma rate in Richmond is \u003ca href=\"https://www.contracosta.ca.gov/ArchiveCenter/ViewFile/Item/5207\">double the national average\u003c/a>. People with existing heart or lung disease, diabetes, older adults, children, and people of lower socio-economic status have a greater risk of particle pollution health effects.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1991347\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1991347 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/02/Katherine-Lee-APEN-youth-organizer-speaks-at-Padilla-action-credit-Jen-Rocha--scaled.jpg\" alt=\"A woman holds a microphone and wears a yellow sweatshirt. \" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/02/Katherine-Lee-APEN-youth-organizer-speaks-at-Padilla-action-credit-Jen-Rocha--scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/02/Katherine-Lee-APEN-youth-organizer-speaks-at-Padilla-action-credit-Jen-Rocha--800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/02/Katherine-Lee-APEN-youth-organizer-speaks-at-Padilla-action-credit-Jen-Rocha--1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/02/Katherine-Lee-APEN-youth-organizer-speaks-at-Padilla-action-credit-Jen-Rocha--160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/02/Katherine-Lee-APEN-youth-organizer-speaks-at-Padilla-action-credit-Jen-Rocha--768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/02/Katherine-Lee-APEN-youth-organizer-speaks-at-Padilla-action-credit-Jen-Rocha--1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/02/Katherine-Lee-APEN-youth-organizer-speaks-at-Padilla-action-credit-Jen-Rocha--2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/02/Katherine-Lee-APEN-youth-organizer-speaks-at-Padilla-action-credit-Jen-Rocha--1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Katherine Lee, APEN youth organizer, speaks at an action. \u003ccite>(Jen Rocha)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Our local fights for environmental justice and destabilizing Chevron and ultimately decommissioning the refinery are connected to international solidarity work with Indigenous people, including the Indigenous people of Palestine,” Uchoa said. “There’s a sacred relationship between Indigenous people and the land that they belong to.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Not only are we losing thousands and thousands of human beings, but we’re also losing so many knowledge bearers of the land and of culture. And the land is feeling that,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Feb. 3, hundreds of protesters marched in front of the Chevron facility in Richmond to call for a cease-fire in Gaza and for the company to divest from Israel. They’re asking for the public to boycott Chevron fuel until they do so.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a statement responding to the protest, Chevron said it respects the rights of individuals to express their viewpoints peacefully.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Aisha Mansour is Palestinian from a small village called Al-Walaja in the West Bank. She currently lives in Oakland, but some of her family still reside in Palestine. Mansour was one of the “Bay Bridge 78” protesters who \u003ca href=\"https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/san-francisco/dozens-of-protesters-stop-traffic-on-bay-bridge/3373428/\">shut down the westbound lanes of the Bay Bridge on Nov. 16, demanding a cease-fire\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote align=\"right\" size=\"medium\" citation=\"Aisha Mansour, communications director, Honor the Earth\"]“They got it. They got that it was bigger than them. And that was amazing.”[/pullquote]“That was an amazingly powerful day. Not just because of what we’re able to accomplish, but also just the massive amount of support from people that we were able to feel,” said Mansour, communications director at Honor the Earth, an Indigenous-led environmental organization known for their advocacy against fossil fuel pipelines. “I didn’t expect it. I thought people would be frustrated, maybe rightfully so. But they got it. They got that it was bigger than them. And that was amazing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mansour is motivated, in part, by the impact the war has had on her community. In December, she attended a funeral for seven people killed by a bomb in Gaza, family members of one of her Palestinian community members in the Bay Area. “Our families are being killed,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1991343\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1170px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1991343\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/02/Aisha-Mansour-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1170\" height=\"776\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/02/Aisha-Mansour-2.jpg 1170w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/02/Aisha-Mansour-2-800x531.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/02/Aisha-Mansour-2-1020x677.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/02/Aisha-Mansour-2-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/02/Aisha-Mansour-2-768x509.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1170px) 100vw, 1170px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Aisha Mansour speaks at a Bay Bridge 78 press conference in San Francisco in December. \u003ccite>(Savannah Kuang)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Legacies of past war and conflicts\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The environmental impacts of war often lead to the displacement of people, whether it’s in Gaza, where Palestinians are relocating to the south of the territory, or Vietnam, Iraq and Ukraine. “You have the immediate contamination of the sites where fighting occurs,” said Logan Hennessy, a professor in the School of Liberal Studies at San Francisco State University. “But then you also have the exodus of people. And the exodus also creates other environmental issues and problems.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Ukraine, Russian attacks on industrial sites, including factories, fuel depots, and nuclear power facilities with potential radioactive waste storage, \u003ca href=\"https://www.unep.org/news-and-stories/story/toxic-legacy-ukraine-war\">could result in water contamination that might linger for decades or even centuries\u003c/a>, said Hennessy, who teaches classes on international development and resource justice, as well as forest ecology and conservation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote align=\"right\" size=\"medium\" citation=\"Keala Uchoa, Richmond youth organizer, CBE in Richmond\"]“Our local fights for environmental justice and destabilizing Chevron and ultimately decommissioning the refinery are connected to international solidarity work with Indigenous people, including the Indigenous people of Palestine.”[/pullquote]The U.S. used chemicals such as Agent Orange in Laos, Vietnam and Cambodia during the Vietnam War to defoliate millions of acres of forests and farmland. This was not only harmful to the environment, it \u003ca href=\"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK594243/\">also could have caused cancer, birth disorders, and life-threatening health complications\u003c/a> for generations to come.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Similarly, Israel’s use of \u003ca href=\"https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/2023/12/11/israel-us-white-phosphorus-lebanon/\">white phosphorus in the recent bombardment in Gaza\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/white-phosphorus\">not only burns the flesh of humans it touches\u003c/a>, but these chemicals will contaminate the soil for decades and are also an air pollutant.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the case of Gaza, these displacements can strain vital resources like food, water and medicine as millions of Palestinians relocate. “You have a second wave of environmental impacts that then have cascading effects,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It makes sense that organizing efforts for moving towards better, cleaner, and more just environments here in the Bay Area have solidarity with other communities facing similar problems anywhere, Hennessy said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re not going to achieve any kind of progress, environmentally speaking, in terms of climate change by just focusing on only local issues,” he added. “The movement here for environmental justice is deeply connected to any kind of continued environmental impact we see anywhere.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1991352\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1991352 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/02/Ayesha-Abbasi-state-organizer-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"A woman with a white mask on stands in front of a black banner and infront of a sign that says cease fire now. \" width=\"2560\" height=\"1703\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/02/Ayesha-Abbasi-state-organizer-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/02/Ayesha-Abbasi-state-organizer-800x532.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/02/Ayesha-Abbasi-state-organizer-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/02/Ayesha-Abbasi-state-organizer-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/02/Ayesha-Abbasi-state-organizer-768x511.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/02/Ayesha-Abbasi-state-organizer-1536x1022.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/02/Ayesha-Abbasi-state-organizer-2048x1363.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/02/Ayesha-Abbasi-state-organizer-1920x1277.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ayesha Abbasi, APEN state organizer holding up a banner that reads ‘Ceasefire Now.’ \u003ccite>(Courtesy of APEN)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>History of Bay Area environmental movements against war\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Environmental organizations, such as APEN, have been involved in anti-war efforts long before the war in Gaza. The group made activism against what they described as former President George Bush’s “war agenda” in Iraq and Afghanistan central to their environmental campaigns.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>An \u003ca href=\"http://archive.apen4ej.org/download/2002%20APEN%20annual%20report.pdf\">annual report from the organization about the Iraq war in 2003 (PDF)\u003c/a> stated that APEN’s “longer-term agenda for environmental justice that ensures basic needs such as housing are met, that rights of workers, women, girls, are valued and addressed, decision-making rests in the many, rather than an elite few. Our work is both global and local.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote align=\"right\" size=\"medium\" citation=\"Logan Hennessy, professor, School of Liberal Studies at San Francisco State University\"]“The movement here for environmental justice is deeply connected to any kind of continued environmental impact we see anywhere.”[/pullquote]\u003ca href=\"http://www.envirosagainstwar.org/sayno/endorsers.html\">A few other Bay Area environmental organizations opposed the Iraq War\u003c/a>, including San Francisco’s \u003ca href=\"https://podersf.org/\">People Organizing to Demand Environmental & Economical Rights (PODER)\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://treesfoundation.org/partner-groups/bay-area-coalition-for-headwaters/\">Bay Area Coalition for Headwaters\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://dhventures.com/West_about_us.htm\">West County Toxics Coalition\u003c/a> in Contra Costa County, and more. In 2008, \u003ca href=\"https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2008/05/25/18502090.php\">these organizations participated in anti-war protests at Chevron in San Ramon\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"http://www.envirosagainstwar.org/sayno/sierraclubpresident.html\">Sierra Club opposed an invasion of Iraq in 2003\u003c/a>. While Bay Area environmental organizations like APEN and CBE are calling for a cease-fire in Gaza, noting the destruction the war is causing to humans and the environment, the \u003ca href=\"https://www.sierraclub.org/california\">Sierra Club in California\u003c/a> has not taken any stance on the matter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s been incredibly disappointing to see the continued silence of some of the bigger green organizations like Sierra Club and others that have a really strong influence in Washington,” said Ayesha Abbasi, state organizer at APEN.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Sierra Club in California did not respond to an email asking for a statement about the war.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To Abbasi, ensuring that everyone can live in a healthy environment where they can thrive should be the vision for the future, “whether it’s in Palestine or Richmond,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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Lee grew up around the Chevron refinery in Richmond, one of the largest polluters in the state, breathing the fumes it releases into the air. “It’s just a constant thing in our environment that we have to really fight [for],” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chevron is also \u003ca href=\"https://israel.chevron.com/en/our-businesses\">one of the largest energy companies to work in Israel\u003c/a>, bringing the government \u003ca href=\"https://israel.chevron.com/en/our-businesses/natural-gas\">billions of dollars in revenue annually\u003c/a>. APEN has called for a \u003ca href=\"https://bdsmovement.net/news/bds-movement-calls-for-consumer-boycott-chevron-branded-gas-stations\">boycott of Chevron\u003c/a> locally, saying it is a fight for the environmental rights of both Richmond residents and Palestinians.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The facility released nearly 3 million metric tons of planet-warming gas emissions in 2022, according to an \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/climate/article/greenhouse-gas-emissions-18531155.php\">analysis from the \u003cem>San Francisco Chronicle\u003c/em>\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pollutants released by refineries can cause \u003ca href=\"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6524223/\">respiratory problems and chronic health issues.\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"https://clear.ucsf.edu/reach\">A UCSF-led community health assessment of Richmond found\u003c/a> that the childhood asthma rate in Richmond is \u003ca href=\"https://www.contracosta.ca.gov/ArchiveCenter/ViewFile/Item/5207\">double the national average\u003c/a>. People with existing heart or lung disease, diabetes, older adults, children, and people of lower socio-economic status have a greater risk of particle pollution health effects.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1991347\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1991347 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/02/Katherine-Lee-APEN-youth-organizer-speaks-at-Padilla-action-credit-Jen-Rocha--scaled.jpg\" alt=\"A woman holds a microphone and wears a yellow sweatshirt. \" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/02/Katherine-Lee-APEN-youth-organizer-speaks-at-Padilla-action-credit-Jen-Rocha--scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/02/Katherine-Lee-APEN-youth-organizer-speaks-at-Padilla-action-credit-Jen-Rocha--800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/02/Katherine-Lee-APEN-youth-organizer-speaks-at-Padilla-action-credit-Jen-Rocha--1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/02/Katherine-Lee-APEN-youth-organizer-speaks-at-Padilla-action-credit-Jen-Rocha--160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/02/Katherine-Lee-APEN-youth-organizer-speaks-at-Padilla-action-credit-Jen-Rocha--768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/02/Katherine-Lee-APEN-youth-organizer-speaks-at-Padilla-action-credit-Jen-Rocha--1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/02/Katherine-Lee-APEN-youth-organizer-speaks-at-Padilla-action-credit-Jen-Rocha--2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/02/Katherine-Lee-APEN-youth-organizer-speaks-at-Padilla-action-credit-Jen-Rocha--1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Katherine Lee, APEN youth organizer, speaks at an action. \u003ccite>(Jen Rocha)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Our local fights for environmental justice and destabilizing Chevron and ultimately decommissioning the refinery are connected to international solidarity work with Indigenous people, including the Indigenous people of Palestine,” Uchoa said. “There’s a sacred relationship between Indigenous people and the land that they belong to.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Not only are we losing thousands and thousands of human beings, but we’re also losing so many knowledge bearers of the land and of culture. And the land is feeling that,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Feb. 3, hundreds of protesters marched in front of the Chevron facility in Richmond to call for a cease-fire in Gaza and for the company to divest from Israel. They’re asking for the public to boycott Chevron fuel until they do so.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a statement responding to the protest, Chevron said it respects the rights of individuals to express their viewpoints peacefully.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Aisha Mansour is Palestinian from a small village called Al-Walaja in the West Bank. She currently lives in Oakland, but some of her family still reside in Palestine. Mansour was one of the “Bay Bridge 78” protesters who \u003ca href=\"https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/san-francisco/dozens-of-protesters-stop-traffic-on-bay-bridge/3373428/\">shut down the westbound lanes of the Bay Bridge on Nov. 16, demanding a cease-fire\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>Updated Sunday 8:30 a.m.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yet another atmospheric river-boosted storm is bringing heavy rain and gusty weather to the Bay Area. The storm is forecast to last through Monday and is expected to be more powerful than those that have hit the region thus far this year, bringing with it the potential of flooding rain and strong winds that could damage trees and lead to power outages.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Jose has issued a \u003ca href=\"https://www.sanjoseca.gov/news-stories/news/emergency-notifications\">proclamation of local emergency — \u003c/a> a mandatory evacuation for unhoused individuals living along the banks of the waterways. The Bay Area Taxi Cab Inc. 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Winds and showers spread north and east through Saturday night with dangerously strong winds expected in the late night and through Sunday. Rain rates begin to increase into the late night as the main rainband arrives.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meteorologist Roger Gass with the National Weather Service says he recommends people stay home Sunday if they can — a message that officials have plastered on digital billboards overhead the Bay Bridge, too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The impacts will be the greatest with some gusts up to 80 miles per hour in the hills,” he said. “We may get up to 70 miles per hour along the coast and within the city we’re expecting gusts in the 45 to 55 mile per hour range.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Much of the Bay Area and Central Coast are also under a flood watch through Monday morning, meaning roads, rivers, creeks and rivers are at risk of flooding. Burn scars are also at risk of flash flooding and debris flows.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services is monitoring five rivers across the state it says are at risk of flooding, including the Guadalupe River in Santa Clara County, the Russian River in Mendocino County and the Carmel River in Monterey County.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/NWSBayArea/status/1753554716360106346?s=20\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gov. Gavin Newsom has activated emergency operations centers around the state and mobilized 8,300 workers to respond to storm impacts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Avoid going outside as there are dangerous debris, falling tree limbs, and downed power lines. High winds may lead to power outages. Keep your batteries handy for your devices,” said Cal OES director Nancy Ward during a Saturday press conference.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The San Francisco Bay Area is forecast to get about three inches of rain between now and Monday afternoon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the biggest impact for the Bay Area, according to UCLA’s Daniel Swain, could come from the strong winds, which could be “highly disruptive and possibly substantially damaging winds” at times, along the central coast and even parts of the Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“With an explosively developing surface low expected to be located just a couple hundred miles southwest of the SF Bay Area by late tonight, a major and possibly widespread damaging windstorm will be likely along much of the Central Coast, portions of the SF Bay Area, and possibly also farther north and east (especially across the northern San Joaquin and southern/central Sacramento Valley),” Swain wrote in a blog post posted this morning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This latest series of storms will also bring heavy snow to the Sierra Nevada. The weather service’s Sacramento office warns of “significant mountain travel impacts” from Sunday into Tuesday and that driving in the Tahoe region will bring delays, snow-covered roads, chain control and possible road closures, and could be dangerous.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/nwsreno/status/1753648693155332543?s=46\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"start\">\u003c/a>How should I start preparing?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>First up, understand just how much you — and your home — could be affected by another storm of this magnitude.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Previous storms in the Bay Area have knocked down trees, flooded roads and cut power to tens of thousands of homes and businesses, and contributed to several deaths. Winds have also previously forced the cancellation of flights at local airports including San Francisco International Airport.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Flooding could mean you have to evacuate your home, or live without crucial services for an extended period. Besides flashlights, experts recommend having \u003ca href=\"https://www.ready.gov/floods#prepare\">an emergency supply kit\u003c/a> ready in both your home and car — should you need to evacuate — that includes nonperishable foods, necessary medications, cleaning supplies and water for several days, in case services are cut off in your area. You can also include \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11833686/what-to-pack-in-your-emergency-bag-with-covid-19-in-mind\">a copy of your ID, charging cables for your cellphone\u003c/a> and a portable cellphone battery pack.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Previous storms in the Bay Area have resulted in power outages that affected over 100,000 \u003ca href=\"https://pgealerts.alerts.pge.com/outagecenter/\">PG&E customers\u003c/a>. \u003ca href=\"#poweroutages\">Read more about preparing your home for a potential power outage \u003c/a>in this next storm.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11937690\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1620px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11937690\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/5D65DA1F-1731-42C5-834B-6BA5B80BEF7F.jpg\" alt=\"two people in raincoats stand in shin deep water as they try to clear a drain on a city street in San Francisco\" width=\"1620\" height=\"1080\">\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.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=\"news_11833686\" hero=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/pexels-dids-1986996-1-1020x680-1.jpg\"]If your home experienced flooding during previous storms this year — or in storms from years past — officials recommend having sandbags, plastic sheeting and other flood control materials ready. Counties, public utilities and even community organizations across the Bay Area are distributing free sandbags. Keep in mind that some distribution sites, like those in San Francisco and San José, may ask you to show ID to prove you are a resident. \u003ca href=\"#sandbags\">Learn more about where to find sandbags.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Following the atmospheric river storm that hit Northern California on New Year’s Eve, officials around the Bay Area have doubled down on efforts to keep waterways and storm drains clear to reduce the risk of flooding in residential areas. Both \u003ca href=\"https://www.oaklandca.gov/services/adopt-a-drain\">Oakland\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://sfpuc.org/learning/how-you-can-help/adopt-drain-sf\">San Francisco\u003c/a> have programs where \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13923319/you-can-adopt-a-drain-in-san-francisco-with-naming-rights-included\">residents can “adopt” a storm drain in their community\u003c/a> and help remove leaves and other debris.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/valleywater/status/1633925512853856256\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>FEMA also has created a tool that tracks which parts of a city are under flood risk — and to what extent. You can input your address in the \u003ca href=\"https://msc.fema.gov/portal/home\">FEMA Flood Map Service Center\u003c/a>. Once the map tool locates your address, you can select the “Dynamic Map” option to see a more detailed map that may have certain neighborhoods or blocks color coded to represent flood risk.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you are a homeowner, keep in mind that most home insurance plans do \u003cem>not\u003c/em> cover damage caused by flooding. However, you can buy an additional policy with the \u003ca href=\"https://floodsmart.gov/\">National Flood Insurance Program\u003c/a> through your existing insurance provider. It’s important to mention that if you decide to buy a plan now, there is a 30-day wait period for the benefits to begin, so the policy would not cover damages potentially caused by this week’s storms.\u003cbr>\n[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"sandbags\">\u003c/a>I need sandbags. Where can I get them?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>In San Francisco, officials in the past have stressed that only residents who have previously experienced flooding in their homes should seek out the free sandbags provided by city agencies. Additionally, San Mateo County has added on its emergency preparation website that \u003ca href=\"https://www.smcgov.org/ceo/news/prepare-now-heavy-rains-and-strong-winds-forecast-san-mateo-county\">sandbags brought out during a previous storm can be reused\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Santa Clara Valley Water has \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GpvVAQ57uqM&t=39s\">created a helpful video tutorial on how best to place sandbags around a home\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If your home has flooded in the past and you’re looking to pick up free sandbags, several options are available. Be aware that some sites may offer bags and sand separately or exclusively, and that you may need to bring your own shovel to some locations. 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Be sure to research the site you’re visiting before leaving.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Alameda County\u003c/strong>: In Alameda County, \u003ca href=\"https://www.acpwa.org/prepare-for-winter-storms.page\">residents can pick up sandbags supplied by the County Public Works Agency from four sites\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Contra Costa County\u003c/strong>: Each city in Contra Costa County has its own sandbag pickup locations. \u003ca href=\"https://www.contracosta.ca.gov/DocumentCenter/View/55575/Sandbag-City-Contacts-11-20-18-PDF?bidId=\">You can find the contact information for your city’s sandbag distribution site here (PDF).\u003c/a> Additionally, if you live in an unincorporated part of the county,\u003ca href=\"https://contracosta.ca.gov/5976/Sandbags\"> six additional locations are available\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Marin County\u003c/strong>: Marin County has a list of both government-provided locations and commercial/retail options for sandbags.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://emergency.marincounty.org/pages/flooding#sandbags\">Where to find sandbags in Marin County\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Napa County\u003c/strong>: In addition to the county-run sandbag locations below, Napa County also recommends residents of American Canyon, Napa, St. Helena, Calistoga and Yountville \u003ca href=\"https://www.countyofnapa.org/DocumentCenter/View/20444/2023-Sandbag-Locations-PDF?bidId=\">contact their city directly for sandbag locations and availability (PDF)\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.smcgov.org/publicworks/storm-preparedness\">Where to find sandbags in San Mateo County\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Santa Clara County: \u003c/strong>Santa Clara County residents can pick up free sandbags from \u003ca href=\"https://www.valleywater.org/flooding-safety/flood-ready/sandbags\">several locations managed by Santa Clara Valley Water\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Solano County\u003c/strong>: All locations are self-serve and require your own shovel.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.solanocounty.com/depts/oes/grs/storm_ready/sandbag_information.asp\">Where to find sandbags in Solano County\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Sonoma County\u003c/strong>: Sandbags are available at over 10 locations around the county.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://socoemergency.org/emergency/flooding/sandbags/\">Where to find sandbags in Sonoma County\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"poweroutages\">\u003c/a>How can I be ready for potential power outages?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Flooding, downed trees and downed power lines: All of these can create the very real possibility of power outages during a storm like this.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Remember: It can sometimes take days for PG&E to do safety checks and turn your power back on, particularly if an outage affects a large enough number of people. 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You can then turn each appliance back on one by one.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Stay far away from any downed power lines, and report them\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.pge.com/en_US/safety/emergency-preparedness/natural-disaster/storms/storms.page\">If you’re near a downed power line, PG&E advises that you assume it’s energized and dangerous\u003c/a> and stay far away from it. 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Plan to rely on coolers with ice or any water-filled plastic containers you’ve frozen ahead of time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state recommends that during an outage, you monitor food temperatures with a thermometer — and throw out any food that has a temperature of 40 degrees or higher.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you’re opting to use a camp stove or a grill in the absence of your oven or microwave, you should only use these appliances outdoors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you’re without power for more than 48 hours, you may qualify for compensation from PG&E. \u003ca href=\"https://www.pge.com/en_US/residential/outages/current-outages/report-view-an-electric-outage/additional-resources/extended-outage-compensation/extended-outage-compensation.page\">Read more about the PG&E Safety Net program\u003c/a>, which offers these payments due to “severe events, like storms.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"driving\">\u003c/a>How can I drive safely in rain and strong winds?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>During these storms, officials urge residents to limit unnecessary travel and stay home if at all possible during weather events like these, citing the potential dangers presented by downed trees and power lines in addition to flooding.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you must drive, use your headlights, turn off cruise control, maintain a firm grip on the steering wheel and drive more slowly and cautiously than usual. 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Don’t assume you know the depth of a pool of water or the conditions of the road underneath it, especially at night.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Always turn around rather than driving through a flooded area\u003c/strong> — as few as 6 inches of water is enough to disable or stall a small car, while 12 inches can sweep away a vehicle. If floodwaters begin to rise around your car, abandon the car and move to higher ground on foot. According to the California Department of Water Resources, more people become trapped and die in their vehicles than anywhere else during a flood.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"updates\">\u003c/a>How can I receive updates about my area?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>If you haven’t done so already, sign up to receive emergency weather alerts from your county. County officials use these notifications to inform residents of weather alerts, street and road closures, and evacuation orders. Find your county below:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.acgov.org/emergencysite/\">Alameda County emergency alerts\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.cityofberkeley.info/EmergencyAlerting/\">City of Berkeley emergency alerts\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.contracosta.ca.gov/2269/Emergency-Alerts-Resources\">Contra Costa County emergency alerts\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://emergency.marincounty.org/\">Marin County emergency alerts\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.countyofnapa.org/2481/Emergency-Alerts\">Napa County emergency alerts\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://sf.gov/information/be-know-official-emergency-alerts\">City and County of San Francisco emergency alerts\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://cmo.smcgov.org/smc-alert\">San Mateo County emergency alerts\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://emergencymanagement.sccgov.org/AlertSCC\">Santa Clara County emergency alerts\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.solanocounty.com/depts/oes/emergency.asp\">Solano County emergency alerts\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://socoemergency.org/get-ready/sign-up/\">Sonoma County emergency alerts\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>In San Francisco, officials have asked the public to call 311 to report flooding inside homes, instead of 911. “We still have to run all our critical 911 calls whether it’s a cardiac arrest, a car accident or a fire. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cem>Updated Sunday 8:30 a.m.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yet another atmospheric river-boosted storm is bringing heavy rain and gusty weather to the Bay Area. The storm is forecast to last through Monday and is expected to be more powerful than those that have hit the region thus far this year, bringing with it the potential of flooding rain and strong winds that could damage trees and lead to power outages.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Jose has issued a \u003ca href=\"https://www.sanjoseca.gov/news-stories/news/emergency-notifications\">proclamation of local emergency — \u003c/a> a mandatory evacuation for unhoused individuals living along the banks of the waterways. The Bay Area Taxi Cab Inc. (408-573-7777) is providing free rides to the Roosevelt Community Center which serves as a warming center for unhoused individuals.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A list of \u003ca href=\"https://emergencymanagement.sccgov.org/residents/cold-weather-safety?\">warming centers in San Jose\u003c/a> is located here.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Jump to:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#start\">How should I prepare my home for a storm?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#sandbags\">Where can I get free sandbags?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#poweroutages\">How can I be ready for potential power outages?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#driving\">What are best practices for driving in heavy rain and wind?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#updates\">How can I receive updates about my area?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>The system appears aimed at the Central Coast and Southern California, but the National Weather Service is warning that recent models suggest the Bay Area will be facing much stronger gusting winds than previously anticipated.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The weather service’s latest forecast discussion from the Bay Area office said that the “second half of Saturday is when the magic happens.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Shower activity and south to southeast winds build in the southern portions of the [region], particularly along the Big Sur coast. Winds and showers spread north and east through Saturday night with dangerously strong winds expected in the late night and through Sunday. Rain rates begin to increase into the late night as the main rainband arrives.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meteorologist Roger Gass with the National Weather Service says he recommends people stay home Sunday if they can — a message that officials have plastered on digital billboards overhead the Bay Bridge, too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The impacts will be the greatest with some gusts up to 80 miles per hour in the hills,” he said. “We may get up to 70 miles per hour along the coast and within the city we’re expecting gusts in the 45 to 55 mile per hour range.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Much of the Bay Area and Central Coast are also under a flood watch through Monday morning, meaning roads, rivers, creeks and rivers are at risk of flooding. Burn scars are also at risk of flash flooding and debris flows.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services is monitoring five rivers across the state it says are at risk of flooding, including the Guadalupe River in Santa Clara County, the Russian River in Mendocino County and the Carmel River in Monterey County.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\n\u003cp>Gov. Gavin Newsom has activated emergency operations centers around the state and mobilized 8,300 workers to respond to storm impacts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Avoid going outside as there are dangerous debris, falling tree limbs, and downed power lines. High winds may lead to power outages. Keep your batteries handy for your devices,” said Cal OES director Nancy Ward during a Saturday press conference.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The San Francisco Bay Area is forecast to get about three inches of rain between now and Monday afternoon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the biggest impact for the Bay Area, according to UCLA’s Daniel Swain, could come from the strong winds, which could be “highly disruptive and possibly substantially damaging winds” at times, along the central coast and even parts of the Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“With an explosively developing surface low expected to be located just a couple hundred miles southwest of the SF Bay Area by late tonight, a major and possibly widespread damaging windstorm will be likely along much of the Central Coast, portions of the SF Bay Area, and possibly also farther north and east (especially across the northern San Joaquin and southern/central Sacramento Valley),” Swain wrote in a blog post posted this morning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This latest series of storms will also bring heavy snow to the Sierra Nevada. The weather service’s Sacramento office warns of “significant mountain travel impacts” from Sunday into Tuesday and that driving in the Tahoe region will bring delays, snow-covered roads, chain control and possible road closures, and could be dangerous.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"start\">\u003c/a>How should I start preparing?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>First up, understand just how much you — and your home — could be affected by another storm of this magnitude.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Previous storms in the Bay Area have knocked down trees, flooded roads and cut power to tens of thousands of homes and businesses, and contributed to several deaths. Winds have also previously forced the cancellation of flights at local airports including San Francisco International Airport.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Flooding could mean you have to evacuate your home, or live without crucial services for an extended period. Besides flashlights, experts recommend having \u003ca href=\"https://www.ready.gov/floods#prepare\">an emergency supply kit\u003c/a> ready in both your home and car — should you need to evacuate — that includes nonperishable foods, necessary medications, cleaning supplies and water for several days, in case services are cut off in your area. You can also include \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11833686/what-to-pack-in-your-emergency-bag-with-covid-19-in-mind\">a copy of your ID, charging cables for your cellphone\u003c/a> and a portable cellphone battery pack.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Previous storms in the Bay Area have resulted in power outages that affected over 100,000 \u003ca href=\"https://pgealerts.alerts.pge.com/outagecenter/\">PG&E customers\u003c/a>. \u003ca href=\"#poweroutages\">Read more about preparing your home for a potential power outage \u003c/a>in this next storm.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11937690\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1620px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11937690\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/5D65DA1F-1731-42C5-834B-6BA5B80BEF7F.jpg\" alt=\"two people in raincoats stand in shin deep water as they try to clear a drain on a city street in San Francisco\" width=\"1620\" height=\"1080\">\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.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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