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An estimated 25 million Californians and 3 million acres (\u003cspan class=\"caps\">1.2 \u003c/span>million hectares) of farmland rely on those water diversions today.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"s1\">The idea of a single tunnel was \u003ca href=\"https://www.nrdc.org/resources/portfolio-based-conceptual-alternative-bay-delta\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u003cspan class=\"s2\">first proposed\u003c/span>\u003c/a> in 2013 by a coalition of water agencies and environmental groups led by the Natural Resources Defense Council.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"s1\">Now there’s fresh buzz around the idea after water experts at the Public Policy Institute of California, a prominent think tank, published an op-ed in t\u003cspan class=\"s2\">he \u003ca href=\"http://www.sacbee.com/opinion/california-forum/article118384708.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Sacramento Bee\u003c/a>\u003c/span> urging state officials to reconsider the idea.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"s1\">“We still feel the status quo is getting us nowhere good, fast,” said Ellen Hanak, director of the Water Policy Center at the \u003cspan class=\"caps\">PPIC\u003c/span> and a coauthor of the column. “You have to look at where is there an opportunity for moving from getting what you want to getting what you need.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"s1\">The proposal calls for a single tunnel capable of moving water at 3,000 cubic feet per second (85 cubic meters per second). That sounds like a lot less than two tunnels jointly diverting 9,000 cubic feet per second (255 cubic meters per second). But in reality, one tunnel would deliver only about 10 percent less water, according to the state’s own 2013 \u003ca href=\"http://baydeltaconservationplan.com/Libraries/Dynamic_Document_Library/BDCP_and_Portfolio_Concept_letter_9-11-13_Corrected_9-16-13.sflb.ashx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u003cspan class=\"s2\">analysis\u003c/span>\u003c/a> of the proposal.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1253973\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1400px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1253973 size-full\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2016/12/CWF_Map_Text.jpeg\" alt=\"This map of the California WaterFix project shows part of the route for the proposed twin water diversion tunnels across the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, along with intakes and some other facilities. \" width=\"1400\" height=\"1227\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2016/12/CWF_Map_Text.jpeg 1400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2016/12/CWF_Map_Text-160x140.jpeg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2016/12/CWF_Map_Text-800x701.jpeg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2016/12/CWF_Map_Text-768x673.jpeg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2016/12/CWF_Map_Text-1020x894.jpeg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2016/12/CWF_Map_Text-1180x1034.jpeg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2016/12/CWF_Map_Text-960x841.jpeg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2016/12/CWF_Map_Text-240x210.jpeg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2016/12/CWF_Map_Text-375x329.jpeg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2016/12/CWF_Map_Text-520x456.jpeg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1400px) 100vw, 1400px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">This map of the California WaterFix project shows part of the route for the proposed twin water diversion tunnels across the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, along with intakes and some other facilities. \u003ccite>(California WaterFix)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"s1\">That’s because a major reason for a second tunnel is to provide backup, in case one tunnel goes down for maintenance or is damaged somehow, said Erin Mellon, a spokeswoman for the California Natural Resources Agency.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"s1\">“One tunnel would be bad engineering,” Mellon said. “You need the redundancy of two, because you don’t want to have to shut down the system for days, weeks or months and cut off water supply for Californians. That’s a very, very big piece of it.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"s1\">She also notes that building one tunnel instead of two won’t cut the cost in half. The state estimated it could save $3 billion, because many up-front costs won’t change much, such as project design and land acquisition.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"s1\">But Hanak said $3 billion is a significant saving when a number of water agencies remain on the fence about investing in the project.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"s1\">Another motivation, Hanak said, is simple goodwill. Many opponents cite the fact that dual tunnels have capacity to divert more than 9,000 cubic feet per second from the Sacramento River. The only thing holding them to that number are the rules governing tunnel operations. And many Delta residents and environmental groups have little faith in those rules.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"s1\">Hanak said a single tunnel might ease a lot of opposition to the project. It also might avoid some litigation that would delay construction, which will only drive up costs further.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"s1\">“There are just enduring trust issues, let’s say, with people not convinced in the governance of the thing,” Hanak said. “Our hope is it generates some discussion among some folks who actually do need to decide whether they want to make a deal.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"s1\">After publication of the \u003cspan class=\"caps\">PPIC\u003c/span> op-ed, several environmental groups released statements expressing an open-minded attitude toward a single-tunnel solution. Most of them understand, after all, that the reliance on current water diversions in the South Delta is part of the problem for native fish species.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"s1\">One of them is the Golden Gate Salmon Association, which represents commercial and recreational fishermen and the businesses that rely on them, including bait shops and restaurants, as well as tribal organizations and coastal communities.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"s1\">“The existing way of moving water across the Delta to the export pumps is lethal on juvenile salmon,” said John McManus, the group’s executive director. “All of a sudden, it feels like perhaps there’s an opening here to consider some other alternative.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"s1\">Roger Patterson, assistant general manager of the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, said he’s open to new discussions about a single tunnel. Metropolitan, with its large urban ratepayer base, is considered the biggest financial backer of the tunnel project.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"s1\">“It’s good they’re kicking it around. I’m always willing to talk,” said Patterson. “But I just don’t think it performs well for either of the so-called ‘co-equal goals.’”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"s1\">Those goals refer to the requirement, now enshrined in state law, that a Delta fix must improve water supply reliability while also restoring the ecosystem.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"s1\">Patterson said dual tunnels perform better for water supply reliability because they are large enough to take a “big gulp” from stormwater outflow, a time when water diversions are less harmful to fish. Two tunnels also might perform better for the ecosystem, because they would mean less reliance on existing diversion pumps in the south Delta, which reverse natural water flows and kill millions of fish every year.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"s1\">The current two-tunnel proposal would still use the south Delta pumps about half the time. A single tunnel would probably keep the south Delta pumps in play even more often, although that level of analysis hasn’t been done yet.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"s1\">If an alternative is going to get serious consideration, it has to happen soon. After a decade of work, the plan for two tunnels is close to approval: A final environmental impact study is expected by mid-2017, with a notice of decision likely by year end.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"s1\">A single-tunnel option is not among the options analyzed in that environmental impact study, so even adding it as a formal alternative would create delays.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"fin\">\u003cspan class=\"s1\">“It’s pretty clear that we are moving forward with the WaterFix as it stands today, based on the fact that we’re really coming to the final stages in a lot of these important permitting discussions,” Mellon said.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"fin\">\u003cem>\u003cspan class=\"Normal__Char\">This article originally appeared on \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.newsdeeply.com/water\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u003cspan class=\"Normal__Char\">Water Deeply\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan class=\"Normal__Char\">, and you can find it \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.newsdeeply.com/water/articles/2016/12/19/think-tank-urges-fresh-look-at-the-delta-water-tunnel-plan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u003cspan class=\"Normal__Char\">here\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan class=\"Normal__Char\">. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"start\">If two water \u003c/span>diversion tunnels could help solve California’s water delivery woes, can one tunnel be even better?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"s1\">Over the past decade, state officials have designed a massive plumbing solution for the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. Known as \u003ca title=\"Link: https://www.californiawaterfix.com/\" href=\"https://www.californiawaterfix.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u003cspan class=\"s2\">California WaterFix\u003c/span>\u003c/a>, it involves building two giant tunnels to divert a portion of the Sacramento River’s flow underneath the estuary and directly to existing diversion pumps and canals near Tracy. The cost is estimated at more than $15 billion.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"s1\">The project is aimed at making freshwater diversions more reliable while also protecting native fish from being killed by the current water diversion system. An estimated 25 million Californians and 3 million acres (\u003cspan class=\"caps\">1.2 \u003c/span>million hectares) of farmland rely on those water diversions today.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"s1\">The idea of a single tunnel was \u003ca href=\"https://www.nrdc.org/resources/portfolio-based-conceptual-alternative-bay-delta\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u003cspan class=\"s2\">first proposed\u003c/span>\u003c/a> in 2013 by a coalition of water agencies and environmental groups led by the Natural Resources Defense Council.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"s1\">Now there’s fresh buzz around the idea after water experts at the Public Policy Institute of California, a prominent think tank, published an op-ed in t\u003cspan class=\"s2\">he \u003ca href=\"http://www.sacbee.com/opinion/california-forum/article118384708.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Sacramento Bee\u003c/a>\u003c/span> urging state officials to reconsider the idea.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"s1\">“We still feel the status quo is getting us nowhere good, fast,” said Ellen Hanak, director of the Water Policy Center at the \u003cspan class=\"caps\">PPIC\u003c/span> and a coauthor of the column. “You have to look at where is there an opportunity for moving from getting what you want to getting what you need.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"s1\">The proposal calls for a single tunnel capable of moving water at 3,000 cubic feet per second (85 cubic meters per second). That sounds like a lot less than two tunnels jointly diverting 9,000 cubic feet per second (255 cubic meters per second). But in reality, one tunnel would deliver only about 10 percent less water, according to the state’s own 2013 \u003ca href=\"http://baydeltaconservationplan.com/Libraries/Dynamic_Document_Library/BDCP_and_Portfolio_Concept_letter_9-11-13_Corrected_9-16-13.sflb.ashx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u003cspan class=\"s2\">analysis\u003c/span>\u003c/a> of the proposal.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1253973\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1400px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1253973 size-full\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2016/12/CWF_Map_Text.jpeg\" alt=\"This map of the California WaterFix project shows part of the route for the proposed twin water diversion tunnels across the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, along with intakes and some other facilities. \" width=\"1400\" height=\"1227\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2016/12/CWF_Map_Text.jpeg 1400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2016/12/CWF_Map_Text-160x140.jpeg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2016/12/CWF_Map_Text-800x701.jpeg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2016/12/CWF_Map_Text-768x673.jpeg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2016/12/CWF_Map_Text-1020x894.jpeg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2016/12/CWF_Map_Text-1180x1034.jpeg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2016/12/CWF_Map_Text-960x841.jpeg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2016/12/CWF_Map_Text-240x210.jpeg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2016/12/CWF_Map_Text-375x329.jpeg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2016/12/CWF_Map_Text-520x456.jpeg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1400px) 100vw, 1400px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">This map of the California WaterFix project shows part of the route for the proposed twin water diversion tunnels across the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, along with intakes and some other facilities. \u003ccite>(California WaterFix)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"s1\">That’s because a major reason for a second tunnel is to provide backup, in case one tunnel goes down for maintenance or is damaged somehow, said Erin Mellon, a spokeswoman for the California Natural Resources Agency.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"s1\">“One tunnel would be bad engineering,” Mellon said. “You need the redundancy of two, because you don’t want to have to shut down the system for days, weeks or months and cut off water supply for Californians. That’s a very, very big piece of it.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"s1\">She also notes that building one tunnel instead of two won’t cut the cost in half. The state estimated it could save $3 billion, because many up-front costs won’t change much, such as project design and land acquisition.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"s1\">But Hanak said $3 billion is a significant saving when a number of water agencies remain on the fence about investing in the project.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"s1\">Another motivation, Hanak said, is simple goodwill. Many opponents cite the fact that dual tunnels have capacity to divert more than 9,000 cubic feet per second from the Sacramento River. The only thing holding them to that number are the rules governing tunnel operations. And many Delta residents and environmental groups have little faith in those rules.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"s1\">Hanak said a single tunnel might ease a lot of opposition to the project. It also might avoid some litigation that would delay construction, which will only drive up costs further.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"s1\">“There are just enduring trust issues, let’s say, with people not convinced in the governance of the thing,” Hanak said. “Our hope is it generates some discussion among some folks who actually do need to decide whether they want to make a deal.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"s1\">After publication of the \u003cspan class=\"caps\">PPIC\u003c/span> op-ed, several environmental groups released statements expressing an open-minded attitude toward a single-tunnel solution. Most of them understand, after all, that the reliance on current water diversions in the South Delta is part of the problem for native fish species.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"s1\">One of them is the Golden Gate Salmon Association, which represents commercial and recreational fishermen and the businesses that rely on them, including bait shops and restaurants, as well as tribal organizations and coastal communities.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"s1\">“The existing way of moving water across the Delta to the export pumps is lethal on juvenile salmon,” said John McManus, the group’s executive director. “All of a sudden, it feels like perhaps there’s an opening here to consider some other alternative.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"s1\">Roger Patterson, assistant general manager of the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, said he’s open to new discussions about a single tunnel. Metropolitan, with its large urban ratepayer base, is considered the biggest financial backer of the tunnel project.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"s1\">“It’s good they’re kicking it around. I’m always willing to talk,” said Patterson. “But I just don’t think it performs well for either of the so-called ‘co-equal goals.’”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"s1\">Those goals refer to the requirement, now enshrined in state law, that a Delta fix must improve water supply reliability while also restoring the ecosystem.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"s1\">Patterson said dual tunnels perform better for water supply reliability because they are large enough to take a “big gulp” from stormwater outflow, a time when water diversions are less harmful to fish. 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After a decade of work, the plan for two tunnels is close to approval: A final environmental impact study is expected by mid-2017, with a notice of decision likely by year end.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"s1\">A single-tunnel option is not among the options analyzed in that environmental impact study, so even adding it as a formal alternative would create delays.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"fin\">\u003cspan class=\"s1\">“It’s pretty clear that we are moving forward with the WaterFix as it stands today, based on the fact that we’re really coming to the final stages in a lot of these important permitting discussions,” Mellon said.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>Take a trip to Recology’s Recycle Central, where San Francisco’s waste is sorted and sent off for processing. This week on\u003c/em>\u003cem> \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/series/baycurious\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bay Curious\u003c/a>, we answer a question from Noe Valley resident Charlie Spiegel, who wondered where his recycling ends up.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[dropcap]C[/dropcap]harlie Spiegel is one of those people obsessed with getting recycling right.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Like the peanut butter canister. If I throw this into the recycling — this plastic thing that’s got peanut butter in it — I have no idea what they do with it,” he says, as he stands in the kitchen of his Noe Valley home.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[baycuriousbug]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He’s pulling empty glass and plastic containers out of his dishwasher.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Do you really wash these things?” I ask.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Oh yeah, yeah,” he says. “And then they come out melted.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Charlie has \u003cem>a lot\u003c/em> of questions when it comes to recycling. Like what happens to stuff that can’t be recycled that gets mixed up in the blue bins? Does he need to continue washing his plastics and jars? And what do those numbers on the bottom of his plastics mean?\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"alignright\">\n\u003ch2>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2016/12/15/quiz-test-your-recycling-i-q/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Take Our Recycling Quiz\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Test your recycling I.Q. to see how well you know San Francisco’s recycling rules.\u003cbr>\n\u003c/p>\u003c/aside>\n\u003ch2>Is Rinsing Recyclables Necessary?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The answers to all of Charlie’s questions were at Recology’s recycling center at Pier 96 near Hunters Point.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Inside the 200,000-square-foot warehouse, I meet Robert Reed, a project manager for Recology. He takes me to an open room called the tipping floor, where the recycling trucks first dump their contents after they leave your neighborhood.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55yXRsIX30A\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Plastic water bottles, cardboard Amazon boxes, plastic bags and soup containers are corralled by tractors into colossal 30-foot mountains.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Six hundred tons of material come through the tipping floor each day, says Robert. That’s equivalent to the weight of 38 Muni buses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I bring up Charlie’s first question: Do people need to rinse their recyclables?\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"alignright\">\n\u003ch2>Definitely don’t recycle:\u003c/h2>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Plastic Bags:\u003c/strong> They clog up Recology’s machines so toss them in the trash.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Wire Coat Hangers:\u003c/strong> These also damage the machines, so throw them out.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Greasy pizza boxes:\u003c/strong> The greasy bottom is compostable, the clean top can be recycled.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Styrofoam:\u003c/strong> This isn’t recyclable anywhere so make sure it ends up in the garbage.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>He says a \u003cem>half-full\u003c/em> jar of peanut butter would be too much, but their equipment is prepared to handle some residue.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Recology does ask people to \u003ca href=\"https://www.recology.com/faq/do-i-have-to-rinse-jars-bottles-and-cans/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">rinse out\u003c/a> their plastics because it can pose a problem for \u003cem>paper\u003c/em> products in single-stream recycling. If the food residue gets onto paper in your bin, it could make that paper non-recyclable. \u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>How The Recycling Is Sorted\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>We leave the tipping floor, and follow the recyclables as they are scooped onto conveyor belts moving up toward a second floor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ayanna Banks is hand-sorting the material as it comes down the conveyer belt.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I got here at 3:45 a.m.,” she says. “It’s a hard shift because you gotta get used to waking up.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s dusty and loud at the plant — so loud, you can’t hear a person 5 feet away from you.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10799481\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-10799481 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/Ayanna_sorting_star-800x446.jpg\" alt=\"Ayanna_sorting_star\" width=\"800\" height=\"446\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/Ayanna_sorting_star-800x446.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/Ayanna_sorting_star-400x223.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/Ayanna_sorting_star-768x428.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/Ayanna_sorting_star-1440x803.jpg 1440w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/Ayanna_sorting_star-1920x1071.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/Ayanna_sorting_star-1180x658.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/Ayanna_sorting_star-960x535.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ayanna Banks has seen some pretty unusual stuff come through the line — like car bumpers and a bank safe. (Adam Grossberg/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Fortunately, Ayanna has her headphones and there’s one type of music that keeps her going — gospel.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That’s mostly what I listen to in the morning, keep my spirits up,” laughs Ayanna, who says she likes to sing along, too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ayanna removes aluminum and cardboard from the paper, and separates out the trash, which is tossed into a chute for the landfill.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Paper goes straight to a high-density bailer, and plastics head toward one of the coolest machines in the whole warehouse — an optical sorter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10799479\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-10799479 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/Sorting_star-400x499.jpg\" alt=\"Sorting_star\" width=\"400\" height=\"499\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/Sorting_star-400x499.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/Sorting_star-800x997.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/Sorting_star-768x957.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/Sorting_star-960x1197.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/Sorting_star.jpg 1014w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Some parts of the recycling process are done by hand. (Adam Grossberg/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“You can see how it hits certain items with a puff of air,” says Robert.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The machine works like a human eyeball, visually sorting the plastics by color and type. As the plastics approach the end of the conveyor belt, the machine shoots puffs of air at each item to direct it toward a bin of similar plastics.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Then they’re baled and sent to Central California, where they’ll be turned into new products, like new recycling bins or water bottles.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>And What About Those Numbers?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Charlie’s final question was about those hard-to-decode numbers on the bottom of most plastics. Robert says those matter at other recycling plants, but not here in San Francisco. Recology can process any hard plastics it receives.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>… Even if they’re melted.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Reporting Back to Charlie\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>When I returned to Charlie’s house, I opened my laptop and played a video we took of the recycling process.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Wow, labor intensive, my God they’re picking out stuff as they go … wow,” he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I asked if it’s what he imagined.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s amazing the volumes they’re going through,” says Charlie. “And it’s amazing to me how labor intensive it is, ‘cuz I just had no idea.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When I told him that food residue isn’t an issue, he was elated.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He can finally stop melting his plastic jars in the dishwasher.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>An earlier version of this story said Recology users did not need to rinse out plastic recyclables. Recology has since updated its guidelines to ask users to rinse food residue from plastics to avoid contaminating paper recyclables.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Got a question you want KQED’s Bay Curious team to investigate? \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/series/baycurious\">Ask!\u003c/a>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10799483\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-10799483 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/Wall-of-aluminum_star-800x448.jpg\" alt=\"Wall of aluminum_star\" width=\"800\" height=\"448\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/Wall-of-aluminum_star-800x448.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/Wall-of-aluminum_star-400x224.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/Wall-of-aluminum_star-768x430.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/Wall-of-aluminum_star-960x538.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/Wall-of-aluminum_star.jpg 989w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An eddy-current separator repels aluminum cans off the line. 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If the food residue gets onto paper in your bin, it could make that paper non-recyclable. \u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>How The Recycling Is Sorted\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>We leave the tipping floor, and follow the recyclables as they are scooped onto conveyor belts moving up toward a second floor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ayanna Banks is hand-sorting the material as it comes down the conveyer belt.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I got here at 3:45 a.m.,” she says. “It’s a hard shift because you gotta get used to waking up.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s dusty and loud at the plant — so loud, you can’t hear a person 5 feet away from you.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10799481\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-10799481 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/Ayanna_sorting_star-800x446.jpg\" alt=\"Ayanna_sorting_star\" width=\"800\" height=\"446\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/Ayanna_sorting_star-800x446.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/Ayanna_sorting_star-400x223.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/Ayanna_sorting_star-768x428.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/Ayanna_sorting_star-1440x803.jpg 1440w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/Ayanna_sorting_star-1920x1071.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/Ayanna_sorting_star-1180x658.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/Ayanna_sorting_star-960x535.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ayanna Banks has seen some pretty unusual stuff come through the line — like car bumpers and a bank safe. (Adam Grossberg/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Fortunately, Ayanna has her headphones and there’s one type of music that keeps her going — gospel.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That’s mostly what I listen to in the morning, keep my spirits up,” laughs Ayanna, who says she likes to sing along, too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ayanna removes aluminum and cardboard from the paper, and separates out the trash, which is tossed into a chute for the landfill.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Paper goes straight to a high-density bailer, and plastics head toward one of the coolest machines in the whole warehouse — an optical sorter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10799479\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-10799479 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/Sorting_star-400x499.jpg\" alt=\"Sorting_star\" width=\"400\" height=\"499\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/Sorting_star-400x499.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/Sorting_star-800x997.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/Sorting_star-768x957.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/Sorting_star-960x1197.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/Sorting_star.jpg 1014w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Some parts of the recycling process are done by hand. (Adam Grossberg/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“You can see how it hits certain items with a puff of air,” says Robert.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The machine works like a human eyeball, visually sorting the plastics by color and type. As the plastics approach the end of the conveyor belt, the machine shoots puffs of air at each item to direct it toward a bin of similar plastics.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Then they’re baled and sent to Central California, where they’ll be turned into new products, like new recycling bins or water bottles.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>And What About Those Numbers?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Charlie’s final question was about those hard-to-decode numbers on the bottom of most plastics. Robert says those matter at other recycling plants, but not here in San Francisco. Recology can process any hard plastics it receives.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>… Even if they’re melted.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Reporting Back to Charlie\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>When I returned to Charlie’s house, I opened my laptop and played a video we took of the recycling process.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Wow, labor intensive, my God they’re picking out stuff as they go … wow,” he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I asked if it’s what he imagined.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s amazing the volumes they’re going through,” says Charlie. “And it’s amazing to me how labor intensive it is, ‘cuz I just had no idea.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When I told him that food residue isn’t an issue, he was elated.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He can finally stop melting his plastic jars in the dishwasher.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>An earlier version of this story said Recology users did not need to rinse out plastic recyclables. Recology has since updated its guidelines to ask users to rinse food residue from plastics to avoid contaminating paper recyclables.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Got a question you want KQED’s Bay Curious team to investigate? \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/series/baycurious\">Ask!\u003c/a>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10799483\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-10799483 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/Wall-of-aluminum_star-800x448.jpg\" alt=\"Wall of aluminum_star\" width=\"800\" height=\"448\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/Wall-of-aluminum_star-800x448.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/Wall-of-aluminum_star-400x224.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/Wall-of-aluminum_star-768x430.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/Wall-of-aluminum_star-960x538.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/Wall-of-aluminum_star.jpg 989w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An eddy-current separator repels aluminum cans off the line. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 9:25 p.m. Thursday:\u003c/strong> The drying out starts ... now.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The storm that swamped the Bay Area and prompted flash flood warnings, inundated roads and triggered rock and mud slides from Sonoma County into Monterey County has moved south. After a few showers late Thursday and early Friday, the region is in for what appears to be at least a week of non-rain.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The torrents of rain -- which brought anywhere from an inch to nearly 3 inches of rain in most valley and bayside locations while soaking hills and ridges with between 5 and 7 inches since the storm's onset late Wednesday -- caused rapid rises on the Russian and Napa rivers and brought both streams to near flood stage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Marin County, several creeks briefly surged past flood stage, prompting warnings and an evacuation of downtown San Anselmo. Creeks also rose out of their banks in several locations in Santa Rosa and Petaluma in Sonoma County.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gusty winds buffeted the region's higher terrain most of the day. The National Weather Service reported gusts hitting 50 mph or more in every Bay Area county except San Francisco, which recorded gusts in the 30-mph range.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The heavy rain and high winds caused the cancellation of about 90 flights into and out of San Francisco International Airport. Oakland and San Jose airports reported no cancellations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The storm leaves most of Northern California well above normal for rainfall this season. North State reservoirs are showing the effects of our copious fall rains, with virtually every major reservoir at levels that are well above average for mid-December. We'll offer some of that data on Friday\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The departing storm will be followed by an extended period of dry -- and initially cold -- weather.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lows in some of the Bay Area valleys could fall into the 20s over the weekend. Highs will range from the upper 40s to the low 50s.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[http_redir]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe src=\"http://www.cnrfc.noaa.gov/images/precipMaps/sf_24HRprecip.png?random=207889856\" width=\"620\" height=\"806\" scrolling=\"yes\" class=\"iframe-class\" frameborder=\"0\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 1:30 p.m. Thursday:\u003c/strong> If you've been out on the road or looking out a window anywhere in the vicinity of San Francisco, you know it's raining. If you've been confined to an isolation tank, let us provide some details about the outdoor proceedings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The heavy rain that weather models forecast would pound the Bay Area has arrived in Marin, Sonoma and Napa counties with a vengeance and is continuing its very slow progress to the south.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Just before 1 p.m., the continuing deluge prompted the National Weather Service to issue a flash flood warning for southeastern Sonoma and northern Marin counties. Specifics about the warned areas, per the weather service:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Automated stream gauges have reported water levels rising above flood stage on Willow Brook in Penngrove Park in Petaluma, Sonoma Creek at Agua Caliente, Copeland Creek in Rohnert Park, Colgan Creek near Sebastopol, and other creeks in the lower Laguna de Santa Rosa west of the city of Santa Rosa. There have also been reports of flooding in other lowland valley settings in southern Sonoma County and northern Marin County, as well as roadway flooding.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Here's a look at the current weather radar, by way of \u003ca href=\"https://www.wunderground.com/weather-radar/united-states/ca/san-francisco/mux/?lat=37.77999878&lon=-122.41999817&label=San%20Francisco%2c%20CA\" target=\"_blank\">Weather Underground\u003c/a>:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[http_redir]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe src=\"https://radblast.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/radar/WUNIDS_map?station=MUX&brand=wui&num=10&delay=25&type=N0R&frame=0&scale=1.000&noclutter=0&showstorms=0&mapx=400&mapy=240%C2%A2erx=400%C2%A2ery=240&transx=0&transy=0&showlabels=1&severe=0&rainsnow=0&lightning=0&smooth=0&rand=24697214&lat=37.77999878&lon=-122.41999817&label=San+Francisco%2C+CA\" width=\"100%\" height=\"500\" scrolling=\"yes\" class=\"iframe-class\" frameborder=\"0\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A rough key to the colors on the map: green means rain is falling; yellow means rain is pounding down; orange means you're wondering where you left your hip waders.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The CHP is reporting numerous instances of flooded highways and freeways, including Interstate 80 in San Francisco at the split with U.S. 101, at several places on 101 in Marin County and in southern Sonoma County at the junction of Highways 37 and 121. The CHP also reported dozens of traffic collisions related to the storm.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As we said earlier, the usual wet locations in northern Sonoma County got a good soaking earlier in the day, with Venado (\"The Deer\"), west of Healdsburg, recording 4.40 inches of rain between midnight and noon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rainfall totals closer to the Golden Gate have risen sharply as the storm system trundles south.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sonoma County's Charles M. Schulz Airport had gotten 1.60 inches in the six hours ending at noon. A host of rain gauges in the Petaluma area all showed an inch or more in the same period. Kentfield, on the northeastern flank of Mount Tamalpais, picked up 1.26 inches, including a startling .75 between 11 a.m. and noon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rainfall totals quickly drop to the south, with just .18 of an inch recorded at San Francisco International Airport, .08 in downtown San Francisco, and .01 at Oakland International and San Jose International.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Santa Cruz Mountains had also gotten a decent shot of rain by midday, with a gauge in the community of Ben Lomond recording .79 of an inch. Soquel, at the foot of the hills east of Santa Cruz, picked up .91.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The copious North Bay precipitation prompted the National Weather Service to issue an urban and small stream flood \u003ca href=\"http://forecast.weather.gov/showsigwx.php?warnzone=CAZ507&warncounty=CAC041&firewxzone=CAZ507&local_place1=3%20Miles%20NW%20Woodacre%20CA&product1=Flood+Advisory&lat=38.0323&lon=-122.6751#.WFL_96IrKYV\" target=\"_blank\">advisory\u003c/a> through 4:15 p.m.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The storm has prompted a series of high-water advisories from the California-Nevada River Forecast Center. Rivers expected to reach flood state include the Navarro, in Mendocino County, and the lower reaches of the Eel, south of Eureka.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The center said the Russian River at Guerneville will see a steep rise from its current level of 9 feet to 30.7 feet by midday Friday. That will exceed the river's monitor stage -- the level at which forecasters urge nearby residents and authorities to take action to protect property -- but only minor flooding is expected.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Original post, 8 a.m. Thursday:\u003c/strong> A wet, windy storm continues to crawl down the coast north of San Francisco early Thursday, carrying what forecasters promise will be one of our most intense dousings of the rainy season so far and terrible travel conditions throughout much of the afternoon and evening.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The storm, fed by a relatively rich plume of water vapor originating near the Hawaiian Islands, has been focused for the past day or so on the coast of Northern California and Oregon, where it has dumped torrents of rain.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The storm is also expected to bring lots of rain -- and some snow -- in the Sierra. Heavy rain in the mountains above Yosemite is expected to trigger a rapid rise on the Merced River in Yosemite National Park, possibly closing roads in Yosemite Valley late Thursday and Friday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>By late Wednesday into early Thursday, the heavy rain had made its way as far south as northern Sonoma County. Venado, the famously wet hillside location west of Healdsburg, got 4.60 inches between 7 p.m. Wednesday and 7 a.m. Thursday. More sheltered sites, like Charles M. Schulz Sonoma County Airport just outside Santa Rosa, got just .29 of an inch during the same period.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11221223\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 720px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/satellitestorm.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11221223\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/satellitestorm.jpg\" alt=\"Infrared image from NOAA's GOES West satellite shows storm hitting California coast Thursday morning.\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/satellitestorm.jpg 720w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/satellitestorm-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/satellitestorm-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/satellitestorm-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/satellitestorm-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Infrared image from NOAA's GOES West satellite shows storm hitting California coast Thursday morning. \u003ccite>(NOAA)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The National Weather Service says the heaviest rain is expected to reach the Golden Gate by noon, and the storm will move slowly south, sweeping through the Santa Clara Valley late in the afternoon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The potential for a transportation mess moved one National Weather Service forecaster to write Wednesday, \"The main front will work its way through the heart of the Bay Area during the afternoon and evening hours of Thursday setting the stage for a horrendous afternoon commute. ...\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Horrendous.\" Not a word you see much in NWS communications.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The National Weather Service forecasts the storm, which had reached central Sonoma County in time for the morning commute, would bring between 1 to 2 inches of rain to most bayside and valley locations by midnight. Coastal hills and mountains will see a lot more rain -- 5 inches or more, the NWS says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That's the story on the rain. The storm is expected to be very windy, too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Forecasters have issued \u003ca href=\"http://forecast.weather.gov/wwamap/wwatxtget.php?cwa=mtr&wwa=wind%20advisory\" target=\"_blank\">a wind advisory\u003c/a> for the Bay Area warning of sustained winds of 25 to 35 mph with gusts of 50 mph in higher terrain late Thursday afternoon until late in the evening.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The predicted deluge, which coincides with unusually high tides, also threatens widespread flooding of roadways near the bay, including U.S. 101 in Marin and San Mateo counties.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The heavy rain has triggered rapid rises on both small coastal rivers that are quick to rise and fall and on Northern California's mother river, the Sacramento.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The California-Nevada River Forecast Center is forecasting brief flooding on the Navarro River in Mendocino County and the Eel in Humboldt County.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The center forecasts high water at several locations on the Sacramento between Red Bluff and the state capital. The rising river will flow into bypass channels created to ease pressure on the river's levee system.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rain totals for the 24 hours ending 7 a.m. Thursday ranged from 5 to nearly 7 inches in the wettest locations of northwestern California, including 6.80 inches at Honeydew and 6.34 at Cooskie Mountain in Humboldt County.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rain is forecast to end in most Bay Area locations by early Friday, to be followed by colder and clearing weather. Lows in some of the region's valley locations could fall into the 20s over the weekend.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The outlook for the coming week, forecasters say, is dry.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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Highs will range from the upper 40s to the low 50s.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[http_redir]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe src=\"http://www.cnrfc.noaa.gov/images/precipMaps/sf_24HRprecip.png?random=207889856\" width=\"620\" height=\"806\" scrolling=\"yes\" class=\"iframe-class\" frameborder=\"0\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 1:30 p.m. Thursday:\u003c/strong> If you've been out on the road or looking out a window anywhere in the vicinity of San Francisco, you know it's raining. If you've been confined to an isolation tank, let us provide some details about the outdoor proceedings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The heavy rain that weather models forecast would pound the Bay Area has arrived in Marin, Sonoma and Napa counties with a vengeance and is continuing its very slow progress to the south.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Just before 1 p.m., the continuing deluge prompted the National Weather Service to issue a flash flood warning for southeastern Sonoma and northern Marin counties. Specifics about the warned areas, per the weather service:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Automated stream gauges have reported water levels rising above flood stage on Willow Brook in Penngrove Park in Petaluma, Sonoma Creek at Agua Caliente, Copeland Creek in Rohnert Park, Colgan Creek near Sebastopol, and other creeks in the lower Laguna de Santa Rosa west of the city of Santa Rosa. There have also been reports of flooding in other lowland valley settings in southern Sonoma County and northern Marin County, as well as roadway flooding.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Here's a look at the current weather radar, by way of \u003ca href=\"https://www.wunderground.com/weather-radar/united-states/ca/san-francisco/mux/?lat=37.77999878&lon=-122.41999817&label=San%20Francisco%2c%20CA\" target=\"_blank\">Weather Underground\u003c/a>:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[http_redir]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe src=\"https://radblast.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/radar/WUNIDS_map?station=MUX&brand=wui&num=10&delay=25&type=N0R&frame=0&scale=1.000&noclutter=0&showstorms=0&mapx=400&mapy=240%C2%A2erx=400%C2%A2ery=240&transx=0&transy=0&showlabels=1&severe=0&rainsnow=0&lightning=0&smooth=0&rand=24697214&lat=37.77999878&lon=-122.41999817&label=San+Francisco%2C+CA\" width=\"100%\" height=\"500\" scrolling=\"yes\" class=\"iframe-class\" frameborder=\"0\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A rough key to the colors on the map: green means rain is falling; yellow means rain is pounding down; orange means you're wondering where you left your hip waders.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The CHP is reporting numerous instances of flooded highways and freeways, including Interstate 80 in San Francisco at the split with U.S. 101, at several places on 101 in Marin County and in southern Sonoma County at the junction of Highways 37 and 121. The CHP also reported dozens of traffic collisions related to the storm.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As we said earlier, the usual wet locations in northern Sonoma County got a good soaking earlier in the day, with Venado (\"The Deer\"), west of Healdsburg, recording 4.40 inches of rain between midnight and noon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rainfall totals closer to the Golden Gate have risen sharply as the storm system trundles south.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sonoma County's Charles M. Schulz Airport had gotten 1.60 inches in the six hours ending at noon. A host of rain gauges in the Petaluma area all showed an inch or more in the same period. Kentfield, on the northeastern flank of Mount Tamalpais, picked up 1.26 inches, including a startling .75 between 11 a.m. and noon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rainfall totals quickly drop to the south, with just .18 of an inch recorded at San Francisco International Airport, .08 in downtown San Francisco, and .01 at Oakland International and San Jose International.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Santa Cruz Mountains had also gotten a decent shot of rain by midday, with a gauge in the community of Ben Lomond recording .79 of an inch. Soquel, at the foot of the hills east of Santa Cruz, picked up .91.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The copious North Bay precipitation prompted the National Weather Service to issue an urban and small stream flood \u003ca href=\"http://forecast.weather.gov/showsigwx.php?warnzone=CAZ507&warncounty=CAC041&firewxzone=CAZ507&local_place1=3%20Miles%20NW%20Woodacre%20CA&product1=Flood+Advisory&lat=38.0323&lon=-122.6751#.WFL_96IrKYV\" target=\"_blank\">advisory\u003c/a> through 4:15 p.m.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The storm has prompted a series of high-water advisories from the California-Nevada River Forecast Center. Rivers expected to reach flood state include the Navarro, in Mendocino County, and the lower reaches of the Eel, south of Eureka.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The center said the Russian River at Guerneville will see a steep rise from its current level of 9 feet to 30.7 feet by midday Friday. That will exceed the river's monitor stage -- the level at which forecasters urge nearby residents and authorities to take action to protect property -- but only minor flooding is expected.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Original post, 8 a.m. Thursday:\u003c/strong> A wet, windy storm continues to crawl down the coast north of San Francisco early Thursday, carrying what forecasters promise will be one of our most intense dousings of the rainy season so far and terrible travel conditions throughout much of the afternoon and evening.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The storm, fed by a relatively rich plume of water vapor originating near the Hawaiian Islands, has been focused for the past day or so on the coast of Northern California and Oregon, where it has dumped torrents of rain.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The storm is also expected to bring lots of rain -- and some snow -- in the Sierra. Heavy rain in the mountains above Yosemite is expected to trigger a rapid rise on the Merced River in Yosemite National Park, possibly closing roads in Yosemite Valley late Thursday and Friday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>By late Wednesday into early Thursday, the heavy rain had made its way as far south as northern Sonoma County. Venado, the famously wet hillside location west of Healdsburg, got 4.60 inches between 7 p.m. Wednesday and 7 a.m. Thursday. More sheltered sites, like Charles M. Schulz Sonoma County Airport just outside Santa Rosa, got just .29 of an inch during the same period.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11221223\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 720px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/satellitestorm.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11221223\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/satellitestorm.jpg\" alt=\"Infrared image from NOAA's GOES West satellite shows storm hitting California coast Thursday morning.\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/satellitestorm.jpg 720w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/satellitestorm-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/satellitestorm-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/satellitestorm-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/satellitestorm-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Infrared image from NOAA's GOES West satellite shows storm hitting California coast Thursday morning. \u003ccite>(NOAA)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The National Weather Service says the heaviest rain is expected to reach the Golden Gate by noon, and the storm will move slowly south, sweeping through the Santa Clara Valley late in the afternoon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The potential for a transportation mess moved one National Weather Service forecaster to write Wednesday, \"The main front will work its way through the heart of the Bay Area during the afternoon and evening hours of Thursday setting the stage for a horrendous afternoon commute. ...\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Horrendous.\" Not a word you see much in NWS communications.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The National Weather Service forecasts the storm, which had reached central Sonoma County in time for the morning commute, would bring between 1 to 2 inches of rain to most bayside and valley locations by midnight. Coastal hills and mountains will see a lot more rain -- 5 inches or more, the NWS says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That's the story on the rain. The storm is expected to be very windy, too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Forecasters have issued \u003ca href=\"http://forecast.weather.gov/wwamap/wwatxtget.php?cwa=mtr&wwa=wind%20advisory\" target=\"_blank\">a wind advisory\u003c/a> for the Bay Area warning of sustained winds of 25 to 35 mph with gusts of 50 mph in higher terrain late Thursday afternoon until late in the evening.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The predicted deluge, which coincides with unusually high tides, also threatens widespread flooding of roadways near the bay, including U.S. 101 in Marin and San Mateo counties.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The heavy rain has triggered rapid rises on both small coastal rivers that are quick to rise and fall and on Northern California's mother river, the Sacramento.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The California-Nevada River Forecast Center is forecasting brief flooding on the Navarro River in Mendocino County and the Eel in Humboldt County.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The center forecasts high water at several locations on the Sacramento between Red Bluff and the state capital. 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"content": "\u003cp>California’s prolonged and ongoing drought has at least one positive outcome. It has prompted water officials across the state to quickly develop new sources of water — and one of those new sources is flushed water.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"http://www.ocwd.com/\">Orange County Water District \u003c/a>is leading the nation in \u003ca href=\"http://www.ocwd.com/gwrs/about-gwrs/\">wastewater treatment \u003c/a>to replenish groundwater supplies — and that project is expanding now, designed to eventually supply water to 2.4 million people, about 40 percent of all water needed in Orange County.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The success in turning used water into drinking water in Orange County is being copied across the state, according to David Sedlak, a professor at UC Berkeley and co-director of the \u003ca href=\"http://bwc.berkeley.edu/\">Berkeley Water Center\u003c/a>, which monitors the state’s water policy and progress.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Water agencies in California have been watching Orange County for years now,” Sedlak said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[soundcloud url=\"https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/297719879\" params=\"auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&visual=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"450\" iframe=\"true\" /]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state has set aside $1 billion for water recycling, including treating wastewater to drinking water standards. The \u003ca href=\"http://www.valleywater.org/\">Santa Clara Water Authority \u003c/a>and San Jose consulted with Orange County officials, and they’re now leading the way in Northern California. A huge \"toilet-to-tap\" effort is being planned by the city of Los Angeles, which could eventually top Orange County’s output.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Almost every water district in the state is planning some kind of wastewater-to-drinking-water effort now, Sedlak said, and that kind of rapid progress is unprecedented.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When you think about the normal glacial pace with which water infrastructure projects usually get built,” he said, “things are moving at a lightning pace in California.”\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">'I think pretty soon all of the water we have in sewer treatment plants is going to be recycled.'\u003ccite>Madelyn Glickfeld, UCLA\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Nowhere quicker than Orange County, which currently processes 100 million gallons of wastewater a day. When the expansion is completed in 2022, that number is expected to climb to 130 million gallons a day. The district uses reverse osmosis and filtering technology to exceed state standards for drinking water, and then it pumps that water underground to refill its groundwater basin and aquifers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That additional underground step accomplishes a number of things. By refilling the groundwater basin, there is less danger of the \u003ca href=\"http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=4693\">subsidence problem \u003c/a>afflicting the Central Valley, where groundwater pumping has \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/2015/08/19/central-valley-is-sinking-faster-than-we-thought-in-current-drought/\" target=\"_blank\">caused the land to sink\u003c/a> as much as 2 inches a month. Filling the aquifers also keeps saltwater intrusion from the ocean away from freshwater supplies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And pumping it back underground might filter the water even more, and help keep the famous “ick factor” out of the conversation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11220160\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11220160\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/Groundwater-800x485.jpg\" alt=\"Water flows into Anaheim Lake, where it will be recharged into the Orange County Groundwater Basin.\" width=\"800\" height=\"485\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/Groundwater-800x485.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/Groundwater-160x97.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/Groundwater-1020x618.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/Groundwater.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/Groundwater-1180x715.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/Groundwater-960x582.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/Groundwater-240x145.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/Groundwater-375x227.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/Groundwater-520x315.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Water flows into Anaheim Lake, where it will be recharged into the Orange County Groundwater Basin. \u003ccite>(Courtesy Orange County Water District)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In Orange County, all water flushed by residents will eventually become drinking water. And that’s in the cards for much of the rest of California, said UCLA water policy researcher Madelyn Glickfeld.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s going so quickly,” she said. “I think pretty soon all of the water we have in sewer treatment plants is going to be recycled.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Obviously, water officials have been prodded by the drought, now entering year number six in California. Recent rains have eased some of the problems for northernmost areas, but federal officials \u003ca href=\"http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/wrh/droughtca.php\">(NOAA) estimate\u003c/a> 87 percent of the state is still in drought, with over half in severe drought.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state cut water allocations again this year. This time districts are getting 20 percent of contracted water, which is better than last year’s 10 percent allocation but still much less than most districts need. 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And that’s in the cards for much of the rest of California, said UCLA water policy researcher Madelyn Glickfeld.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s going so quickly,” she said. “I think pretty soon all of the water we have in sewer treatment plants is going to be recycled.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Obviously, water officials have been prodded by the drought, now entering year number six in California. Recent rains have eased some of the problems for northernmost areas, but federal officials \u003ca href=\"http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/wrh/droughtca.php\">(NOAA) estimate\u003c/a> 87 percent of the state is still in drought, with over half in severe drought.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state cut water allocations again this year. This time districts are getting 20 percent of contracted water, which is better than last year’s 10 percent allocation but still much less than most districts need. 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"content": "\u003cp>President-elect Donald Trump is leaning toward choosing Rex Tillerson as his nominee for secretary of state, \u003ca href=\"http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/rex-tillerson-exxon-mobil-expected-be-named-trump-s-secretary-n694371\">according to multiple news reports \u003c/a>this weekend. NPR has not independently confirmed those reports. The potential pick is already drawing scrutiny for the ExxonMobil CEO's close relationship with Russian President Vladimir Putin.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Though he has no government experience, the 64-year-old Tillerson oversees a company that has operations in 50 countries around the world and has worked closely with Putin. In 2011, he struck a deal with a Kremlin-controlled oil company to drill in the Arctic, but the project was put on hold after the U.S. and Europe imposed sanctions on Russia over its actions in Ukraine, according to the \u003ca href=\"http://www.wsj.com/articles/donald-trump-candidate-for-state-has-close-ties-to-vladimir-putin-1481033938\">\u003cem>Wall Street Journal\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tillerson has opposed U.S. sanctions against Russia, telling his company's shareholders in May 2014 that \"we don't find them to be effective unless they are very well implemented comprehensively and that's a very hard thing to do,\" according to \u003ca href=\"http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/rex-tillerson-exxon-mobile-expected-be-named-trump-s-secretary-n694371?cid=eml_nbn_20161210\">NBC News\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11217197\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11217197\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/gettyimages-123065051-93e1f43fa2415e4b6abfdeb752e046b1f2f2e823-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Russian President Vladimir Putin and Rex Tillerson, chairman and CEO of Exxon Mobil, share a laugh during a signing ceremony for an arctic oil exploration deal between Exxon Mobil and Rosneft in August 2011.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/gettyimages-123065051-93e1f43fa2415e4b6abfdeb752e046b1f2f2e823-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/gettyimages-123065051-93e1f43fa2415e4b6abfdeb752e046b1f2f2e823-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/gettyimages-123065051-93e1f43fa2415e4b6abfdeb752e046b1f2f2e823-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/gettyimages-123065051-93e1f43fa2415e4b6abfdeb752e046b1f2f2e823-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/gettyimages-123065051-93e1f43fa2415e4b6abfdeb752e046b1f2f2e823-520x390.jpg 520w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/gettyimages-123065051-93e1f43fa2415e4b6abfdeb752e046b1f2f2e823.jpg 926w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Russian President Vladimir Putin and Rex Tillerson, chairman and CEO of Exxon Mobil, share a laugh during a signing ceremony for an Arctic oil exploration deal between Exxon Mobil and Rosneft in August 2011. \u003ccite>(Sasha Mordovets/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The prospect of Tillerson as secretary of state sparked a round of criticism from Democrats, and even pushback from Republican senators who would vote on his nomination.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Florida GOP Sen. 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I mean, he's a world-class player,\" Trump said of the ExxonMobil chief.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It's been a company that's been unbelievably managed,\" Trump continued. \"And to me, a great advantage is he knows many of the players, and he knows them well. He does massive deals in Russia. He does massive deals for the company, not for himself, for the company.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tillerson represented his company in Russia during Boris Yeltsin's administration, and in 2013 the Kremlin awarded him Russia's \"Order of Friendship.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[contextly_sidebar id=\"vRPwoWj4ArEuoSVahKYzyP32g31yspuv\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The news of Tillerson's likely nomination comes just as the CIA has concluded that Russia intervened in the 2016 election specifically to help Trump win. Trump pushed back on that report late Friday, in a statement that disparaged the CIA but didn't address Russia's involvement. Throughout the campaign, Trump repeatedly praised Putin and questioned earlier reports from the CIA that Russian hackers were behind the release of emails from the Democratic National Committee.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Trump's deliberation over who should serve as the country's chief diplomat has been very public. In an interview process that has seemed at times to mirror the drama that the former reality TV star loves, other finalists for the job included Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Corker, R-Tenn.; former CIA Director David Petraeus; and 2012 GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney, a leading critic of Trump in the 2016 campaign. Romney recanted his comments calling Trump a \"phony\" and a \"fraud\" as he lobbied for the secretary of state job.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations John Bolton was also seen in contention, but reports indicate he is likely to be named as deputy secretary of state, responsible for daily operations as the State Department.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bolton served under President George W. Bush in the State Department and as U.N. ambassador, and he stands by the decision to invade Iraq in 2003 and overthrow Saddam Hussein. He also \u003ca href=\"http://nypost.com/2016/11/13/trump-needs-to-reverse-the-iran-deal-and-assert-our-interests/\">advocates for tearing up the Iran nuclear agreement\u003c/a> reached by the Obama administration. 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