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"content": "\u003cp>Jeff Stanley watched in horror as \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1994218/after-lake-county-fire-burns-dozens-of-homes-and-vehicles-crews-will-search-for-potential-casualties\">the Boyles Fire\u003c/a> enveloped his hilly Clearlake neighborhood Sunday, consuming his friends’ homes and cars. Standing near the rubble, Stanley reached down to pick up a handful of golden, dry grass.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If you put a match to it, it’s almost like TNT,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fire crews stopped the fire just blocks from his home in a Lake County neighborhood painted fluorescent pink with fire retardant and charred black with the short-term memory of flames. Thirty of his neighbors’ homes weren’t so lucky.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Stanley worries that the community won’t be able to rebound quickly due to a lack of money to rebuild.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Most of us here are on government checks,” he said. “I’m on Social Security. 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There’s some sad stories here.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Two days after the fire scorched the southern edge of Clearlake, in a region that is no stranger to wildfires, authorities are strategizing how to rebuild.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1994258\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1994258\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/09/240909-BOYLESFIRE-25-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/09/240909-BOYLESFIRE-25-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/09/240909-BOYLESFIRE-25-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/09/240909-BOYLESFIRE-25-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/09/240909-BOYLESFIRE-25-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/09/240909-BOYLESFIRE-25-BL-KQED-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/09/240909-BOYLESFIRE-25-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/09/240909-BOYLESFIRE-25-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fire retardant covers a home on 18th Avenue in Clearlake on Sept. 9, 2024, after the Boyles Fire swept through the area on Sept. 8. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The city is working with State Sen. Mike McGuire to fund temporary housing for the families who lost their homes. But the recovery won’t be easy — complicated by a potential lack of home insurance — and while the char isn’t visible from nearby Highway 53, the scar left on the community will be felt for decades, Clearlake Mayor David Claffey said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Every fire leaves a scar on the community, and a large part of that is because it’s so tough to rebuild here in California,” Claffey said. “Unfortunately, Lake County has experienced a lot of them.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>No other county has felt \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1994263/california-fire-season-wakes-up-again-with-major-wildfires-and-hot-dry-conditions\">California’s wildfire crisis\u003c/a> like Lake County, where over 60% of land has burned since the 2015 Valley Fire, according to Claffey.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The destruction from the Boyles Fire could have been worse, Claffey said, attributing brush thinning near the burned area as part of the reason the fire didn’t spread farther.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1994261\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1994261\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/09/240909-BOYLESFIRE-67-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/09/240909-BOYLESFIRE-67-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/09/240909-BOYLESFIRE-67-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/09/240909-BOYLESFIRE-67-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/09/240909-BOYLESFIRE-67-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/09/240909-BOYLESFIRE-67-BL-KQED-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/09/240909-BOYLESFIRE-67-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/09/240909-BOYLESFIRE-67-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Flames can be seen inside a tree near Boyles Avenue in Clearlake on Sept. 9, 2024, after the Boyles Fire swept through the area on Sept. 8. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Only losing about 30 homes is a testament to all that work,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The other helpful break: a city police officer who lives nearby saw the plume of smoke and evacuated the first family out of a house that caught fire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Claffey said as many as 2,300 people are still under evacuation orders, staying with family and friends or at a Red Cross shelter in the nearby city of Middletown.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They include Samantha Tarver and her 17-year-old son, Jeremy Cova, who stayed at a hotel Sunday night and visited the Red Cross shelter Monday to find out what aid might be available.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We don’t know what we are going to do if our house burns. We just rented our place in May,” Tarver said, explaining that when the family evacuated, the fire was right across the street from their mobile home. As of Monday, she wasn’t sure if her home had burned. “I don’t want to live there anymore. I want to go somewhere that isn’t dangerous.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1994260\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1994260\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/09/240909-BOYLESFIRE-57-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/09/240909-BOYLESFIRE-57-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/09/240909-BOYLESFIRE-57-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/09/240909-BOYLESFIRE-57-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/09/240909-BOYLESFIRE-57-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/09/240909-BOYLESFIRE-57-BL-KQED-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/09/240909-BOYLESFIRE-57-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/09/240909-BOYLESFIRE-57-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">El Cerrito Fire Department firefighter Henry Becker chainsaws a tree near Boyles Avenue in Clearlake on Sept. 9, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The city’s temporary housing plan in the works with McGuire would put people who lost their homes into local hotels free of charge, according to Claffey.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re committed to getting folks out of the shelter as soon as possible,” he said. “The temporary housing could last several months or a very long time. Our goal is to get them in a more comfortable environment.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Another issue the blaze surfaces is a potential lack of home insurance in the neighborhood. Claffey said the city is calculating how many people have insurance, are underinsured or are uninsured.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_11834132 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/FireMapCap.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kirsten Priebe lives several streets away from where the fire burned. Her anxiety was heightened given that Social Security checks make up most of her monthly income, and she gave up her home insurance a few years ago when the price doubled from $900 to $1,900.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That’s two of my two checks,” she said. “I had to let my insurance go because I couldn’t afford it. So, it makes it extra scary.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Because Priebe can’t afford home insurance, over the past few years she has prepared her home to withstand blazes like the Boyles Fire. 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There’s some sad stories here.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Two days after the fire scorched the southern edge of Clearlake, in a region that is no stranger to wildfires, authorities are strategizing how to rebuild.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1994258\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1994258\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/09/240909-BOYLESFIRE-25-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/09/240909-BOYLESFIRE-25-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/09/240909-BOYLESFIRE-25-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/09/240909-BOYLESFIRE-25-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/09/240909-BOYLESFIRE-25-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/09/240909-BOYLESFIRE-25-BL-KQED-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/09/240909-BOYLESFIRE-25-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/09/240909-BOYLESFIRE-25-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fire retardant covers a home on 18th Avenue in Clearlake on Sept. 9, 2024, after the Boyles Fire swept through the area on Sept. 8. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The city is working with State Sen. 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We just rented our place in May,” Tarver said, explaining that when the family evacuated, the fire was right across the street from their mobile home. As of Monday, she wasn’t sure if her home had burned. “I don’t want to live there anymore. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The fungus at the heart of the study, called Pseudogymnoascus destructans, was first detected in California in 2019.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Now that the fungus that causes white-nose syndrome has been detected in California, I think there is room for concern that similar patterns of substitution towards insecticides will happen and lead to off-farm exposure,” said Eyal Frank, lead author of the study and assistant professor at the University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fortunately, the state has not seen a single case of the disease in bats (the fungus that causes it is not known to hurt people or common house pets).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Winifred Frick, chief scientist at Bat Conservation International and adjunct professor in ecology and evolutionary biology at UC Santa Cruz, is not sure why California has so far been spared, but she noted that the disease kills during bats’ winter hibernation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s some optimism that maybe because we have milder winters in California, we might see less mortality, but it’s basically too soon to tell,” Frick said. “We need to do everything we can to protect our bat populations. Especially given how important bats are to agriculture.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many scientists and researchers are working to reduce contact between the fungus and bats to prevent an outbreak of white-nose disease in California and nationally. This can be done, for example, by asking tourists to step onto a mat that can kill any fungal spores on their shoes before exploring popular cave sites where bats hibernate in the winter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Other researchers are working to develop a vaccine to prevent bats from developing the disease.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Frick said the new research linking child mortality and bat population decline also underscores the connection between healthy biodiversity and healthy humans.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“People think that conservation is this sort of altruistic exercise of trying to protect wildlife for wildlife’s sake, but [this research] really shows that we’re all connected, and protecting bats also protects our agricultural production and ourselves,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>White-nose disease has killed more than 6 million bats in North America since it was first discovered in New York in 2006. The hardest-hit areas have been Pennsylvania, New York and elsewhere in the Northeast.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>Updated 2:33 p.m. Monday\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A day after the Boyles Fire broke out and swept through brush into a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/lake-county\">Lake County\u003c/a> neighborhood, burning homes and vehicles, authorities on Monday will assess the destruction and search for any potential casualties.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While no injuries have been reported yet, firefighters and law enforcement struggled to get residents out of their homes before they were overtaken by flames Sunday afternoon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cadaver dogs will be brought in on Monday to sweep the area, said Senate President Pro Tem Mike McGuire, who represents Lake County. Firefighters will focus on “mopping up,” or putting out any remaining hotspots.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The wildfire started behind a shopping center and moved quickly uphill into the neighborhood. So far, about 30 homes and an estimated 40-60 vehicles, including RVs and trailers, are known to have been destroyed, according to a Cal Fire spokesperson. Those numbers are likely to rise.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We fully expect that the damage assessment, once we get the final numbers and the number of structures damaged and or destroyed, could go up,” McGuire said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>About 4,000 people are out of their homes because of the fire, including Samantha Tarver, who escaped the fire Sunday with her family. It burned right next to the house she rents on 19th Avenue in the city of Clearlake.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1994248\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1994248\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/09/240909-BOYLESFIRE-01-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/09/240909-BOYLESFIRE-01-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/09/240909-BOYLESFIRE-01-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/09/240909-BOYLESFIRE-01-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/09/240909-BOYLESFIRE-01-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/09/240909-BOYLESFIRE-01-BL-KQED-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/09/240909-BOYLESFIRE-01-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/09/240909-BOYLESFIRE-01-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Brian and Samantha Tarver and Samantha’s son Jeremy Cova, 17, enter the Red Cross evacuation center at the Twin Pine casino in Middleton on Sept. 9, 2024, after evacuating from Clearlake during the Boyles Fire on Sept. 8. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“We were inside watching TV and all of a sudden, my neighbor yells for me to come out and you can see the flames,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She and her 17-year-old son Jeremy Cova rushed to spray the home with water in an attempt to prevent embers from landing on and igniting the trailer with a blue add-on apartment. She gathered a purse and her two chihuahuas, while her son collected an Xbox and blankets. Within a half hour, they left the house.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Everything’s orange all around,” Cova said. “We see people walking towards the fire, taking photos and everything. Then you start hearing the sirens go by. Evacuation sirens, getting everyone out.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They spent Sunday night in a hotel and visited an evacuation shelter on Monday at the Twin Pine Casino along Highway 29 in Middletown to find out when they’d be allowed to return to Clearlake.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1994249\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1994249\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/09/240909-BOYLESFIRE-06-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/09/240909-BOYLESFIRE-06-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/09/240909-BOYLESFIRE-06-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/09/240909-BOYLESFIRE-06-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/09/240909-BOYLESFIRE-06-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/09/240909-BOYLESFIRE-06-BL-KQED-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/09/240909-BOYLESFIRE-06-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/09/240909-BOYLESFIRE-06-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Brian Tarver checks on his family’s dogs, Scarlet and Mary, outside the Red Cross evacuation center at the Twin Pine casino in Middleton on Sept. 9, 2024, after evacuating with his family from Clearlake during the Boyles Fire on Sept. 8. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>As the fire spread rapidly on Sunday, firefighters in helicopters and planes dumped water and retardant to slow its spread.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kirsten Priebe lives on 26th Avenue in Clearlake. “I could hear those planes as soon as they started going over my house,” she said. “And as soon as I hear that, I know that something’s going on. I run outside and there’s this big smoke cloud.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Priebe said she’s lived there for 10 years and recalls fires in “almost every year.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Her neighbor Jeff Stanley rushed outside, too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1994251\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1994251\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/09/240909-BOYLESFIRE-16-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/09/240909-BOYLESFIRE-16-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/09/240909-BOYLESFIRE-16-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/09/240909-BOYLESFIRE-16-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/09/240909-BOYLESFIRE-16-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/09/240909-BOYLESFIRE-16-BL-KQED-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/09/240909-BOYLESFIRE-16-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/09/240909-BOYLESFIRE-16-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Clearlake residents Kristen Priebe stands on 18th Avenue in Clearlake on Sept. 9, 2024, after the Boyles Fire swept through the area on Sept. 8. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“[The planes] coming in, getting ready for the run right over the house,” he said. “The wind is shaking the trees. I could hit them with a slingshot. I got a close-up view.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Priebe and Stanley are executives with the local water district and inspected the hydrants around Clearlake on Monday to see how they held up.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You can see they dropped over there, that house is pink,” Priebe said, pointing to a house covered in fire retardant. “There’s pink houses all around here.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1994250\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1994250\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/09/240909-BOYLESFIRE-09-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/09/240909-BOYLESFIRE-09-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/09/240909-BOYLESFIRE-09-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/09/240909-BOYLESFIRE-09-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/09/240909-BOYLESFIRE-09-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/09/240909-BOYLESFIRE-09-BL-KQED-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/09/240909-BOYLESFIRE-09-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/09/240909-BOYLESFIRE-09-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Clearlake resident Jeff Stanley walks along 18th Avenue in Clearlake on Sept. 9, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>People living in this mountainous part of Lake County have lived through numerous fires in recent years, including the massive LNU Complex fires in 2020. Tarver said she evacuated because of fires before but “they’ve never been as close to me as they were this time.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>About 15 people stayed over at the Twin Pine Casino shelter on Sunday night, McGuire said, and over 30 were there on Monday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re going to be focused on getting them into longer-term care, into hotels, in the coming hours,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Much of the affected area is without electricity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>By Monday afternoon, the fire stood at nearly 80 acres and was 40% contained, with its forward progress stopped. Still, firefighters were preparing for expected hot, dry weather.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_11834132 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/FireMapCap.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Weather conditions are expected to remain favorable to fire through Wednesday due to low relative humidity and moderate winds. The hours between mid-afternoon and early evening can be especially dangerous.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Because of that, officials on Monday will “have a heavy complement of resources on the fire,” said Autumn Lancaster, spokesperson for the Lake County Fire Department, noting that they will have to be careful of flare-ups.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’ve had fires in the in the past, such as \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11050881/wildfire-rages-on-outskirts-of-lake-county-towns\">the 2016 Clayton Fire\u003c/a>, where we have some sort of containment on it and then the next day, during what we coin the witching hour — where the [relative humidity] is lowest and the winds are highest — and you could see potential flare up,” Lancaster said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cal Fire is assisting as well as crews from neighboring Sonoma and Napa counties, with 21 fire engines, two water tankers and one dozer fighting the blaze. The cause of the fire is still under investigation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>No other county has felt California’s wildfire crisis like Lake County. Since \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11617750/2-years-after-destructive-valley-fire-lake-county-rebuilds-and-readjusts\">the 2015 Valley Fire\u003c/a>, over 60% of the county’s land mass has burned.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We fully expect that the damage assessment, once we get the final numbers and the number of structures damaged and or destroyed, could go up,” McGuire said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>About 4,000 people are out of their homes because of the fire, including Samantha Tarver, who escaped the fire Sunday with her family. It burned right next to the house she rents on 19th Avenue in the city of Clearlake.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1994248\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1994248\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/09/240909-BOYLESFIRE-01-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/09/240909-BOYLESFIRE-01-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/09/240909-BOYLESFIRE-01-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/09/240909-BOYLESFIRE-01-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/09/240909-BOYLESFIRE-01-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/09/240909-BOYLESFIRE-01-BL-KQED-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/09/240909-BOYLESFIRE-01-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/09/240909-BOYLESFIRE-01-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Brian and Samantha Tarver and Samantha’s son Jeremy Cova, 17, enter the Red Cross evacuation center at the Twin Pine casino in Middleton on Sept. 9, 2024, after evacuating from Clearlake during the Boyles Fire on Sept. 8. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“We were inside watching TV and all of a sudden, my neighbor yells for me to come out and you can see the flames,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She and her 17-year-old son Jeremy Cova rushed to spray the home with water in an attempt to prevent embers from landing on and igniting the trailer with a blue add-on apartment. She gathered a purse and her two chihuahuas, while her son collected an Xbox and blankets. Within a half hour, they left the house.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Everything’s orange all around,” Cova said. “We see people walking towards the fire, taking photos and everything. Then you start hearing the sirens go by. 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I run outside and there’s this big smoke cloud.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Priebe said she’s lived there for 10 years and recalls fires in “almost every year.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Her neighbor Jeff Stanley rushed outside, too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1994251\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1994251\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/09/240909-BOYLESFIRE-16-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/09/240909-BOYLESFIRE-16-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/09/240909-BOYLESFIRE-16-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/09/240909-BOYLESFIRE-16-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/09/240909-BOYLESFIRE-16-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/09/240909-BOYLESFIRE-16-BL-KQED-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/09/240909-BOYLESFIRE-16-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/09/240909-BOYLESFIRE-16-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Clearlake residents Kristen Priebe stands on 18th Avenue in Clearlake on Sept. 9, 2024, after the Boyles Fire swept through the area on Sept. 8. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“[The planes] coming in, getting ready for the run right over the house,” he said. “The wind is shaking the trees. I could hit them with a slingshot. I got a close-up view.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Priebe and Stanley are executives with the local water district and inspected the hydrants around Clearlake on Monday to see how they held up.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You can see they dropped over there, that house is pink,” Priebe said, pointing to a house covered in fire retardant. “There’s pink houses all around here.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1994250\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1994250\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/09/240909-BOYLESFIRE-09-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/09/240909-BOYLESFIRE-09-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/09/240909-BOYLESFIRE-09-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/09/240909-BOYLESFIRE-09-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/09/240909-BOYLESFIRE-09-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/09/240909-BOYLESFIRE-09-BL-KQED-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/09/240909-BOYLESFIRE-09-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/09/240909-BOYLESFIRE-09-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Clearlake resident Jeff Stanley walks along 18th Avenue in Clearlake on Sept. 9, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>People living in this mountainous part of Lake County have lived through numerous fires in recent years, including the massive LNU Complex fires in 2020. Tarver said she evacuated because of fires before but “they’ve never been as close to me as they were this time.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>About 15 people stayed over at the Twin Pine Casino shelter on Sunday night, McGuire said, and over 30 were there on Monday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re going to be focused on getting them into longer-term care, into hotels, in the coming hours,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Much of the affected area is without electricity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>By Monday afternoon, the fire stood at nearly 80 acres and was 40% contained, with its forward progress stopped. Still, firefighters were preparing for expected hot, dry weather.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Weather conditions are expected to remain favorable to fire through Wednesday due to low relative humidity and moderate winds. The hours between mid-afternoon and early evening can be especially dangerous.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Because of that, officials on Monday will “have a heavy complement of resources on the fire,” said Autumn Lancaster, spokesperson for the Lake County Fire Department, noting that they will have to be careful of flare-ups.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’ve had fires in the in the past, such as \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11050881/wildfire-rages-on-outskirts-of-lake-county-towns\">the 2016 Clayton Fire\u003c/a>, where we have some sort of containment on it and then the next day, during what we coin the witching hour — where the [relative humidity] is lowest and the winds are highest — and you could see potential flare up,” Lancaster said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cal Fire is assisting as well as crews from neighboring Sonoma and Napa counties, with 21 fire engines, two water tankers and one dozer fighting the blaze. The cause of the fire is still under investigation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>No other county has felt California’s wildfire crisis like Lake County. Since \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11617750/2-years-after-destructive-valley-fire-lake-county-rebuilds-and-readjusts\">the 2015 Valley Fire\u003c/a>, over 60% of the county’s land mass has burned.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Some of the largest living animals on the planet eat the tiniest food. For humpback whales, it’s krill — small shrimp-like animals floating in the ocean. Capturing enough krill can take a lot of work, like if your morning bowl of cereal were spread out across a football field.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So humpbacks have developed a solution: bubbles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The 50-foot whales blow circles of bubbles underwater, creating a net of air that entraps the krill. A \u003ca href=\"https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsos.240328\">\u003cu>new study\u003c/u>\u003c/a> shows that humpbacks can do this with remarkable precision to corral their prey, even tailoring the bubble nets for the type of food they’re eating.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You realize how much control the animals are exerting over this,” says Andy Szabo, biologist and director of the Alaska Whale Foundation, who worked on the research. “It is not a random behavior. It’s a very structured, choreographed behavior.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The researchers say it’s an example of tool-use by animals, something that few other animals are known to do, like \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2024/05/20/1252214990/sea-otters-tool-use-favorite-foods-disappearing\">\u003cu>sea otters\u003c/u>\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2023/03/10/1161652099/monkey-stone-flakes-early-humans-tools\">\u003cu>monkeys\u003c/u>\u003c/a>, and \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2020/10/23/927088859/crows-are-they-scary-or-just-super-smart\">\u003cu>crows\u003c/u>\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“These whales are actually manufacturing these tools,” Szabo says. “And so we think that really elevates these animals, or it should elevate these animals in our own consciousness, in terms of their cognition.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Casting a net of bubbles\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Getting a whale’s eye view of dinnertime isn’t easy. To do it, Szabo and researchers from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa used special suction-cup cameras with motion sensors that stick to the whale’s back. Attaching it requires \u003ca href=\"https://www.hawaii.edu/news/2024/08/21/humpback-whales-wield-tools/\">\u003cu>a 20-foot pole and a bit of finesse\u003c/u>\u003c/a>. They also used drones for an aerial view.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/3326x2218+0+0/resize/1200/quality/75/format/jpeg/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fdf%2Fdc%2F0a6dda1a43c3b83cbdc5b94c4bd9%2Fpl23-anim2490.jpg\" alt=\"Using bubble nets helps humpbacks consolidate krill, reducing the amount of energy they need to catch them.\">\u003cfigcaption>Using bubble nets helps humpbacks consolidate krill, reducing the amount of energy they need to catch them. \u003ccite>(Christin Khan | NOAA)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In all, they documented more than 80 bubble nets in high detail in the waters of southeast Alaska.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The netting works like this: first, a humpback swims into a cloud of krill. Then, it starts swimming in a circle, blowing bubbles from its blowhole. The bubbles rise, creating a cylindrical shape with walls of air.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The krill avoid the bubbles, becoming trapped inside the net. The humpback keeps blowing bubbles but in tighter circles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The circle is getting smaller and smaller and smaller, so it’s creating a series of rings inside the net,” Szabo says. “They’re perfect nested rings within each ring.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Finally, the humpback lunges upwards, gulping the krill in one big bite. The technique confines the krill into a much smaller space, increasing the density of the prey by about seven times, Szabo says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That translates to seven fewer mouthfuls that the whale needs to take to get the same amount of prey, so that seems to be where the big advantage is,” Szabo says. Humpbacks in Alaska don’t use bubble nets every time they feed on krill, suggesting they only use them when they need to.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>For fish, humpbacks bubble net in groups\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>To catch fish, humpbacks deploy a different kind of bubble net. Herring are small schooling fish that are much faster swimmers than krill. So, to corral them, humpbacks use teamwork.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One humpback blows a large bubble net around the herring. Then, a second whale makes a feeding call.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s a loud, trumpeting sound, and you can hear it through your boat hull,” says John Moran, a biologist at NOAA’s Alaska Fisheries Science Center. “If you hear a feeding call, it’s time to move away because they’re going to come up somewhere close to you.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Then, a group of whales all lunge upwards at the same time, scooping up the herring with gaping mouths. Humpbacks generally position themselves in the same order each time, sometimes as many as 15 whales at once.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They’re basically doing the same thing that fishermen are doing,” Moran says. “They’re being smart about it. They’re making it more energetically efficient to forage that way.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Getting the most calories per gulp is a key survival strategy for humpbacks who spend their summers in Alaska. Afterward, they migrate thousands of miles to their breeding grounds in Hawaii or Mexico, where humpbacks don’t feed much. Packing on the pounds is crucial for that journey.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Climate change upsets the food chain\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The flexibility that humpback whales use in bubble-netting is an example of tool use, Szabo says, which biologists define as when animals use something external to purposefully manipulate their environment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It really suggests that these whales have a toolkit,” Szabo says. “They’re trading out the net for whatever it is they’re targeting on that day, which is a pretty remarkable thing when you stop to think about it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It also shows that humpbacks are adaptable to their environment, tailoring their feeding techniques for different conditions. That seems to have helped humpback populations recover from the era of whaling faster than other whales.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, adaptability has its limits. In 2014, “the blob” hit the Pacific Ocean, where a marine heat wave dramatically increased ocean temperatures for several years. 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They also used drones for an aerial view.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/3326x2218+0+0/resize/1200/quality/75/format/jpeg/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fdf%2Fdc%2F0a6dda1a43c3b83cbdc5b94c4bd9%2Fpl23-anim2490.jpg\" alt=\"Using bubble nets helps humpbacks consolidate krill, reducing the amount of energy they need to catch them.\">\u003cfigcaption>Using bubble nets helps humpbacks consolidate krill, reducing the amount of energy they need to catch them. \u003ccite>(Christin Khan | NOAA)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In all, they documented more than 80 bubble nets in high detail in the waters of southeast Alaska.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The netting works like this: first, a humpback swims into a cloud of krill. Then, it starts swimming in a circle, blowing bubbles from its blowhole. The bubbles rise, creating a cylindrical shape with walls of air.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The krill avoid the bubbles, becoming trapped inside the net. The humpback keeps blowing bubbles but in tighter circles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The circle is getting smaller and smaller and smaller, so it’s creating a series of rings inside the net,” Szabo says. “They’re perfect nested rings within each ring.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Finally, the humpback lunges upwards, gulping the krill in one big bite. The technique confines the krill into a much smaller space, increasing the density of the prey by about seven times, Szabo says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That translates to seven fewer mouthfuls that the whale needs to take to get the same amount of prey, so that seems to be where the big advantage is,” Szabo says. Humpbacks in Alaska don’t use bubble nets every time they feed on krill, suggesting they only use them when they need to.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>For fish, humpbacks bubble net in groups\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>To catch fish, humpbacks deploy a different kind of bubble net. Herring are small schooling fish that are much faster swimmers than krill. So, to corral them, humpbacks use teamwork.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One humpback blows a large bubble net around the herring. Then, a second whale makes a feeding call.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s a loud, trumpeting sound, and you can hear it through your boat hull,” says John Moran, a biologist at NOAA’s Alaska Fisheries Science Center. “If you hear a feeding call, it’s time to move away because they’re going to come up somewhere close to you.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Then, a group of whales all lunge upwards at the same time, scooping up the herring with gaping mouths. Humpbacks generally position themselves in the same order each time, sometimes as many as 15 whales at once.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They’re basically doing the same thing that fishermen are doing,” Moran says. “They’re being smart about it. They’re making it more energetically efficient to forage that way.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Getting the most calories per gulp is a key survival strategy for humpbacks who spend their summers in Alaska. Afterward, they migrate thousands of miles to their breeding grounds in Hawaii or Mexico, where humpbacks don’t feed much. Packing on the pounds is crucial for that journey.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Climate change upsets the food chain\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The flexibility that humpback whales use in bubble-netting is an example of tool use, Szabo says, which biologists define as when animals use something external to purposefully manipulate their environment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It really suggests that these whales have a toolkit,” Szabo says. “They’re trading out the net for whatever it is they’re targeting on that day, which is a pretty remarkable thing when you stop to think about it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It also shows that humpbacks are adaptable to their environment, tailoring their feeding techniques for different conditions. That seems to have helped humpback populations recover from the era of whaling faster than other whales.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, adaptability has its limits. In 2014, “the blob” hit the Pacific Ocean, where a marine heat wave dramatically increased ocean temperatures for several years. The entire food chain was affected, making it harder for humpbacks to feed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The prey was gone,” Moran says. “It cost them more to make a living. And we saw skinny whales, and the calf production dropped.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Humpback whales in the North Pacific Ocean \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2024/02/29/1234718984/humpback-whale-decline-pacific-climate-change\">\u003cu>declined by 20%\u003c/u>\u003c/a> from 2012 to 2021. With marine heat waves expected to become more frequent and intense with climate change, understanding how whales feed and the nuances of how they maximize their bubble nets could be crucial for conservation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It really starts to change our perception of these animals,” Szabo says. “That is very powerful when trying to convince people that there are remarkable animals out there and most of these animals are in jeopardy, unfortunately.”\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>[dropcap]C[/dropcap]arla Escutia fled with her three kids to the second story of an apartment building across the street when a storm burst an infamously weak levee outside their town of Pajaro in March 2023.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They huddled and watched in horror as chocolate milk-colored flood water swamped their beige home and rendered their cars inoperable. When the California National Guard rescued her family, crammed into military vehicles, they swore they’d find a new place to live on higher ground.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That was the beginning of what would turn into a 16-month odyssey to find an affordable two-bedroom apartment, which can cost more than $3,000 in the area around Monterey County. The family cycled through a shelter, a trailer, group homes, rentals and couches at other family members’ houses. Escutia, a custodian at UC Santa Cruz, encountered landlords who wouldn’t accept applicants from single parents like her with little kids and teenagers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They said little kids would destroy the property,” Escutia explained. Some of the apartments cost as much as $4,000. “It was difficult. The prices were really high, and I couldn’t pay that much.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"200\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https://playlist.megaphone.fm?e=KQINC3448175992&light=true\" width=\"100%\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The only affordable option Escutia, 42, could find was an apartment back in Pajaro, but she did not want to put her kids through that trauma again. “I wanted to find something far away,” she said. Authorities have reinforced the crumbled section of the levee, but they admit it is still too small to protect Pajaro, a community of many lower-income earners and farmworkers who harvest strawberries and other crops near Watsonville and Monterey County. The Army Corps of Engineers, along with the state and the local flood agency, plan to build a new levee, but that project won’t be completed until at least 2031.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We left because we don’t want the same thing to happen again,” said her oldest daughter, Denia Escutia, who KQED profiled for the third season of its Sold Out podcast. The 19-year-old \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1984643/reluctant-retreat-one-familys-fight-against-climate-induced-flooding\">deferred her dream of studying at UCLA\u003c/a> to help her mom, choosing to enroll in community college and working to help pay bills instead.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In April, the Escutias landed a spot for $1700 in a shared house with 12 people in Castroville, about 20 minutes from Watsonville. The family hated the cramped quarters and quickly resented their housemates who raided their bathroom for toilet paper.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1994210\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2500px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1994210\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/09/Pajaro-Diptych-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2500\" height=\"833\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/09/Pajaro-Diptych-1.jpg 2500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/09/Pajaro-Diptych-1-800x267.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/09/Pajaro-Diptych-1-1020x340.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/09/Pajaro-Diptych-1-160x53.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/09/Pajaro-Diptych-1-768x256.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/09/Pajaro-Diptych-1-1536x512.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/09/Pajaro-Diptych-1-2048x682.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/09/Pajaro-Diptych-1-1920x640.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Left: Denia Escutia stands for a portrait outside her mud-coated bedroom in Pajaro, on March 24, 2023. Right: Denia Escutia sits in her new bedroom in Pajaro on Aug. 20, 2024. \u003ccite>(Left: Kori Suzuki/KQED; Right: Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“One family had a daughter who would go into our refrigerator and grab stuff,” said Denia Escutia, with shoulder-length chestnut brown hair and pearl-colored long acrylic nails. “We didn’t have our own space, and I was uncomfortable.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In July, reality set in; Escutia wanted to get her three kids out. Beaten down by the reality of living in one of the most expensive areas in the country for rentals, she called the landlord in Pajaro and accepted the apartment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The family would return to the floodplain.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Their nearly year-and-a-half-long housing search concluded right across the street from their old home in the same apartment complex where they had found refuge from the flood.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They moved in early August and now pay $1,900 for a freshly painted three-bedroom apartment. They knew the landlord and said he gave them a deal based on their relationship, and because of the flood risk, Escutia explained as she stirred sizzling chorizo and flipped homemade corn tortillas on a comal in her new thin galley kitchen.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There were no options but this one,” Escutia said, her brown hair tied with a big black bow. “I am happy that I have my room and my kids have privacy.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Her new address is just one number different from her previous home.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I am scared the flooding might happen again, but I try to put it in the back of my head, telling myself it won’t happen for a few years and in a few years, we will probably not live here,” said Escutia, as she served her daughter a guava Jarritos soda.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Daily, she’s reminded of the flood and the toll on her family. From her upstairs bedroom window, she can see her former landlord slowly repairing the gutted tan house across the street.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I miss that house,” she said. “When I see it, I feel sad they’re rebuilding the house, and it’s not for us.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1994204\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1994204\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/09/240820-PajaroFolo-60-BL_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/09/240820-PajaroFolo-60-BL_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/09/240820-PajaroFolo-60-BL_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/09/240820-PajaroFolo-60-BL_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/09/240820-PajaroFolo-60-BL_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/09/240820-PajaroFolo-60-BL_qed-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/09/240820-PajaroFolo-60-BL_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/09/240820-PajaroFolo-60-BL_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The house that Carla Escutia lived in for 19 years, which flooded in March 2023, can be seen from her bedroom window in the new apartment where she and her family live in Pajaro on Aug. 20, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>‘We’re taking that chance’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The family now lives in a constant state of déjà vu, dwelling in the apartment complex they fled to when the debris-laden water ran up the walls of their home.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If it floods again, where will we go when we just settled down? We’re taking that chance,” said Denia Escutia, who is in her third semester at Cabrillo Community College in Aptos.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The family’s choice — to return to the floodplain — is one other Californians will face as future storms intensify due to human-caused climate change. Thousands of miles of levees pen in rivers and streams across the state; much of that infrastructure, including the levee that protects Pajaro, is aging and is not built for these storms, which could cause major flooding in any given year. A \u003ca href=\"https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2024/08/19/connecticut-floods-nyc-nj-rain-weather/\">1-in-1000-year storm flooded the Connecticut area last month\u003c/a>, and a similarly rare storm \u003ca href=\"https://laist.com/news/climate-environment/atmospheric-river-la-storm-evacuations-damage-los-angeles-orange-riverside-san-bernardino-santa-barbara\">flooded parts of Los Angeles last February\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1994207\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1024px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1994207\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/09/GettyImages-1248040358.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"615\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/09/GettyImages-1248040358.jpg 1024w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/09/GettyImages-1248040358-800x480.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/09/GettyImages-1248040358-1020x613.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/09/GettyImages-1248040358-160x96.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/09/GettyImages-1248040358-768x461.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An aerial view shows people making their way around a flooded neighborhood in the unincorporated community of Pajaro in Watsonville, Santa Cruz County on March 11, 2023. \u003ccite>(Josh Edelson/AFP via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Climate change is affecting these probabilities,” said Noah Diffenbaugh, professor of Earth system science at the Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability. “What is clear is that the probability of extreme wet conditions is going up.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The storms that doused the region in 2023 were a small example of what Californians can expect, and they still oversaturated the system.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The 2023 Pajaro flood \u003ca href=\"https://hazards.colorado.edu/quick-response-report/toward-equitable-recovery-for-unincorporated-areas\">damaged 273 homes and destroyed five\u003c/a>. Most of the damaged homes were single-story, single-family residences, like the Escutias’, according to an assessment by Danielle Zoe Rivera, assistant professor of landscape architecture and environmental planning at UC Berkeley. She reviewed an early assessment of damaged structures from the Cal Fire Damage Inspection Program.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rivera is trying to determine how many people moved back after the water receded. The Pájaro Valley Unified School District lost 2,043 of its 17,963 students between the 2022–23 and 2023–24 school years, which she said is a “hint at the scale of the displacement” but might not be due to the storm.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She also reviewed the U.S. Postal Service records and found very few people moved from Pajaro after 2023. She said residents, facing the high cost of housing, appear to have chosen to “live through flooding” instead of finding a new place to live.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Maybe some people did leave, but the need for housing was so great in the region that people just instantly repopulated those flooded homes,” Rivera said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1994211\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2500px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1994211\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/09/Pajaro-Diptych-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2500\" height=\"833\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/09/Pajaro-Diptych-2.jpg 2500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/09/Pajaro-Diptych-2-800x267.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/09/Pajaro-Diptych-2-1020x340.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/09/Pajaro-Diptych-2-160x53.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/09/Pajaro-Diptych-2-768x256.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/09/Pajaro-Diptych-2-1536x512.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/09/Pajaro-Diptych-2-2048x682.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/09/Pajaro-Diptych-2-1920x640.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Left: An aerial view of the broken levee in Pajaro on March 13, 2023. Right: A construction project is underway to stabilize and add height to the Pajaro levee on Aug. 20, 2024, after a breach in the levee flooded the community of Pajaro in March of 2023. \u003ccite>(Left: Jennifer Cain/Getty Images; Right: Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>‘An undersized levee system’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Under pressure from lawmakers, the local flood agency quickly rebuilt the 400 feet of levee that ruptured. The restored section has the same amount of flood protection as the levee that failed, leaving Pajaro vulnerable.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Residents still need to be a bit concerned because we are still living in a situation where we have an undersized levee system,” said Mark Strudley, executive director of the Pajaro Regional Flood Management Agency. “My hope is that if water starts touching this part of the levee system, we’re going to see less damage.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tommy Williams, chief of project management at the Army Corps in San Francisco, said the positive news is that the newly repaired section is “no longer the weakest link.” The bad news is that while crews frequently inspect the mostly earthen structure, the exact strength of the entire aging levee is nearly impossible to tell.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1993960\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1993960\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/08/240820-PAJAROFOLO-33-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/08/240820-PAJAROFOLO-33-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/08/240820-PAJAROFOLO-33-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/08/240820-PAJAROFOLO-33-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/08/240820-PAJAROFOLO-33-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/08/240820-PAJAROFOLO-33-BL-KQED-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/08/240820-PAJAROFOLO-33-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/08/240820-PAJAROFOLO-33-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mark Strudley, Executive Director of the Pajaro Regional Flood Management Agency, stands on the Pajaro levee on Aug. 20, 2024. A breach in the levee flooded the Pajaro community in March of 2023. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The Corps expects to break ground later this fall on a project to raise and widen nearly 14 miles of levee to strengthen it against future storms. Flood authorities won’t widen the main section that failed for several years, although Williams said the design work has started. They want to set the new levee back 100 feet from where it is today to give the river room to expand during storms.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Years before the recent flood, the Corps had officially rated the levee along the Pajaro River a “moderate” risk of flooding. The truth is that for decades, officials knew it needed repair but didn’t act. They determined that the town wasn’t worth protecting because property values were too low, according to levee records and interviews with several officials.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Corps’ plan will prepare the most populated areas for a 1-in-100-year flood — some experts believe that is only half the needed protection. With that level of protection, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1982513/experts-call-for-doubled-levee-protection-to-battle-climate-change-in-california\">a house has a 25% chance of flooding\u003c/a> during a typical Pajaro homeowner’s 30-year mortgage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Living behind a makeshift levee scares residents and leaders of community groups like Regeneración – Pájaro Valley Climate Action.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s a ticking time bomb,” said Nancy Faulstich, director of the community group. “We all know there are vulnerabilities here, and with the acceleration of climate change, all bets are off.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1993958\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1993958\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/08/240820-PAJAROFOLO-12-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/08/240820-PAJAROFOLO-12-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/08/240820-PAJAROFOLO-12-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/08/240820-PAJAROFOLO-12-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/08/240820-PAJAROFOLO-12-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/08/240820-PAJAROFOLO-12-BL-KQED-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/08/240820-PAJAROFOLO-12-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/08/240820-PAJAROFOLO-12-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A construction project is underway to stabilize and add height to the Pajaro levee on Aug. 20, 2024, after a breach in the levee flooded the community of Pajaro in March of 2023. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>‘I fear we’ll have to leave this one, too’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>A Pajaro where all bets are off is a future the Escutias hope to escape. Denia Escutia wants to become a doctor and eventually buy “a big house or ranch where I can have my mom retire from her work.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Unless the family’s financial situation changes, that could prove difficult. \u003ca href=\"https://nlihc.org/oor\">The Santa Cruz-Watsonville region is the most out-of-reach metropolitan area in the country for rental homes\u003c/a>, according to the latest report by the National Low Income Housing Coalition.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label=\"Related Stories\" postID=\"science_1984643,news_11961759,news_11944295\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The 2024 study found a family like the Escutias would need a household hourly wage of $77.96 to afford a modest two-bedroom rental in this area without spending more than 30% of their income on housing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Most people would have to work nearly five full-time jobs, with a minimum wage of $16 an hour, to afford just a regular rental in our county,” said Miriam Greenberg, professor of sociology at UC Santa Cruz and co-director of the Center for Critical Urban and Environmental Studies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Greenberg studies the intersection of housing and climate catastrophes. She said when a wildfire burns through a community, it displaces families and, in turn, can raise the rent price. She said the same thing happens when floods eliminate the number of rentals in a community and “compound an already dire situation for housing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Denia Escutia finds herself replaying the fear of flooding and displacement, even as she lays on her new trundle bed covered in lavender sheets surrounded by K-Pop posters and scissor-cut photos of her girlfriends.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We were forced to leave one house, and now we have another house,” she said. “I fear we’ll have to leave this one, too, and we might not find anything.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They said little kids would destroy the property,” Escutia explained. Some of the apartments cost as much as $4,000. “It was difficult. The prices were really high, and I couldn’t pay that much.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"200\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https://playlist.megaphone.fm?e=KQINC3448175992&light=true\" width=\"100%\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The only affordable option Escutia, 42, could find was an apartment back in Pajaro, but she did not want to put her kids through that trauma again. “I wanted to find something far away,” she said. Authorities have reinforced the crumbled section of the levee, but they admit it is still too small to protect Pajaro, a community of many lower-income earners and farmworkers who harvest strawberries and other crops near Watsonville and Monterey County. The Army Corps of Engineers, along with the state and the local flood agency, plan to build a new levee, but that project won’t be completed until at least 2031.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We left because we don’t want the same thing to happen again,” said her oldest daughter, Denia Escutia, who KQED profiled for the third season of its Sold Out podcast. The 19-year-old \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1984643/reluctant-retreat-one-familys-fight-against-climate-induced-flooding\">deferred her dream of studying at UCLA\u003c/a> to help her mom, choosing to enroll in community college and working to help pay bills instead.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In April, the Escutias landed a spot for $1700 in a shared house with 12 people in Castroville, about 20 minutes from Watsonville. The family hated the cramped quarters and quickly resented their housemates who raided their bathroom for toilet paper.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1994210\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2500px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1994210\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/09/Pajaro-Diptych-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2500\" height=\"833\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/09/Pajaro-Diptych-1.jpg 2500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/09/Pajaro-Diptych-1-800x267.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/09/Pajaro-Diptych-1-1020x340.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/09/Pajaro-Diptych-1-160x53.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/09/Pajaro-Diptych-1-768x256.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/09/Pajaro-Diptych-1-1536x512.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/09/Pajaro-Diptych-1-2048x682.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/09/Pajaro-Diptych-1-1920x640.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Left: Denia Escutia stands for a portrait outside her mud-coated bedroom in Pajaro, on March 24, 2023. Right: Denia Escutia sits in her new bedroom in Pajaro on Aug. 20, 2024. \u003ccite>(Left: Kori Suzuki/KQED; Right: Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“One family had a daughter who would go into our refrigerator and grab stuff,” said Denia Escutia, with shoulder-length chestnut brown hair and pearl-colored long acrylic nails. “We didn’t have our own space, and I was uncomfortable.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In July, reality set in; Escutia wanted to get her three kids out. Beaten down by the reality of living in one of the most expensive areas in the country for rentals, she called the landlord in Pajaro and accepted the apartment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The family would return to the floodplain.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Their nearly year-and-a-half-long housing search concluded right across the street from their old home in the same apartment complex where they had found refuge from the flood.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They moved in early August and now pay $1,900 for a freshly painted three-bedroom apartment. They knew the landlord and said he gave them a deal based on their relationship, and because of the flood risk, Escutia explained as she stirred sizzling chorizo and flipped homemade corn tortillas on a comal in her new thin galley kitchen.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There were no options but this one,” Escutia said, her brown hair tied with a big black bow. “I am happy that I have my room and my kids have privacy.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Her new address is just one number different from her previous home.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I am scared the flooding might happen again, but I try to put it in the back of my head, telling myself it won’t happen for a few years and in a few years, we will probably not live here,” said Escutia, as she served her daughter a guava Jarritos soda.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Daily, she’s reminded of the flood and the toll on her family. From her upstairs bedroom window, she can see her former landlord slowly repairing the gutted tan house across the street.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I miss that house,” she said. “When I see it, I feel sad they’re rebuilding the house, and it’s not for us.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1994204\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1994204\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/09/240820-PajaroFolo-60-BL_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/09/240820-PajaroFolo-60-BL_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/09/240820-PajaroFolo-60-BL_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/09/240820-PajaroFolo-60-BL_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/09/240820-PajaroFolo-60-BL_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/09/240820-PajaroFolo-60-BL_qed-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/09/240820-PajaroFolo-60-BL_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/09/240820-PajaroFolo-60-BL_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The house that Carla Escutia lived in for 19 years, which flooded in March 2023, can be seen from her bedroom window in the new apartment where she and her family live in Pajaro on Aug. 20, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>‘We’re taking that chance’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The family now lives in a constant state of déjà vu, dwelling in the apartment complex they fled to when the debris-laden water ran up the walls of their home.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If it floods again, where will we go when we just settled down? We’re taking that chance,” said Denia Escutia, who is in her third semester at Cabrillo Community College in Aptos.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The family’s choice — to return to the floodplain — is one other Californians will face as future storms intensify due to human-caused climate change. Thousands of miles of levees pen in rivers and streams across the state; much of that infrastructure, including the levee that protects Pajaro, is aging and is not built for these storms, which could cause major flooding in any given year. A \u003ca href=\"https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2024/08/19/connecticut-floods-nyc-nj-rain-weather/\">1-in-1000-year storm flooded the Connecticut area last month\u003c/a>, and a similarly rare storm \u003ca href=\"https://laist.com/news/climate-environment/atmospheric-river-la-storm-evacuations-damage-los-angeles-orange-riverside-san-bernardino-santa-barbara\">flooded parts of Los Angeles last February\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1994207\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1024px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1994207\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/09/GettyImages-1248040358.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"615\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/09/GettyImages-1248040358.jpg 1024w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/09/GettyImages-1248040358-800x480.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/09/GettyImages-1248040358-1020x613.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/09/GettyImages-1248040358-160x96.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/09/GettyImages-1248040358-768x461.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An aerial view shows people making their way around a flooded neighborhood in the unincorporated community of Pajaro in Watsonville, Santa Cruz County on March 11, 2023. \u003ccite>(Josh Edelson/AFP via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Climate change is affecting these probabilities,” said Noah Diffenbaugh, professor of Earth system science at the Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability. “What is clear is that the probability of extreme wet conditions is going up.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The storms that doused the region in 2023 were a small example of what Californians can expect, and they still oversaturated the system.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The 2023 Pajaro flood \u003ca href=\"https://hazards.colorado.edu/quick-response-report/toward-equitable-recovery-for-unincorporated-areas\">damaged 273 homes and destroyed five\u003c/a>. Most of the damaged homes were single-story, single-family residences, like the Escutias’, according to an assessment by Danielle Zoe Rivera, assistant professor of landscape architecture and environmental planning at UC Berkeley. She reviewed an early assessment of damaged structures from the Cal Fire Damage Inspection Program.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rivera is trying to determine how many people moved back after the water receded. The Pájaro Valley Unified School District lost 2,043 of its 17,963 students between the 2022–23 and 2023–24 school years, which she said is a “hint at the scale of the displacement” but might not be due to the storm.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She also reviewed the U.S. Postal Service records and found very few people moved from Pajaro after 2023. She said residents, facing the high cost of housing, appear to have chosen to “live through flooding” instead of finding a new place to live.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Maybe some people did leave, but the need for housing was so great in the region that people just instantly repopulated those flooded homes,” Rivera said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1994211\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2500px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1994211\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/09/Pajaro-Diptych-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2500\" height=\"833\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/09/Pajaro-Diptych-2.jpg 2500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/09/Pajaro-Diptych-2-800x267.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/09/Pajaro-Diptych-2-1020x340.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/09/Pajaro-Diptych-2-160x53.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/09/Pajaro-Diptych-2-768x256.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/09/Pajaro-Diptych-2-1536x512.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/09/Pajaro-Diptych-2-2048x682.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/09/Pajaro-Diptych-2-1920x640.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Left: An aerial view of the broken levee in Pajaro on March 13, 2023. Right: A construction project is underway to stabilize and add height to the Pajaro levee on Aug. 20, 2024, after a breach in the levee flooded the community of Pajaro in March of 2023. \u003ccite>(Left: Jennifer Cain/Getty Images; Right: Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>‘An undersized levee system’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Under pressure from lawmakers, the local flood agency quickly rebuilt the 400 feet of levee that ruptured. The restored section has the same amount of flood protection as the levee that failed, leaving Pajaro vulnerable.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Residents still need to be a bit concerned because we are still living in a situation where we have an undersized levee system,” said Mark Strudley, executive director of the Pajaro Regional Flood Management Agency. “My hope is that if water starts touching this part of the levee system, we’re going to see less damage.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tommy Williams, chief of project management at the Army Corps in San Francisco, said the positive news is that the newly repaired section is “no longer the weakest link.” The bad news is that while crews frequently inspect the mostly earthen structure, the exact strength of the entire aging levee is nearly impossible to tell.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1993960\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1993960\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/08/240820-PAJAROFOLO-33-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/08/240820-PAJAROFOLO-33-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/08/240820-PAJAROFOLO-33-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/08/240820-PAJAROFOLO-33-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/08/240820-PAJAROFOLO-33-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/08/240820-PAJAROFOLO-33-BL-KQED-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/08/240820-PAJAROFOLO-33-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/08/240820-PAJAROFOLO-33-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mark Strudley, Executive Director of the Pajaro Regional Flood Management Agency, stands on the Pajaro levee on Aug. 20, 2024. A breach in the levee flooded the Pajaro community in March of 2023. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The Corps expects to break ground later this fall on a project to raise and widen nearly 14 miles of levee to strengthen it against future storms. Flood authorities won’t widen the main section that failed for several years, although Williams said the design work has started. They want to set the new levee back 100 feet from where it is today to give the river room to expand during storms.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Years before the recent flood, the Corps had officially rated the levee along the Pajaro River a “moderate” risk of flooding. The truth is that for decades, officials knew it needed repair but didn’t act. They determined that the town wasn’t worth protecting because property values were too low, according to levee records and interviews with several officials.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Corps’ plan will prepare the most populated areas for a 1-in-100-year flood — some experts believe that is only half the needed protection. 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When gas prices surged across California to nearly $6 a gallon last September, Milder’s team blamed the increase, in part, on refiners not maintaining supply.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Among the reforms proposed by Milder’s office is a requirement that refineries store a minimum amount of reserve gas. The state’s energy commission \u003ca href=\"https://www.energy.ca.gov/news/2024-06/state-officials-provide-update-gasoline-supplies-and-summer-outlook\">has warned that if refineries go offline without an adequate reserve\u003c/a>, then oil and gas inventories drop, leading to price spikes at the pump.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Industry groups and trade associations have said the Newsom administration’s plan could lead to higher gas prices in California. Andy Walz, Chevron’s president of American products, said in a letter to the energy commission that “this bill risks the safety of refinery operations, the orderly functioning of markets and would leave industry and labor experts without a voice in key policies.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Newsom’s press team responded by saying “predictable lies” in a \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/GovPressOffice/status/1829591477695217954\">social media post\u003c/a> that included a yawning-face emoji.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label=\"more science coverage\" tag=\"science\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What’s next:\u003c/strong> Legislators have said they’d like more time to massage out the details of complex legislation. Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas (D-Salinas) backed a special session in a statement released by his office on Friday, indicating that his chamber would not pass the bills by the end of session this weekend.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If the Governor calls a special session, we’re going to do the work and deliver results,” he said. “What I’m not going to do is push through bills that haven’t been sufficiently vetted with public hearings. 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Customers would pocket between $30 and $50.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s a tiny drop in the bucket for most people, and we’re cutting programs that are really meaningful to the schools and the affordable housing developers,” said Merrian Borgeson, a policy director at the Natural Resources Defense Council. “It’s just not worth it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mark Toney, executive director of The Utility Reform Network, agrees the one-time customer rebates are not a lot, but he said they are a meaningful first step. The package will “provide billions of dollars of long-term rate relief” by pressuring utilities like PG&E to make more cost-effective choices like insulating overhead wires rather than burying them to mitigate wildfire risk, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Toney said the package will also protect low-income families who are behind on bills or have had their power shut off by offering them more time to pay back what they owe.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label=\"more legislature coverage\" tag=\"california-legislature\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Zoom out:\u003c/strong> Environmental advocates argue that there are a range of causes for high electricity prices, including the increased costs associated with fighting wildfire and modernizing the energy grid.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This policy proposal will move the needle on some of these challenges, but it also includes damaging cuts to important programs that benefit vulnerable communities,” Borgeson said. “We need comprehensive, long-term policy solutions for an affordable and equitable energy system.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What’s new:\u003c/strong> California Republicans are trying to hang the high price of energy in this state around the neck of Vice President Kamala Harris in an attempt to weigh down her presidential campaign.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Republican Assemblymember Vince Fong of Bakersfield, in a social media post, criticized Newsom for “intentionally disrupting needed energy production and raising gasoline costs even more in California” and said that he is “following Kamalanomics in pushing terrible policies not grounded in economic reality.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Politico\u003c/em> \u003ca href=\"https://www.politico.com/news/2024/08/29/newsom-harris-gas-price-policy-00176817\">reported\u003c/a> that Republicans in Arizona are warning of “significant adverse impacts on fuel supplies and consumer costs in Arizona” from Newsom’s price gouging proposal.\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>\u003cbr>\nThe bottom line: \u003c/strong>The clock is ticking on Newsom and lawmakers to come to some kind of agreement; the legislative session is scheduled to adjourn at the end of the day on Saturday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If they can’t hash out some kind of deal, all eyes will be on the Newsom administration to see if it makes good on the promise to schedule a special session for later this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>A team of oceanographers led by Palo Alto-based Schmidt Ocean Institute discovered twenty possible new species of ocean life across ten seamounts during an ocean expedition on the \u003ca href=\"https://schmidtocean.org/cruise/journey-to-the-nazca-ridge/\">Nazca Ridge\u003c/a> in the Pacific Ocean, 900 miles off the coast of Chile.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of the newly discovered and mapped seamounts located on the southern part of the Nazca Ridge underwater mountain chain is over two miles tall and supports a thriving deep-sea ecosystem, including sponge and coral gardens. The coral garden is the size of three tennis courts and harbors diverse marine life, including rockfish, brittle stars, and king crabs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1994002\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1994002\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/08/240827-MARINE-DISCOVERY-06-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/08/240827-MARINE-DISCOVERY-06-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/08/240827-MARINE-DISCOVERY-06-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/08/240827-MARINE-DISCOVERY-06-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/08/240827-MARINE-DISCOVERY-06-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/08/240827-MARINE-DISCOVERY-06-KQED-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/08/240827-MARINE-DISCOVERY-06-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/08/240827-MARINE-DISCOVERY-06-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A Neolithodes sp. (king crab) with epibiont (Poecilasma sp.) growth was documented on Dive 691 at Shorygin Guyot along the Nazca Ridge off the coast of Chile. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Schmidt Ocean Institute)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In addition to discovering and mapping the new seamount, the team also captured the first-ever live footage of a rare Promachoteuthis squid, a rare species previously known only from dead specimens found in nets. They also documented a ghostly white Casper octopus, a species seen for the first time in the Southern Pacific, and two rare Bathyphysa siphonophores, commonly known as flying spaghetti monsters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1994003\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1994003\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/08/240827-MARINE-DISCOVERY-07-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/08/240827-MARINE-DISCOVERY-07-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/08/240827-MARINE-DISCOVERY-07-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/08/240827-MARINE-DISCOVERY-07-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/08/240827-MARINE-DISCOVERY-07-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/08/240827-MARINE-DISCOVERY-07-KQED-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/08/240827-MARINE-DISCOVERY-07-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/08/240827-MARINE-DISCOVERY-07-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A rarely seen Bathyphysa conifera, commonly known as flying spaghetti monster, was documented on Dive 692 while the research team was surveying an unnamed and unexplored seamount (internally designated as T06) along the Nazca Ridge off the coast of Chile. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Schmidt Ocean Institute)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“There is so much diversity and richness below the ocean surface, specifically on the seafloor, that we’re unaware of,” said Tomer Ketter, co-chief scientist and Schmidt Ocean Institute marine technician.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Researchers aboard the \u003ca href=\"https://schmidtocean.org/education/falkor-too-qa/\">R/V Falkor (too)\u003c/a> research vessel used a remotely operated vehicle named SuBastian to capture high-quality footage and collect samples during the deep sea exploration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1994001\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1994001\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/08/240827-MARINE-DISCOVERY-05-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/08/240827-MARINE-DISCOVERY-05-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/08/240827-MARINE-DISCOVERY-05-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/08/240827-MARINE-DISCOVERY-05-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/08/240827-MARINE-DISCOVERY-05-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/08/240827-MARINE-DISCOVERY-05-KQED-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/08/240827-MARINE-DISCOVERY-05-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/08/240827-MARINE-DISCOVERY-05-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">This is the first time this rare octopus species, informally named the Casper octopus, has been seen in the Southern Pacific. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Schmidt Ocean Institute)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Most seamounts are remnants of extinct volcanoes and are vital ocean structures that provide habitat for abundant marine life. Less than 1% of the Earth’s seamounts have been thoroughly mapped and sampled, and those of the Southeast Pacific remain some of the least explored.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The UN is considering the Nazca and Salas y Gómez ridges for designation as a \u003ca href=\"https://www.un.org/bbnjagreement/en\">high-seas marine protected area\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The expedition was the third exploration this year of the Salas y Gómez and Nazca ridges conducted on the Schmidt Ocean Institute. Two previous expeditions in January and February documented over \u003ca href=\"https://schmidtocean.org/scientists-find-pristine-ecosystems-on-high-seas-seamounts/\">150 previously unknown species\u003c/a> and numerous others not previously known to live on the ridge. Twenty more new species were collected during this most recent expedition that concluded in August.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1994005\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1994005\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/08/240827-MARINE-DISCOVERY-09-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/08/240827-MARINE-DISCOVERY-09-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/08/240827-MARINE-DISCOVERY-09-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/08/240827-MARINE-DISCOVERY-09-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/08/240827-MARINE-DISCOVERY-09-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/08/240827-MARINE-DISCOVERY-09-KQED-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/08/240827-MARINE-DISCOVERY-09-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/08/240827-MARINE-DISCOVERY-09-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An image from the first footage of a live Promachoteuthis squid. Until now, the squid genus has only been characterized from dead samples found in nets. The squid was documented on Dive 693 while exploring an unnamed seamount (internally designated as T06) along the Nazca Ridge off the coast of Chile. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Schmidt Ocean Institute)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>These underwater mountains harbor remarkable biodiversity, and the data gathered will help establish the baseline scientific knowledge needed to inform conservation and protection efforts, which many experts believe is critical to the overall health of the ocean. “The data gathered from these expeditions are expected to inform future policies to safeguard these pristine environments,” Ketter added.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1994011\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1994011\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/08/240827-MARINE-DISCOVERY-15-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/08/240827-MARINE-DISCOVERY-15-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/08/240827-MARINE-DISCOVERY-15-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/08/240827-MARINE-DISCOVERY-15-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/08/240827-MARINE-DISCOVERY-15-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/08/240827-MARINE-DISCOVERY-15-KQED-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/08/240827-MARINE-DISCOVERY-15-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/08/240827-MARINE-DISCOVERY-15-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Not only do seamounts have a rocky substrate for these sessile (immobile) animals to cling to, but they also offer a place for gathering nutrients carried by the currents so these slow-growing animals are able to establish lush deep sea gardens that support a host of wildlife. This scene was documented during Dive 697 while exploring a newly mapped seamount (designated internally as T08) of the Nazca Ridge off the coast of Chile. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Schmidt Ocean Institute)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“This was the first mission led by the staff and crew of Schmidt Ocean Institute, with wonderful colleagues from a number of organizations on board, and I was privileged to be among the scientists joining the research vessel remotely,” said Dr. Jyotika Virmani, co-chief scientist and Schmidt Ocean Institute executive director in a statement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The discovery of the new seamount, which is about 2 miles tall — almost four times the height of the tallest skyscraper in the world, the Burj Khalifa — with a vibrant ecosystem was very exciting, Virmani added.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Only 26% of the seafloor has been mapped to this high resolution and each expedition on Falkor (too) brings into focus a little more of the unknown seabed and life on our home planet.”\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>A team of oceanographers led by Palo Alto-based Schmidt Ocean Institute discovered twenty possible new species of ocean life across ten seamounts during an ocean expedition on the \u003ca href=\"https://schmidtocean.org/cruise/journey-to-the-nazca-ridge/\">Nazca Ridge\u003c/a> in the Pacific Ocean, 900 miles off the coast of Chile.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of the newly discovered and mapped seamounts located on the southern part of the Nazca Ridge underwater mountain chain is over two miles tall and supports a thriving deep-sea ecosystem, including sponge and coral gardens. The coral garden is the size of three tennis courts and harbors diverse marine life, including rockfish, brittle stars, and king crabs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1994002\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1994002\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/08/240827-MARINE-DISCOVERY-06-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/08/240827-MARINE-DISCOVERY-06-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/08/240827-MARINE-DISCOVERY-06-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/08/240827-MARINE-DISCOVERY-06-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/08/240827-MARINE-DISCOVERY-06-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/08/240827-MARINE-DISCOVERY-06-KQED-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/08/240827-MARINE-DISCOVERY-06-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/08/240827-MARINE-DISCOVERY-06-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A Neolithodes sp. (king crab) with epibiont (Poecilasma sp.) growth was documented on Dive 691 at Shorygin Guyot along the Nazca Ridge off the coast of Chile. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Schmidt Ocean Institute)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In addition to discovering and mapping the new seamount, the team also captured the first-ever live footage of a rare Promachoteuthis squid, a rare species previously known only from dead specimens found in nets. They also documented a ghostly white Casper octopus, a species seen for the first time in the Southern Pacific, and two rare Bathyphysa siphonophores, commonly known as flying spaghetti monsters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1994003\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1994003\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/08/240827-MARINE-DISCOVERY-07-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/08/240827-MARINE-DISCOVERY-07-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/08/240827-MARINE-DISCOVERY-07-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/08/240827-MARINE-DISCOVERY-07-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/08/240827-MARINE-DISCOVERY-07-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/08/240827-MARINE-DISCOVERY-07-KQED-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/08/240827-MARINE-DISCOVERY-07-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/08/240827-MARINE-DISCOVERY-07-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A rarely seen Bathyphysa conifera, commonly known as flying spaghetti monster, was documented on Dive 692 while the research team was surveying an unnamed and unexplored seamount (internally designated as T06) along the Nazca Ridge off the coast of Chile. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Schmidt Ocean Institute)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“There is so much diversity and richness below the ocean surface, specifically on the seafloor, that we’re unaware of,” said Tomer Ketter, co-chief scientist and Schmidt Ocean Institute marine technician.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Researchers aboard the \u003ca href=\"https://schmidtocean.org/education/falkor-too-qa/\">R/V Falkor (too)\u003c/a> research vessel used a remotely operated vehicle named SuBastian to capture high-quality footage and collect samples during the deep sea exploration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1994001\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1994001\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/08/240827-MARINE-DISCOVERY-05-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/08/240827-MARINE-DISCOVERY-05-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/08/240827-MARINE-DISCOVERY-05-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/08/240827-MARINE-DISCOVERY-05-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/08/240827-MARINE-DISCOVERY-05-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/08/240827-MARINE-DISCOVERY-05-KQED-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/08/240827-MARINE-DISCOVERY-05-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/08/240827-MARINE-DISCOVERY-05-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">This is the first time this rare octopus species, informally named the Casper octopus, has been seen in the Southern Pacific. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Schmidt Ocean Institute)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Most seamounts are remnants of extinct volcanoes and are vital ocean structures that provide habitat for abundant marine life. Less than 1% of the Earth’s seamounts have been thoroughly mapped and sampled, and those of the Southeast Pacific remain some of the least explored.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The UN is considering the Nazca and Salas y Gómez ridges for designation as a \u003ca href=\"https://www.un.org/bbnjagreement/en\">high-seas marine protected area\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The expedition was the third exploration this year of the Salas y Gómez and Nazca ridges conducted on the Schmidt Ocean Institute. Two previous expeditions in January and February documented over \u003ca href=\"https://schmidtocean.org/scientists-find-pristine-ecosystems-on-high-seas-seamounts/\">150 previously unknown species\u003c/a> and numerous others not previously known to live on the ridge. Twenty more new species were collected during this most recent expedition that concluded in August.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1994005\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1994005\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/08/240827-MARINE-DISCOVERY-09-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/08/240827-MARINE-DISCOVERY-09-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/08/240827-MARINE-DISCOVERY-09-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/08/240827-MARINE-DISCOVERY-09-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/08/240827-MARINE-DISCOVERY-09-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/08/240827-MARINE-DISCOVERY-09-KQED-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/08/240827-MARINE-DISCOVERY-09-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/08/240827-MARINE-DISCOVERY-09-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An image from the first footage of a live Promachoteuthis squid. Until now, the squid genus has only been characterized from dead samples found in nets. The squid was documented on Dive 693 while exploring an unnamed seamount (internally designated as T06) along the Nazca Ridge off the coast of Chile. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Schmidt Ocean Institute)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>These underwater mountains harbor remarkable biodiversity, and the data gathered will help establish the baseline scientific knowledge needed to inform conservation and protection efforts, which many experts believe is critical to the overall health of the ocean. “The data gathered from these expeditions are expected to inform future policies to safeguard these pristine environments,” Ketter added.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1994011\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1994011\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/08/240827-MARINE-DISCOVERY-15-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/08/240827-MARINE-DISCOVERY-15-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/08/240827-MARINE-DISCOVERY-15-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/08/240827-MARINE-DISCOVERY-15-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/08/240827-MARINE-DISCOVERY-15-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/08/240827-MARINE-DISCOVERY-15-KQED-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/08/240827-MARINE-DISCOVERY-15-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/08/240827-MARINE-DISCOVERY-15-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Not only do seamounts have a rocky substrate for these sessile (immobile) animals to cling to, but they also offer a place for gathering nutrients carried by the currents so these slow-growing animals are able to establish lush deep sea gardens that support a host of wildlife. 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