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"content": "\u003cp>A fire truck parked next to a floating station on San Francisco Bay sits in the path of rising seas. Floodwaters surround a police station during a massive atmospheric river. Motorcycle cops are trapped, unable to leave for hours.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These are not scenes from a Hollywood disaster flick but a stark reality laid out in the latest San Francisco Civil Grand Jury report, finding that a fractured approach to city infrastructure and a lack of fiscal transparency leave critical public safety assets vulnerable to climate change.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The report published Thursday, \u003ca href=\"https://www.sf.gov/resource/2024/civil-grand-jury-reports-2023-2024\">“Building San Francisco: Designing, Constructing, and Maintaining City Infrastructure\u003c/a>,” is the second within a month from the 19-person volunteer panel to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1993278/san-franciscos-aging-infrastructure-ill-prepared-for-future-flooding-report-warns\">address the effects of climate change\u003c/a>. The jury discovered a need for more transparency in how San Francisco agencies, primarily the Department of Public Works, prepare the city for a far wetter world.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Many different groups view climate change as somebody else’s problem to address,” said Will McCaa, the report’s lead author.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The jury found design issues with some recently built DPW buildings, as well as high costs and instances of flooding. McCaa said the panel wants clarity from DPW on whether flooding from storms or future sea level rise was taken into account when the buildings were built and how the department plans to factor in future climate effects.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On New Year’s Eve 2022, storms caused the area around the newly built Police Department Traffic Company and Forensic Services Division to flood. The flooding prevented police motorcycles from entering or leaving the facility, “effectively taking the station out of service for several hours on one of the Police Department’s busiest nights of the year,” the jurors wrote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For DPW to build a station in a flood-prone area but not consider the access to the building “seems like poor planning,” McCaa said. The flooding also damaged gate motors and a new Dodge Charger police cruiser, making it “no longer reliable enough for use as a patrol car.” The jury questioned whether DPW built the facility in the right place and how the city plans to fix the issue.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The report also lists two buildings and one fire truck that would be threatened by sea level rise: the newly constructed Office of the Medical Examiner on Newhall Street; a Mission Bay facility housing the Police Department Headquarters, SFPD Southern Station, and Fire Station 4; and an engine that the department can’t legally house on a floating fire station in the Embarcadero that was meant to help with rising waters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label=\"Related Stories\" postID=\"science_1993278,science_1993067,news_11985619\"]These areas are at risk of flooding from the rising bay unless the city and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers raise the sea wall, which will cost more than $7 billion. The Port of San Francisco and the Corps are working on \u003ca href=\"https://sfport.com/about/news/port-san-francisco-us-army-corps-engineers-release-draft-plan-build-citys-flood-defenses#:~:text=Today%2C%20the%20Port%20of%20San,Park%20to%20Heron's%20Head%20Park.\">a plan to adapt 7 1/2 miles of the shore to defend against future sea level rise\u003c/a>, but their latest report is still in draft form.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With the city facing financial constraints and the capital budget nearing its borrowing cap, McCaa said the city’s degraded assets are “not properly quantified or understood,” which results in a lack of understanding of how agencies spend millions of dollars.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The jury is calling for DPW to show how it has spent taxpayer dollars and how it plans to use future funds. The jury lists several recommendations, including strengthening the Public Works Commission’s “undefined” oversight responsibilities by holding DPW “accountable for the accuracy of capital project budgeting,” timeliness, and quality of construction. City officials have 60 calendar days to respond to the jury’s findings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>DPW spokesperson Rachel Gordon said the agency is taking the jury’s report seriously and will assess them to see “where we can do better.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We stand by our strong track record at Public Works in delivering complex capital projects, from award-winning fire stations to playgrounds to utility facilities,” she said in a statement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>Now in its fifteenth year, the Audubon Photography Awards features stunning shots by professionals, amateurs and young photographers that highlight the beauty of birds — and the joy of capturing them on camera.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Winning entries and honorable mentions were chosen from more than 2,300 entrants. Teen Bay Area photographer Parham Pourahmad, 14, was one of those talented winners, receiving the 2024 Audubon Photography Awards’ Youth Prize for his image of two American kestrels standing on a post at Calero County Park in San Jose.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In his winning photo, a female kestrel perches on a post while a male kestrel stands on her back with his wings extended behind him — a side view that makes the two birds look like extensions of each other.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1993445\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1993445\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/Aud_APA-2024_American-Kestrel_Y0_28731-12_Photo-Parham-Pourahmad-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"2400\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/Aud_APA-2024_American-Kestrel_Y0_28731-12_Photo-Parham-Pourahmad-1.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/Aud_APA-2024_American-Kestrel_Y0_28731-12_Photo-Parham-Pourahmad-1-800x1000.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/Aud_APA-2024_American-Kestrel_Y0_28731-12_Photo-Parham-Pourahmad-1-1020x1275.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/Aud_APA-2024_American-Kestrel_Y0_28731-12_Photo-Parham-Pourahmad-1-160x200.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/Aud_APA-2024_American-Kestrel_Y0_28731-12_Photo-Parham-Pourahmad-1-768x960.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/Aud_APA-2024_American-Kestrel_Y0_28731-12_Photo-Parham-Pourahmad-1-1229x1536.jpg 1229w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/Aud_APA-2024_American-Kestrel_Y0_28731-12_Photo-Parham-Pourahmad-1-1638x2048.jpg 1638w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kestrels make up a group of more than a dozen falcon species, but the American Kestrel—widespread from Alaska to South America—is the only one in the Western Hemisphere. \u003ccite>(Parham Pourahmad/Audubon Photography Awards)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Pourahmad captured this photo from a car in a local preserve’s parking lot to ensure he didn’t scare the birds away. And he had a partner in crime to help him do this — his mom.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“My mom drove us around the almost empty parking lot during sunrise,” Pourahmad said. “She positioned me perfectly for this moment when the male flew off to mate with the female. The lighting was perfect.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.audubon.org/field-guide/bird/american-kestrel\">American kestrels\u003c/a>, formerly known as sparrowhawks, are the smallest and most common falcons in North America. The female kestrel nests in tree holes and other cavities, incubating most of the eggs while the male brings food for the hatchlings.[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The pair bonds between kestrels are strong and often permanent. The same birds typically pair up every breeding season (as long as both are alive) but often spend the winter separately, reuniting in spring.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As the Youth Prize winner, Pourahmad will receive six days at Audubon’s \u003ca href=\"https://hogisland.audubon.org/?_gl=1*veqbif*_gcl_au*MjAzMjM2MDI0OS4xNzE2NTg5NDIz*_ga*MTQxOTgzNDA4My4xNzE2NTg5NDIz*_ga_X2XNL2MWTT*MTcxODkyMTQzNS40LjEuMTcxODkyNDYwNy42MC4wLjA.\">Hog Island Audubon Camp for Teens\u003c/a> in Maine during the 2025 season.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I really like the photo that won,” Pourahmad said. “Sometimes I win photo contests, and I feel like my photo didn’t really deserve it, but I think this photo took a lot of work, time and knowledge to get.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Birds — and their survival — in the spotlight\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Pourahmad is not the only Californian to win a prize in this national competition.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kevin Lohman, a photographer from Santa Cruz, received the first-ever Birds in Landscapes prize for his photo of a California Quail perched on top of a small bush in a field in Santa Cruz. The Birds in Landscapes prize was introduced this year to focus on how birds connect with their broader surroundings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1993443\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2400px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1993443\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/Aud_APA-2024_California-Quail_P1_29200-1_Photo-Kevin-Lohman-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2400\" height=\"1200\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/Aud_APA-2024_California-Quail_P1_29200-1_Photo-Kevin-Lohman-1.jpg 2400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/Aud_APA-2024_California-Quail_P1_29200-1_Photo-Kevin-Lohman-1-800x400.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/Aud_APA-2024_California-Quail_P1_29200-1_Photo-Kevin-Lohman-1-1020x510.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/Aud_APA-2024_California-Quail_P1_29200-1_Photo-Kevin-Lohman-1-160x80.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/Aud_APA-2024_California-Quail_P1_29200-1_Photo-Kevin-Lohman-1-768x384.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/Aud_APA-2024_California-Quail_P1_29200-1_Photo-Kevin-Lohman-1-1536x768.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/Aud_APA-2024_California-Quail_P1_29200-1_Photo-Kevin-Lohman-1-2048x1024.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/Aud_APA-2024_California-Quail_P1_29200-1_Photo-Kevin-Lohman-1-1920x960.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2400px) 100vw, 2400px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The well-named California Quail was originally native throughout most of the state, as well as the Baja California peninsula and small parts of Oregon and Nevada. \u003ccite>(Kevin Lohman/Audubon Photography Awards)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Audubon’s recent climate science report \u003ca href=\"https://www.audubon.org/climate/survivalbydegrees?_gl=1*woli26*_gcl_au*MjAzMjM2MDI0OS4xNzE2NTg5NDIz*_ga*MTQxOTgzNDA4My4xNzE2NTg5NDIz*_ga_X2XNL2MWTT*MTcxODkyMTQzNS40LjAuMTcxODkyMTQzNS42MC4wLjA.\">Survival by Degrees\u003c/a> reveals that two-thirds of North American birds are threatened by extinction from climate change. These include several species featured in this year’s Audubon Photography Awards, such as the Blackburnian Warbler, California Quail and Sedge Wren.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1993440\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2400px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1993440\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/Aud_APA-2024_Forsters-Tern_P1_29200-13_Photo-Kevin-Lohman.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2400\" height=\"1600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/Aud_APA-2024_Forsters-Tern_P1_29200-13_Photo-Kevin-Lohman.jpg 2400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/Aud_APA-2024_Forsters-Tern_P1_29200-13_Photo-Kevin-Lohman-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/Aud_APA-2024_Forsters-Tern_P1_29200-13_Photo-Kevin-Lohman-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/Aud_APA-2024_Forsters-Tern_P1_29200-13_Photo-Kevin-Lohman-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/Aud_APA-2024_Forsters-Tern_P1_29200-13_Photo-Kevin-Lohman-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/Aud_APA-2024_Forsters-Tern_P1_29200-13_Photo-Kevin-Lohman-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/Aud_APA-2024_Forsters-Tern_P1_29200-13_Photo-Kevin-Lohman-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/Aud_APA-2024_Forsters-Tern_P1_29200-13_Photo-Kevin-Lohman-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2400px) 100vw, 2400px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Four species of medium-sized terns—Forster’s, Common, Arctic, and Roseate—look confusingly similar. What’s more, they forage in similar ways, by plunging from the air to capture small fish just below the water’s surface. But they differ in breeding habits. \u003ccite>(Kevin Lohman/Audubon Photography Awards)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Audubon California protects American Kestrels, California Quails and other birds through on-the-ground conservation and policy efforts across the state. They partner with \u003ca href=\"https://ca.audubon.org/conservation/working-lands\">working lands in the Central Valley\u003c/a> and steward California’s coastline to\u003ca href=\"https://ca.audubon.org/conservation/chuckwalla-national-monument\"> advocate for habitat protections\u003c/a> and engage local communities through \u003ca href=\"https://ca.audubon.org/centers-and-sanctuaries\">their centers and sanctuaries\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"mceTemp\">\u003c/div>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1993441\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2400px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1993441\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/Aud_APA-2024_Willow-Ptarmigan_P0_31916-10_Photo-Liron-Gertsman.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2400\" height=\"1600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/Aud_APA-2024_Willow-Ptarmigan_P0_31916-10_Photo-Liron-Gertsman.jpg 2400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/Aud_APA-2024_Willow-Ptarmigan_P0_31916-10_Photo-Liron-Gertsman-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/Aud_APA-2024_Willow-Ptarmigan_P0_31916-10_Photo-Liron-Gertsman-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/Aud_APA-2024_Willow-Ptarmigan_P0_31916-10_Photo-Liron-Gertsman-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/Aud_APA-2024_Willow-Ptarmigan_P0_31916-10_Photo-Liron-Gertsman-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/Aud_APA-2024_Willow-Ptarmigan_P0_31916-10_Photo-Liron-Gertsman-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/Aud_APA-2024_Willow-Ptarmigan_P0_31916-10_Photo-Liron-Gertsman-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/Aud_APA-2024_Willow-Ptarmigan_P0_31916-10_Photo-Liron-Gertsman-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2400px) 100vw, 2400px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ptarmigan are famous for changing their feathers to match either snow in winter or rocky surroundings in summer—a mastery of camouflage that makes them difficult to find all year. \u003ccite>(Liron Gertsman/Audubon Photography Awards)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Sabine Meyer, photography director at the National Audubon Society and one of the contest judges, highlighted the “amazing bird behaviors, some of them rarely if ever seen” illustrated by this year’s submissions and the specific “painterly quality” of photographs capturing Willow Ptarmigans, Great-tailed Grackles and California Quail. “They look like tableaux with exquisite compositions,” Meyer said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.audubon.org/magazine/2024-audubon-photography-awards-winners-and-honorable-mentions\">Visit the Audubon Society to see all the winning photos\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1993442\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2400px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1993442\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/Aud_APA-2024_Black-capped-Chickadee_Broad-leaf-Cattail_A1_28281-0_Photo-Linda-J-Scher.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2400\" height=\"1714\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/Aud_APA-2024_Black-capped-Chickadee_Broad-leaf-Cattail_A1_28281-0_Photo-Linda-J-Scher.jpg 2400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/Aud_APA-2024_Black-capped-Chickadee_Broad-leaf-Cattail_A1_28281-0_Photo-Linda-J-Scher-800x571.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/Aud_APA-2024_Black-capped-Chickadee_Broad-leaf-Cattail_A1_28281-0_Photo-Linda-J-Scher-1020x728.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/Aud_APA-2024_Black-capped-Chickadee_Broad-leaf-Cattail_A1_28281-0_Photo-Linda-J-Scher-160x114.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/Aud_APA-2024_Black-capped-Chickadee_Broad-leaf-Cattail_A1_28281-0_Photo-Linda-J-Scher-768x548.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/Aud_APA-2024_Black-capped-Chickadee_Broad-leaf-Cattail_A1_28281-0_Photo-Linda-J-Scher-1536x1097.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/Aud_APA-2024_Black-capped-Chickadee_Broad-leaf-Cattail_A1_28281-0_Photo-Linda-J-Scher-2048x1463.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/Aud_APA-2024_Black-capped-Chickadee_Broad-leaf-Cattail_A1_28281-0_Photo-Linda-J-Scher-1920x1371.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2400px) 100vw, 2400px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Because Black-capped Chickadees stay on their northern breeding grounds all year, they must adapt to the changing seasons. These tiny omnivores consume a wide variety of insects, seeds, small fruits, and other fare. \u003ccite>(Linda Scher/Audubon Photography Awards)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Now in its fifteenth year, the Audubon Photography Awards features stunning shots by professionals, amateurs and young photographers that highlight the beauty of birds — and the joy of capturing them on camera.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Winning entries and honorable mentions were chosen from more than 2,300 entrants. Teen Bay Area photographer Parham Pourahmad, 14, was one of those talented winners, receiving the 2024 Audubon Photography Awards’ Youth Prize for his image of two American kestrels standing on a post at Calero County Park in San Jose.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In his winning photo, a female kestrel perches on a post while a male kestrel stands on her back with his wings extended behind him — a side view that makes the two birds look like extensions of each other.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1993445\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1993445\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/Aud_APA-2024_American-Kestrel_Y0_28731-12_Photo-Parham-Pourahmad-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"2400\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/Aud_APA-2024_American-Kestrel_Y0_28731-12_Photo-Parham-Pourahmad-1.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/Aud_APA-2024_American-Kestrel_Y0_28731-12_Photo-Parham-Pourahmad-1-800x1000.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/Aud_APA-2024_American-Kestrel_Y0_28731-12_Photo-Parham-Pourahmad-1-1020x1275.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/Aud_APA-2024_American-Kestrel_Y0_28731-12_Photo-Parham-Pourahmad-1-160x200.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/Aud_APA-2024_American-Kestrel_Y0_28731-12_Photo-Parham-Pourahmad-1-768x960.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/Aud_APA-2024_American-Kestrel_Y0_28731-12_Photo-Parham-Pourahmad-1-1229x1536.jpg 1229w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/Aud_APA-2024_American-Kestrel_Y0_28731-12_Photo-Parham-Pourahmad-1-1638x2048.jpg 1638w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kestrels make up a group of more than a dozen falcon species, but the American Kestrel—widespread from Alaska to South America—is the only one in the Western Hemisphere. \u003ccite>(Parham Pourahmad/Audubon Photography Awards)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Pourahmad captured this photo from a car in a local preserve’s parking lot to ensure he didn’t scare the birds away. And he had a partner in crime to help him do this — his mom.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“My mom drove us around the almost empty parking lot during sunrise,” Pourahmad said. “She positioned me perfectly for this moment when the male flew off to mate with the female. The lighting was perfect.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.audubon.org/field-guide/bird/american-kestrel\">American kestrels\u003c/a>, formerly known as sparrowhawks, are the smallest and most common falcons in North America. The female kestrel nests in tree holes and other cavities, incubating most of the eggs while the male brings food for the hatchlings.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The pair bonds between kestrels are strong and often permanent. The same birds typically pair up every breeding season (as long as both are alive) but often spend the winter separately, reuniting in spring.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As the Youth Prize winner, Pourahmad will receive six days at Audubon’s \u003ca href=\"https://hogisland.audubon.org/?_gl=1*veqbif*_gcl_au*MjAzMjM2MDI0OS4xNzE2NTg5NDIz*_ga*MTQxOTgzNDA4My4xNzE2NTg5NDIz*_ga_X2XNL2MWTT*MTcxODkyMTQzNS40LjEuMTcxODkyNDYwNy42MC4wLjA.\">Hog Island Audubon Camp for Teens\u003c/a> in Maine during the 2025 season.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I really like the photo that won,” Pourahmad said. “Sometimes I win photo contests, and I feel like my photo didn’t really deserve it, but I think this photo took a lot of work, time and knowledge to get.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Birds — and their survival — in the spotlight\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Pourahmad is not the only Californian to win a prize in this national competition.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kevin Lohman, a photographer from Santa Cruz, received the first-ever Birds in Landscapes prize for his photo of a California Quail perched on top of a small bush in a field in Santa Cruz. The Birds in Landscapes prize was introduced this year to focus on how birds connect with their broader surroundings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1993443\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2400px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1993443\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/Aud_APA-2024_California-Quail_P1_29200-1_Photo-Kevin-Lohman-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2400\" height=\"1200\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/Aud_APA-2024_California-Quail_P1_29200-1_Photo-Kevin-Lohman-1.jpg 2400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/Aud_APA-2024_California-Quail_P1_29200-1_Photo-Kevin-Lohman-1-800x400.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/Aud_APA-2024_California-Quail_P1_29200-1_Photo-Kevin-Lohman-1-1020x510.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/Aud_APA-2024_California-Quail_P1_29200-1_Photo-Kevin-Lohman-1-160x80.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/Aud_APA-2024_California-Quail_P1_29200-1_Photo-Kevin-Lohman-1-768x384.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/Aud_APA-2024_California-Quail_P1_29200-1_Photo-Kevin-Lohman-1-1536x768.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/Aud_APA-2024_California-Quail_P1_29200-1_Photo-Kevin-Lohman-1-2048x1024.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/Aud_APA-2024_California-Quail_P1_29200-1_Photo-Kevin-Lohman-1-1920x960.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2400px) 100vw, 2400px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The well-named California Quail was originally native throughout most of the state, as well as the Baja California peninsula and small parts of Oregon and Nevada. \u003ccite>(Kevin Lohman/Audubon Photography Awards)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Audubon’s recent climate science report \u003ca href=\"https://www.audubon.org/climate/survivalbydegrees?_gl=1*woli26*_gcl_au*MjAzMjM2MDI0OS4xNzE2NTg5NDIz*_ga*MTQxOTgzNDA4My4xNzE2NTg5NDIz*_ga_X2XNL2MWTT*MTcxODkyMTQzNS40LjAuMTcxODkyMTQzNS42MC4wLjA.\">Survival by Degrees\u003c/a> reveals that two-thirds of North American birds are threatened by extinction from climate change. These include several species featured in this year’s Audubon Photography Awards, such as the Blackburnian Warbler, California Quail and Sedge Wren.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1993440\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2400px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1993440\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/Aud_APA-2024_Forsters-Tern_P1_29200-13_Photo-Kevin-Lohman.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2400\" height=\"1600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/Aud_APA-2024_Forsters-Tern_P1_29200-13_Photo-Kevin-Lohman.jpg 2400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/Aud_APA-2024_Forsters-Tern_P1_29200-13_Photo-Kevin-Lohman-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/Aud_APA-2024_Forsters-Tern_P1_29200-13_Photo-Kevin-Lohman-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/Aud_APA-2024_Forsters-Tern_P1_29200-13_Photo-Kevin-Lohman-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/Aud_APA-2024_Forsters-Tern_P1_29200-13_Photo-Kevin-Lohman-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/Aud_APA-2024_Forsters-Tern_P1_29200-13_Photo-Kevin-Lohman-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/Aud_APA-2024_Forsters-Tern_P1_29200-13_Photo-Kevin-Lohman-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/Aud_APA-2024_Forsters-Tern_P1_29200-13_Photo-Kevin-Lohman-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2400px) 100vw, 2400px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Four species of medium-sized terns—Forster’s, Common, Arctic, and Roseate—look confusingly similar. What’s more, they forage in similar ways, by plunging from the air to capture small fish just below the water’s surface. But they differ in breeding habits. \u003ccite>(Kevin Lohman/Audubon Photography Awards)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Audubon California protects American Kestrels, California Quails and other birds through on-the-ground conservation and policy efforts across the state. 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Coupled with low precipitation and summer winds, dry grass and brush make for great fire fodder, Swain said.[aside postID=news_11990619 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/AP24169207707642-KQED-1020x679.jpg']The Point Fire, which ignited near Lake Sonoma on Sunday afternoon and has caused orange, smoky skies to descend over much of Napa and Sonoma counties, offers a look at how similar fires could affect Northern California in the coming months.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As it pushed deeper into Sonoma County wine country on Sunday, staff at Quivira Vineyards northeast of Healdsburg were forced to stop production and head into town after fire officials announced an evacuation order.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Before Curtis McCullohs, the owner’s executive assistant, finished loading his truck, he sprayed fire retardant around buildings, storing giant steel tanks of wine and thousands of beverage cases. “That’s a lot of liquid,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The winery is one of about a dozen within the fire evacuation zone, and staff have yet to be able to check on the vineyard. As of Monday afternoon, McCullohs said the blaze was around three miles from the winery, so he’s not worried that the fire could destroy the 55 acres of grapes around the operation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But he is nervous about thousands of gallons of chilled wine now cooling off in the winery’s buildings because the power went out around 6 p.m. Sunday. He said the wine could withstand about two more days without additional cooling. If the power remains out, the winery, known for wines like Grenache and Sauvignon Blanc, could suffer a significant blow.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Even though it’s sealed up, it’ll become ambient temperature,” he said. “Wine can spoil at very high temperatures.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>McCullohs is also worried about another killer of wine that wildfires have on vineyards: smoke taint, which can infuse the aroma of a campfire into grapes, making them virtually unusable for winemaking.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s not technically summer yet, so to have this happening now will continue to bring up the conversation of how weather patterns could be changing and if the winegrowing region might be shifting,” he said. “I think that’s what’s frightening.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fires are not uncommon in June in California. The Point Fire and others burning across the state have made it clear that “we are into fire season now,” said Craig Clements, director of the Wildfire Interdisciplinary Research Center at San José State University.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Even though we’re getting into some slightly bigger fires right now, in general, it should be below normal for most of the summer,” Clements said. “In September and October, that should change. And we should be at higher risk for larger fires.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, he cautioned that fires are a function of day-to-day weather, topography and the condition of vegetation. One extended heat wave could accelerate that timeline, for example.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dry grass and brush are fueling much of the spread of the Sonoma County fire, which has even ignited oak woodlands and other trees that likely wouldn’t have burned this time of year on their own, Swain said. 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He gets into one and drives off.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He’ll use this electric car for work, navigating to an Amazon warehouse, filling this vehicle with packages, and then delivering them — he does this through a program allowing people to use their personal cars for deliveries.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Driving the electric car means he doesn’t have to rack up miles on his own Mazda 6. “It saves on gas and helps stop polluting the air,” Hour said. “The driving distance is really far.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Plus, he likes how the gear shift on the Chevy Bolt EV he rents “is just pressing a button, it’s more modern.” The car is zippier than his own and helps him deliver packages faster.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1993331\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1993331\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/image1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/image1.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/image1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/image1-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/image1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/image1-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/image1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Savoeuth ‘Jey’ Hour poses for a portrait inside a Míocar in Stockton, California, on Wednesday, March 20, 2024. Hour uses the affordable electric car-sharing service for his job as an Amazon delivery driver. \u003ccite>(Juliana Yamada/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Hour is a member of an electric car-sharing service called Míocar, which targets communities with low income that experience disproportionate health and environmental burdens, like high rates of asthma and air pollution.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While zero-emission car sales made up a quarter of all new vehicles sold in California last year, the transition to clean cars is \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/environment/2023/03/california-electric-cars-demographics/\">rolling out unequally across the state\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>EVs are less common in rural, lower-income and Black and Latino communities due to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kbb.com/car-advice/how-much-electric-car-cost/\">upfront costs\u003c/a>, a \u003ca href=\"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0967070X20309021\">lack of access\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/EV-Pg44.pdf\">to chargers\u003c/a> and a young secondhand market.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So organizations and the state are targeting these places to level the playing field.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Transportation is a human right, and everyone should have access to transportation,” said Gloria Huerta, Míocar’s chief operating officer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Huerta sees her work — decreasing tailpipe emissions in polluted communities — as social justice.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We let the communities that have historically been left behind have access to resources that normally wouldn’t be given to them,” Huerta said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1993333\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1993333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/image2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/image2.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/image2-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/image2-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/image2-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/image2-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/image2-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hour displays his Míocar booking in Stockton on Wednesday, March 20, 2024. \u003ccite>(Juliana Yamada/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>State officials are trying to address this problem through financial incentives to buy cars, funding charging infrastructure and community efforts like Míocar.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Programs like Míocar are really important for educational purposes, in addition to the fact that folks get to ride in, potentially drive, get a feel for how these vehicles can work,” said Lisa Macumber, a branch chief at the California Air Resources Board who runs state incentive programs for clean cars.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>David Reichmuth, an engineer at the Union of Concerned Scientists, along with the equity-focused Greenlining Institute, found that \u003ca href=\"https://greenlining.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Cleaner-Cars-Cleaner-Air_report.pdf\">about 20% of cars on the road contribute more than 70% of dangerous smog\u003c/a>. They’re older cars powered by gas and diesel. Those cars and a greater portion of the pollution they make are more concentrated in communities with low income and places where Latino and Black people live.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That’s where we can get the biggest impact in terms of both air pollution and climate change,” Reichmuth said. “Getting tailpipes out of low-income communities is the best way to reduce that pollution burden.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Below are organizations and state programs working to do that.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>What California programs can help me buy or rent an EV?\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca href=\"https://miocar.org/\">\u003cstrong>Míocar\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003cem>What\u003c/em>\u003c/strong>: Míocar is a nonprofit electric vehicle car-sharing service.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003cem>Where\u003c/em>\u003c/strong>: Richmond, Stockton, Tulare and Kern counties, Escalon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003cem>Requirements\u003c/em>\u003c/strong>: 21+, valid driver’s license (this includes AB60 license holders), relatively clean driving record and a valid credit, debit or bank card.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003cem>Cost\u003c/em>\u003c/strong>: $4/hour or $35/day, which includes charging, maintenance, insurance and 24-hour roadside assistance.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca href=\"https://www.gobizwerx.com/ev-werx\">\u003cstrong>EV-Werx\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>What:\u003c/strong> \u003c/em>EV-Werx is a membership-based electric car-sharing service.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>Where:\u003c/strong> \u003c/em>The southwest and downtown areas of Fresno.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>Requirements:\u003c/strong> \u003c/em>21+, valid driver’s license (this includes AB60 license holders), relatively clean driving record and a valid credit, debit or bank card.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>Cost:\u003c/strong> \u003c/em>$4/hour or $35/day, which includes charging, maintenance, insurance and roadside assistance.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca href=\"https://blinkmobility.com/\">\u003cstrong>BlueLA powered by Blink Mobility\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>What:\u003c/strong> \u003c/em>BlueLA powered by Blink Mobility is an electric car-sharing company.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>Where:\u003c/strong> \u003c/em>40 locations around Los Angeles, including Westlake, Koreatown, Pico-Union, Downtown, Echo Park, Boyle Heights, and Chinatown.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>Requirements:\u003c/strong> \u003c/em>18+, valid driver’s license and a valid credit or debit card. Proof of low-income qualification for “community” membership, which has lower rates.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>Cost:\u003c/strong> \u003c/em>Standard members is $5/month, $0.25/minute + tax. Community members: $1/month for community members, $0.20/minute + tax. Other rate packages \u003ca href=\"https://blinkmobility.com/rates/\">here\u003c/a>. Free charging at BlueLA powered by Blink Mobility chargers. Includes insurance.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca href=\"https://evsforeveryone.org/\">\u003cstrong>EVs for Everyone | EVs Para Todos\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003cem>What: \u003c/em>\u003c/strong>EVs for Everyone provides personal advisers who can coach people to find the right vehicle and identify which rebates they can apply for.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003cem>Where: \u003c/em>\u003c/strong>Santa Cruz, San Benito, Monterey, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara and Ventura counties.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003cem>Requirements: \u003c/em>\u003c/strong>EVs for Everyone prioritizes historically underserved communities.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca href=\"https://app.accesscleanca.org/?invite=veloz\">\u003cstrong>Access Clean California\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003cem>What: \u003c/em>\u003c/strong>Access Clean California helps people apply for clean energy benefits, including savings for vehicles and can provide case management to walk through the process.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003cem>Where:\u003c/em>\u003c/strong> Statewide.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003cem>Requirements: \u003c/em>\u003c/strong>Clients must have low- to moderate income.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.arb.ca.gov/our-work/programs/clean-cars-4-all\">\u003cstrong>Clean Cars 4 All\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003cem>What: \u003c/em>\u003c/strong>Californians can buy or lease a hybrid, plug-in hybrid or EV with a state program meant to replace older, highly polluting gas vehicles. People can also use credits to purchase an e-bike or public transit voucher. \u003cstrong>\u003cem>\u003cbr>\nWhere: \u003c/em>\u003c/strong>Currently available in these five air districts:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://xappprod.aqmd.gov/RYR/\">South Coast Air Quality Management District (AQMD)\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.valleyair.org/grants/drive-clean-in-the-san-joaquin/\">San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District (APCD)\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.baaqmd.gov/funding-and-incentives/residents/clean-cars-for-all\">Bay Area AQMD\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.airquality.org/SacCleanCars4All/Pages/default.aspx\">Sacramento Metropolitan AQMD\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.sdapcd.org/content/sdapcd/grants/grants-equipment/passenger-vehicles.html\">San Diego APCD\u003c/a> (upcoming)\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>The program is set to expand and be offered statewide later this year and includes financing options.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003cem>Requirements:\u003c/em>\u003c/strong> Must be income-eligible (making at least 300% of the federal poverty level, which is $93,600 for a family of four in 2024), reside in a participating air district (for now) and have a vehicle to scrap. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So organizations and the state are targeting these places to level the playing field.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Transportation is a human right, and everyone should have access to transportation,” said Gloria Huerta, Míocar’s chief operating officer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Huerta sees her work — decreasing tailpipe emissions in polluted communities — as social justice.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We let the communities that have historically been left behind have access to resources that normally wouldn’t be given to them,” Huerta said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1993333\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1993333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/image2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/image2.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/image2-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/image2-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/image2-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/image2-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/image2-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hour displays his Míocar booking in Stockton on Wednesday, March 20, 2024. \u003ccite>(Juliana Yamada/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>State officials are trying to address this problem through financial incentives to buy cars, funding charging infrastructure and community efforts like Míocar.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Programs like Míocar are really important for educational purposes, in addition to the fact that folks get to ride in, potentially drive, get a feel for how these vehicles can work,” said Lisa Macumber, a branch chief at the California Air Resources Board who runs state incentive programs for clean cars.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>David Reichmuth, an engineer at the Union of Concerned Scientists, along with the equity-focused Greenlining Institute, found that \u003ca href=\"https://greenlining.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Cleaner-Cars-Cleaner-Air_report.pdf\">about 20% of cars on the road contribute more than 70% of dangerous smog\u003c/a>. 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"content": "\u003cp>Vera Salido nearly died on the streets in the Tenderloin at 46 years old.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To hear her tell it, she developed bed sores from the pressure of sitting in a wheelchair day and night. The injury progressed to \u003ca href=\"https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/sepsis/symptoms-causes/syc-20351214\">sepsis\u003c/a>, a life-threatening complication that led to poor organ function. She spent nearly a month recovering at Highland Hospital in Oakland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When she was ready for discharge, staff at Highland connected her to OakDays, a former motel near the Oakland Coliseum that offers permanent housing to homeless individuals with disabilities or health conditions like terminal cancer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The facility provides much more than a roof over one’s head, medical care is interwoven into daily life. That was a lifeline for Salido because she had stopped caring for herself.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I often thought, ‘Maybe I’d be better off not being here.’ Without this place, I wouldn’t have made it,” Salido said as she stroked her straw yellow-colored pet bunny, Provolone.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Soon after residents arrive at OakDays, they receive a medical workup to determine what kind of care they need. Tenants can get help with everything from going to the toilet to daily insulin injections. Nurses make rounds to check vitals and socialize with the 60 residents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’ve successfully housed many of those folks who had cycled previously, like out of the hospital, to the street, to a nursing home, to jail, back to a hospital, back to the street, back to a nursing home,” said Catherine Hayes, a nurse practitioner and cofounder of Cardea Health, one of the nonprofits that run OakDays.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Across the country, emergency departments have seen their homeless patient population \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/72/wr/mm7242a6.htm\">double over the last decade\u003c/a>. In California, about half of those patients go to the ER multiple times each year, or they’re like Salido, by the time she landed at Highland, her injuries were chronic and required a long-term hospital stay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1992974\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1992974\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/05/240522-ERPressure-35-BL_qut.jpg\" alt=\"A woman seated in what appears to be a wheelchair in an apartment room with a bed in the background speaks to a woman facing away from the camera\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/05/240522-ERPressure-35-BL_qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/05/240522-ERPressure-35-BL_qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/05/240522-ERPressure-35-BL_qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/05/240522-ERPressure-35-BL_qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/05/240522-ERPressure-35-BL_qut-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/05/240522-ERPressure-35-BL_qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Resident Vera Salido speaks with Catherine Hayes, president and cofounder of OakDays, a permanent supportive housing program in a former hotel in Oakland, on May 22, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The ER has long acted as primary care for people experiencing homelessness for a variety of reasons. Sometimes, they can’t find a physician accepting new patients, they’ve allowed their insurance to expire, or they don’t have transportation to a clinic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If the only place that you can go is to an emergency department, then that’s where they will seek care,” said Dr. Renee Hsia, MD, a UCSF professor of emergency medicine. “Whether that’s for a medication refill or whether that’s for your heart attack.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, physicians said the problem was further exacerbated by a 2019 California law, \u003ca href=\"https://calhospital.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/afl-19-01.pdf\">SB 1152 (PDF)\u003c/a>. The policy requires hospitals to provide a meal, clothing and medical referrals to people who are unhoused.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“In a given shift, I’m dealing with multiple patients that are asking me for help with drug or alcohol detox or asking me for help with shelter or asking me for help with mental illness,” said Valerie Norton, emergency medicine physician at Scripps Mercy Hospital San Diego. “And we just have very limited resources to access for them.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1992969\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1992969\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/05/240522-ERPressure-41-BL_qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/05/240522-ERPressure-41-BL_qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/05/240522-ERPressure-41-BL_qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/05/240522-ERPressure-41-BL_qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/05/240522-ERPressure-41-BL_qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/05/240522-ERPressure-41-BL_qut-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/05/240522-ERPressure-41-BL_qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An exterior sign welcomes residents to OakDays, a permanent supportive housing program in a former hotel in Oakland, on May 22, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>This issue is acute in urban centers in California, with San Francisco at the top. Every year, about a quarter of the patients inside the ER at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital are patients who are unhoused, according to state data analyzed by the Public Policy Institute of California. That’s far higher than at the state level, where homeless patients are 3% of the total.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There are limited resources in terms of the number of CT scanners or the number of X-ray machines. We are finite human beings,” Hsia said. “And so the more crowded we are, the less able we are to spread ourselves across that number of patients.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>A distinctive funding model\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Combining housing and health care is not a new idea to address homelessness. But what’s unique is that OakDays takes advantage of a benefit already covered by Medi-Cal, the state’s public health insurance for people on disability or limited income.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If someone has complex medical issues, like daily dialysis or a chronic wound, they qualify to have a nurse come to their house. The state \u003ca href=\"https://www.dhcs.ca.gov/services/ltc/Pages/Home-and-Community-Based-(HCB)-Alternatives-Waiver.aspx\">program\u003c/a> intends to help medically fragile people stay at home rather than transfer to a hospital, nursing home or psychiatric institution. But, if you don’t have a permanent home, it’s impossible to access the benefit. Plus, it’s hard to enroll.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You have to almost speak a different language to be able to navigate all of the paperwork and bureaucracy that it involves,” Hayes said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>OakDays provides housing and helps residents apply.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hayes stressed that the program is not only good for the health care system, it’s also good for patients.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1992975\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1992975\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/05/240522-ERPressure-19-BL_qut.jpg\" alt=\"A man in a wheelchair enters a building from outside, seen in the distance backlit by daylight down a long, darkened hallway\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/05/240522-ERPressure-19-BL_qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/05/240522-ERPressure-19-BL_qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/05/240522-ERPressure-19-BL_qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/05/240522-ERPressure-19-BL_qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/05/240522-ERPressure-19-BL_qut-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/05/240522-ERPressure-19-BL_qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Charlie Griffin, 71, meets nurse Julianne Vidal at OakDays, a permanent supportive housing program in a former hotel in Oakland, on May 22, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>A streak of bad breaks\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>In 2015, Salido slipped and fell backward on a slick floor, hitting the ground and damaging her spinal cord. The injury left her paralyzed from the waist down. At the time, she was working as a licensed vocational nurse. However, after the injury, the physical demands were too much for her to continue caring for people in their homes. Her mental health declined, stress rose at home, and before long, her marriage blew up. A nasty divorce followed. Suddenly, Salido found herself homeless.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I never envisioned myself in a situation like this,” she said. “I always worked. I had my life together. But just one or two catastrophic events can lead to life on the streets that you never thought could happen.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1992970\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1992970\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/05/240522-ERPressure-31-BL_qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/05/240522-ERPressure-31-BL_qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/05/240522-ERPressure-31-BL_qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/05/240522-ERPressure-31-BL_qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/05/240522-ERPressure-31-BL_qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/05/240522-ERPressure-31-BL_qut-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/05/240522-ERPressure-31-BL_qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Catherine Hayes, president and cofounder, speaks with resident Vera Salido at Oak Days, a permanent supportive housing program in a former hotel in Oakland, on May 22, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>She spent her days wheeling herself around the Tenderloin neighborhood of San Francisco. She slept upright in her chair inside churches during the day and tried to stay awake at night. “There’s no point in getting a tent because if I get on the ground, that’s a crisis. I can’t get back up in a chair,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Salido tried to stay in shelters, but she said they often turned her away as a “fall risk.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They’d tell me: ‘they’re not a hospital’ as they would wheel me out the door. And I’m like, but the hospital tells me: ‘They’re not a shelter.’ So, what the heck am I supposed to do?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Soon after arriving at OakDays, the nurses on-site taught her how to move from her wheelchair to a bed. And the facility helps coordinate ongoing medical care and pain management for the wound that still plagues her today.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Good news for overcrowded hospitals\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Cardea Health and Five Keys, the two nonprofits behind OakDays, estimated that the facility saved state health plans more than $3.5 million in its first six months of operation. It is a lot cheaper to provide regular home care than acute hospital care. \u003ca href=\"http://www.acgov.org/board/bos_calendar/documents/DocsAgendaReg_11_28_22/HEALTH%20CARE%20SERVICES/Regular%20Calendar/Item_1_3_Integrated_health_housing.pdf\">Inpatient stays, ER visits, ER psychiatric visits and nursing facility admissions declined by 78% (PDF)\u003c/a> in the first six months of operation among OakDays residents, they told the Alameda Board of Supervisors at a November meeting in 2022.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The founders of OakDays are trying to expand. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Soon after residents arrive at OakDays, they receive a medical workup to determine what kind of care they need. Tenants can get help with everything from going to the toilet to daily insulin injections. Nurses make rounds to check vitals and socialize with the 60 residents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’ve successfully housed many of those folks who had cycled previously, like out of the hospital, to the street, to a nursing home, to jail, back to a hospital, back to the street, back to a nursing home,” said Catherine Hayes, a nurse practitioner and cofounder of Cardea Health, one of the nonprofits that run OakDays.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Across the country, emergency departments have seen their homeless patient population \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/72/wr/mm7242a6.htm\">double over the last decade\u003c/a>. In California, about half of those patients go to the ER multiple times each year, or they’re like Salido, by the time she landed at Highland, her injuries were chronic and required a long-term hospital stay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1992974\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1992974\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/05/240522-ERPressure-35-BL_qut.jpg\" alt=\"A woman seated in what appears to be a wheelchair in an apartment room with a bed in the background speaks to a woman facing away from the camera\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/05/240522-ERPressure-35-BL_qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/05/240522-ERPressure-35-BL_qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/05/240522-ERPressure-35-BL_qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/05/240522-ERPressure-35-BL_qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/05/240522-ERPressure-35-BL_qut-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/05/240522-ERPressure-35-BL_qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Resident Vera Salido speaks with Catherine Hayes, president and cofounder of OakDays, a permanent supportive housing program in a former hotel in Oakland, on May 22, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The ER has long acted as primary care for people experiencing homelessness for a variety of reasons. Sometimes, they can’t find a physician accepting new patients, they’ve allowed their insurance to expire, or they don’t have transportation to a clinic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If the only place that you can go is to an emergency department, then that’s where they will seek care,” said Dr. Renee Hsia, MD, a UCSF professor of emergency medicine. “Whether that’s for a medication refill or whether that’s for your heart attack.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, physicians said the problem was further exacerbated by a 2019 California law, \u003ca href=\"https://calhospital.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/afl-19-01.pdf\">SB 1152 (PDF)\u003c/a>. The policy requires hospitals to provide a meal, clothing and medical referrals to people who are unhoused.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“In a given shift, I’m dealing with multiple patients that are asking me for help with drug or alcohol detox or asking me for help with shelter or asking me for help with mental illness,” said Valerie Norton, emergency medicine physician at Scripps Mercy Hospital San Diego. “And we just have very limited resources to access for them.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1992969\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1992969\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/05/240522-ERPressure-41-BL_qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/05/240522-ERPressure-41-BL_qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/05/240522-ERPressure-41-BL_qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/05/240522-ERPressure-41-BL_qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/05/240522-ERPressure-41-BL_qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/05/240522-ERPressure-41-BL_qut-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/05/240522-ERPressure-41-BL_qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An exterior sign welcomes residents to OakDays, a permanent supportive housing program in a former hotel in Oakland, on May 22, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>This issue is acute in urban centers in California, with San Francisco at the top. Every year, about a quarter of the patients inside the ER at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital are patients who are unhoused, according to state data analyzed by the Public Policy Institute of California. That’s far higher than at the state level, where homeless patients are 3% of the total.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There are limited resources in terms of the number of CT scanners or the number of X-ray machines. We are finite human beings,” Hsia said. “And so the more crowded we are, the less able we are to spread ourselves across that number of patients.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>A distinctive funding model\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Combining housing and health care is not a new idea to address homelessness. But what’s unique is that OakDays takes advantage of a benefit already covered by Medi-Cal, the state’s public health insurance for people on disability or limited income.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If someone has complex medical issues, like daily dialysis or a chronic wound, they qualify to have a nurse come to their house. The state \u003ca href=\"https://www.dhcs.ca.gov/services/ltc/Pages/Home-and-Community-Based-(HCB)-Alternatives-Waiver.aspx\">program\u003c/a> intends to help medically fragile people stay at home rather than transfer to a hospital, nursing home or psychiatric institution. But, if you don’t have a permanent home, it’s impossible to access the benefit. Plus, it’s hard to enroll.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You have to almost speak a different language to be able to navigate all of the paperwork and bureaucracy that it involves,” Hayes said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>OakDays provides housing and helps residents apply.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hayes stressed that the program is not only good for the health care system, it’s also good for patients.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1992975\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1992975\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/05/240522-ERPressure-19-BL_qut.jpg\" alt=\"A man in a wheelchair enters a building from outside, seen in the distance backlit by daylight down a long, darkened hallway\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/05/240522-ERPressure-19-BL_qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/05/240522-ERPressure-19-BL_qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/05/240522-ERPressure-19-BL_qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/05/240522-ERPressure-19-BL_qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/05/240522-ERPressure-19-BL_qut-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/05/240522-ERPressure-19-BL_qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Charlie Griffin, 71, meets nurse Julianne Vidal at OakDays, a permanent supportive housing program in a former hotel in Oakland, on May 22, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>A streak of bad breaks\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>In 2015, Salido slipped and fell backward on a slick floor, hitting the ground and damaging her spinal cord. The injury left her paralyzed from the waist down. At the time, she was working as a licensed vocational nurse. However, after the injury, the physical demands were too much for her to continue caring for people in their homes. Her mental health declined, stress rose at home, and before long, her marriage blew up. A nasty divorce followed. Suddenly, Salido found herself homeless.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I never envisioned myself in a situation like this,” she said. “I always worked. I had my life together. But just one or two catastrophic events can lead to life on the streets that you never thought could happen.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1992970\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1992970\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/05/240522-ERPressure-31-BL_qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/05/240522-ERPressure-31-BL_qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/05/240522-ERPressure-31-BL_qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/05/240522-ERPressure-31-BL_qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/05/240522-ERPressure-31-BL_qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/05/240522-ERPressure-31-BL_qut-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/05/240522-ERPressure-31-BL_qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Catherine Hayes, president and cofounder, speaks with resident Vera Salido at Oak Days, a permanent supportive housing program in a former hotel in Oakland, on May 22, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>She spent her days wheeling herself around the Tenderloin neighborhood of San Francisco. She slept upright in her chair inside churches during the day and tried to stay awake at night. “There’s no point in getting a tent because if I get on the ground, that’s a crisis. I can’t get back up in a chair,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Salido tried to stay in shelters, but she said they often turned her away as a “fall risk.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They’d tell me: ‘they’re not a hospital’ as they would wheel me out the door. And I’m like, but the hospital tells me: ‘They’re not a shelter.’ So, what the heck am I supposed to do?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Soon after arriving at OakDays, the nurses on-site taught her how to move from her wheelchair to a bed. And the facility helps coordinate ongoing medical care and pain management for the wound that still plagues her today.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Good news for overcrowded hospitals\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Cardea Health and Five Keys, the two nonprofits behind OakDays, estimated that the facility saved state health plans more than $3.5 million in its first six months of operation. It is a lot cheaper to provide regular home care than acute hospital care. \u003ca href=\"http://www.acgov.org/board/bos_calendar/documents/DocsAgendaReg_11_28_22/HEALTH%20CARE%20SERVICES/Regular%20Calendar/Item_1_3_Integrated_health_housing.pdf\">Inpatient stays, ER visits, ER psychiatric visits and nursing facility admissions declined by 78% (PDF)\u003c/a> in the first six months of operation among OakDays residents, they told the Alameda Board of Supervisors at a November meeting in 2022.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The founders of OakDays are trying to expand. They just started serving residents at the Kelly Cullen Community in the Tenderloin, which has 174 units. However, the model faces a critical obstacle to significant growth. More than 5,000 people are on the waiting list for the state program that provides its funding.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Salido knows she is one of the lucky ones.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>The stench of cow feces, urine and ammonia forces residents to keep windows and doors closed in parts of California’s farming country. Some people constantly run air purifiers at home to counter the smell and, they say, fight off air-related ailments.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We have a lot of health problems going around in this community and most of them are respiratory problems,” said Beverly Whitfield amid dairies in Pixley, a small town in Tulare County. She believes her allergies, her adult son’s asthma and others’ breathing issues are linked to pollution from nearby dairies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Industrial-scale dairy farms already are among the biggest polluters in the San Joaquin Valley, a premier U.S. agricultural region with poor air quality. Now residents like Whitfield worry methane digesters, which can turn manure into a biofuel that is cleaner than traditional fuels like gasoline, could exacerbate health issues. Biofuel experts say digesters can reduce air pollution.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1993376\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1993376\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/AP24164554454110-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1703\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/AP24164554454110-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/AP24164554454110-800x532.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/AP24164554454110-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/AP24164554454110-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/AP24164554454110-768x511.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/AP24164554454110-1536x1022.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/AP24164554454110-2048x1363.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/AP24164554454110-1920x1277.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A worker milks cows at Wickstrom Jersey Farms on May 9, 2024, in Hilmar, Merced County. The farm uses a diary digester to capture methane from cow manure which generates energy in an effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. \u003ccite>(Noah Berger/AP Photo)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Dairy and digester capital\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Home to about 1.7 million cows, California is the country’s leading dairy producer and a large contributor of methane. Cow burps and manure emit the potent planet-warming gas, which over a shorter period is much more powerful than carbon dioxide.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In recent decades, digesters that convert manure and other organic waste into biogas to create electricity or to power vehicles have spread across the country.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The number’s expected to grow since \u003ca href=\"https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/sites/default/files/2023-10/NRCS-CSAF-Mitigation-Activities-List.pdf\">waste management practices\u003c/a> such as digesters became eligible for funding from the Inflation Reduction Act — President Joe Biden’s law to combat climate change.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1993377\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1993377\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/AP24164554296736-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1438\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/AP24164554296736-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/AP24164554296736-800x449.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/AP24164554296736-1020x573.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/AP24164554296736-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/AP24164554296736-768x431.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/AP24164554296736-1536x863.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/AP24164554296736-2048x1151.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/AP24164554296736-1920x1079.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Robbie Macias, Aemetis vice president of biogas, gestures while demonstrating the strength of a dairy digester with Wickstrom Jersey Farms manager Brent Wickstrom on May 9, 2024, in Hilmar, Merced County. The digester captures methane from cow manure which generates energy in an effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. \u003ccite>(Noah Berger/AP Photo)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Most digesters are in dairies that capture methane from lagoons of cow manure and turn it into biofuel. Liquified cow manure commonly is stored in a covered digester where microbes from the animals’ digestive systems produce gas. The gas then is cleaned and compressed into a liquid fuel that can be used as an energy source.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the last decade, about 120 digesters have cropped up across California and roughly 100 more are in the pipeline. But a technology hailed as a cost-effective way to help the state reach its methane reduction goals has become controversial.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Environmental justice organizations say mostly lower-income, Latino communities are dealing with pollution from nearby digesters, and they want California to stop providing financial incentives for more. Critics also say state policies favor industrial dairies, entrenching unsustainable animal agriculture.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rebecca Wolf with the environmental group Food and Water Watch said the state is incentivizing dairies to keep running large operations that already pollute. “You’re never going to stop polluting” with this system in place, she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dairies argue the state’s financial \u003ca href=\"https://afdc.energy.gov/laws/6308\">program\u003c/a> plays an important role. “There’s got to be some financial incentive there to give up some portion of your land to operate these systems,” said dairyman Brent Wickstrom, whose digester recently went online.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1993378\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1993378\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/AP24164554342122-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1703\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/AP24164554342122-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/AP24164554342122-800x532.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/AP24164554342122-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/AP24164554342122-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/AP24164554342122-768x511.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/AP24164554342122-1536x1022.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/AP24164554342122-2048x1363.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/AP24164554342122-1920x1277.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A separator removes solids from cow manure as Wickstrom Jersey Farms manager Brent Wickstrom discusses his farm’s dairy digester on May 9, 2024, in Hilmar. \u003ccite>(Noah Berger/AP Photo)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Supporters point to the technology’s effectiveness at mitigating climate change. AgSTAR, sponsored by the Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Agriculture, estimates manure-based digesters reduced greenhouse gas emissions by more than 10 million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent in 2022. That’s roughly the annual \u003ca href=\"https://www.epa.gov/greenvehicles/greenhouse-gas-emissions-typical-passenger-vehicle\">greenhouse gas emissions\u003c/a> from more than 2 million passenger vehicles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Supporters note that biofuel from methane reduces pollution by replacing fossil fuels like gasoline with cleaner vehicle fuel.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This technology reduces odors and some local air pollutants,” said Sam Wade, director of public policy for the Coalition for Renewable Natural Gas. “At the same time, it reduces greenhouse gas emissions.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1993380\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1993380\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/AP24164554390730-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/AP24164554390730-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/AP24164554390730-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/AP24164554390730-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/AP24164554390730-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/AP24164554390730-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/AP24164554390730-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/AP24164554390730-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/AP24164554390730-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A man passes a building on Main St. in Pixley on May 21, 2024. Some residents say dairies located throughout the region produce air pollution that is hurting their community. \u003ccite>(Noah Berger/AP Photo)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Dairies, digesters and pollution\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Residents near dairies complain about flies and strong odors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You don’t want the doors open because you’re afraid of all the smells,” said Whitfield, whose family left doors open when they moved to Pixley in the 1970s. “Everything’s changed now with the dairies.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some dairies say digester tarps that cover manure reduce smells. “If anything, it should be keeping some of that odor in as opposed to making more,” said Wickstrom, the Merced County dairyman.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Studies have found people living near large dairies can experience fatigue, respiratory problems, burning eyes and runny noses if odors are concentrated enough. A 2017 University of Wisconsin \u003ca href=\"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0167880917300701\">study\u003c/a> found digesters can increase ammonia emissions by up to 81%. Ammonia may form fine particulate matter that can enter lungs and the bloodstream. Long-term exposure to particulates has been linked to heart and respiratory issues.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1993382\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1993382\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/AP24164554294688-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1703\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/AP24164554294688-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/AP24164554294688-800x532.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/AP24164554294688-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/AP24164554294688-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/AP24164554294688-768x511.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/AP24164554294688-1536x1022.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/AP24164554294688-2048x1363.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/AP24164554294688-1920x1278.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Andrew Zipser checks operations at an Aemetis biogas facility in Ceres, Stanislaus County, on May 9, 2024. Local dairies use digesters to capture methane from cow manure which is then piped to the facility for processing. \u003ccite>(Noah Berger/AP Photo)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Having a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions is good, but you also want to think about the human health impact,” said lead author Michael A. Holly, an associate professor at the Green Bay campus.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California air regulators said the Midwest study doesn’t necessarily apply to this state’s different meteorological conditions and types of digesters. They added that studies are underway to understand effects of digesters on ammonia emissions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A \u003ca href=\"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1352231024002632\">recent study\u003c/a> funded by the California Air Resources Board found San Joaquin Valley dairy waste emissions contributed little to ozone and fine particulate matter concentrations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1993384\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1993384\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/AP24164554391800-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1703\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/AP24164554391800-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/AP24164554391800-800x532.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/AP24164554391800-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/AP24164554391800-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/AP24164554391800-768x511.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/AP24164554391800-1536x1022.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/AP24164554391800-2048x1363.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/AP24164554391800-1920x1277.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jersey cows stand in a stall at Wickstrom Jersey Farms on May 9, 2024, in Hilmar. The farm uses a diary digester to capture methane from cow manure which generates energy in an effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. \u003ccite>(Noah Berger/AP Photo)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“The air quality implications are basically zero, and really we can make a decision about whether or not digesters should be adopted based on greenhouse gas emissions,” said Michael Kleeman, lead study researcher and a University of California, Davis professor. “There’s already so much excess ammonia in the agriculture-rich regions that (digesters) are not going to significantly influence the air quality.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Maria Arevalo, a 74-year-old activist and former farmworker, believes her asthma and sleep apnea are linked to pollution from dairies near her home in Pixley. She sleeps with a machine to help her breathe. So do her son, 34, and grandson, 11.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Her neighborhood often smells of ammonia, she said, but many families can’t afford air conditioning and open windows to let breeze in. “These dairies shouldn’t be in areas where communities are.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1993381\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1993381\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/AP24164554260407-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/AP24164554260407-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/AP24164554260407-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/AP24164554260407-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/AP24164554260407-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/AP24164554260407-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/AP24164554260407-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/AP24164554260407-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/AP24164554260407-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Environmental activist Maria Arevalo, 74, demonstrates the air machine she uses to treat sleep apnea on May 20, 2024, in Pixley. Arevalo said she believes her asthma and sleep apnea are linked to pollution from numerous dairies near her home. \u003ccite>(Noah Berger/AP Photo)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In her town of about 4,000 there are more cows than people. According to the nonprofit Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability, Pixley’s 26 dairies house approximately 140,000 cows. Nine have digesters operating on farms with thousands of animals, according to AgSTAR.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Recently, 15 members of Congress \u003ca href=\"https://www.booker.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/Letter%20to%20Vilsack%20Re%20Factory%20Farm%20Practices%20Eligibility%20for%20IRA%20Conservation%20Funding.pdf\">wrote (PDF)\u003c/a> opposing USDA’s decision to make some large-scale farming practices, such as \u003ca href=\"https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/sites/default/files/2023-10/NRCS-CSAF-Mitigation-Activities-List.pdf\">roofs and covers (PDF)\u003c/a> for waste management facilities, eligible for federal funding.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The storage of hundreds of thousands of gallons of liquid manure … pollutes the air and water of surrounding communities,” they said. “This inherently unsustainable manure storage system is only further entrenched by … digesters.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1993385\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1993385\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/AP24164554298311-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1438\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/AP24164554298311-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/AP24164554298311-800x449.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/AP24164554298311-1020x573.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/AP24164554298311-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/AP24164554298311-768x431.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/AP24164554298311-1536x863.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/AP24164554298311-2048x1150.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/AP24164554298311-1920x1078.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tanks stand at California Dairies Inc. on Monday, May 20, 2024, in Pixley. Industrial-scale dairy farms already are among the biggest polluters in the San Joaquin Valley, a premier US agricultural region with poor air quality. \u003ccite>(Noah Berger/AP Photo)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Tradeoffs of a climate solution\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Researchers have found nearly 40% of methane emissions from human activity come from livestock and agriculture. EPA estimates each cow can produce 154 to 264 pounds of methane annually.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label=\"Related Stories\" postID=\"news_11979516,news_11989505,science_1992348\"]In California, supporters view digesters as important in helping the state meet climate goals and as a source of renewable natural gas for vehicles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Biomethane improves air in cities “because trucks don’t emit very much emission at all when they run on natural gas,” said Eric McAfee, CEO of the renewable fuels and biochemicals company Aemetis.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Joey Airoso, who’s had a digester on his 2,900-cow farm since 2018, found that odors declined and nitrogen-rich remnants could be used as crop fertilizer. “That’s a big deal environmentally because it alleviates extra nitrogen being put on,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Colin Murphy, from the Policy Institute for Energy, Environment and the Economy at UC Davis, said that while digesters have benefits, they don’t solve air pollution “and don’t make it any more pleasant to live near one.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1993383\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1993383\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/AP24164554340382-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1438\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/AP24164554340382-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/AP24164554340382-800x449.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/AP24164554340382-1020x573.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/AP24164554340382-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/AP24164554340382-768x431.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/AP24164554340382-1536x863.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/AP24164554340382-2048x1151.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/AP24164554340382-1920x1079.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cows cast shadows on the ground at a Pixley, dairy farm on May 20, 2024. Some residents blame the region’s dairy farms for creating unhealthy air quality. \u003ccite>(Noah Berger/AP Photo)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Some valley residents who have complained about odors and respiratory issues say they have been told to move. But many have lived in small, rural towns long before dairies arrived — and relocating is not always financially feasible.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Where are you going to move at? You don’t have money to move,” said Whitfield, the Pixley resident with allergies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>The Associated Press receives support from the Walton Family Foundation for coverage of water and environmental policy. The AP is solely responsible for all content. \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>The stench of cow feces, urine and ammonia forces residents to keep windows and doors closed in parts of California’s farming country. Some people constantly run air purifiers at home to counter the smell and, they say, fight off air-related ailments.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We have a lot of health problems going around in this community and most of them are respiratory problems,” said Beverly Whitfield amid dairies in Pixley, a small town in Tulare County. She believes her allergies, her adult son’s asthma and others’ breathing issues are linked to pollution from nearby dairies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Industrial-scale dairy farms already are among the biggest polluters in the San Joaquin Valley, a premier U.S. agricultural region with poor air quality. Now residents like Whitfield worry methane digesters, which can turn manure into a biofuel that is cleaner than traditional fuels like gasoline, could exacerbate health issues. Biofuel experts say digesters can reduce air pollution.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1993376\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1993376\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/AP24164554454110-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1703\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/AP24164554454110-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/AP24164554454110-800x532.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/AP24164554454110-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/AP24164554454110-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/AP24164554454110-768x511.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/AP24164554454110-1536x1022.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/AP24164554454110-2048x1363.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/AP24164554454110-1920x1277.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A worker milks cows at Wickstrom Jersey Farms on May 9, 2024, in Hilmar, Merced County. The farm uses a diary digester to capture methane from cow manure which generates energy in an effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. \u003ccite>(Noah Berger/AP Photo)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Dairy and digester capital\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Home to about 1.7 million cows, California is the country’s leading dairy producer and a large contributor of methane. Cow burps and manure emit the potent planet-warming gas, which over a shorter period is much more powerful than carbon dioxide.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In recent decades, digesters that convert manure and other organic waste into biogas to create electricity or to power vehicles have spread across the country.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The number’s expected to grow since \u003ca href=\"https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/sites/default/files/2023-10/NRCS-CSAF-Mitigation-Activities-List.pdf\">waste management practices\u003c/a> such as digesters became eligible for funding from the Inflation Reduction Act — President Joe Biden’s law to combat climate change.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1993377\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1993377\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/AP24164554296736-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1438\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/AP24164554296736-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/AP24164554296736-800x449.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/AP24164554296736-1020x573.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/AP24164554296736-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/AP24164554296736-768x431.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/AP24164554296736-1536x863.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/AP24164554296736-2048x1151.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/AP24164554296736-1920x1079.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Robbie Macias, Aemetis vice president of biogas, gestures while demonstrating the strength of a dairy digester with Wickstrom Jersey Farms manager Brent Wickstrom on May 9, 2024, in Hilmar, Merced County. The digester captures methane from cow manure which generates energy in an effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. \u003ccite>(Noah Berger/AP Photo)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Most digesters are in dairies that capture methane from lagoons of cow manure and turn it into biofuel. Liquified cow manure commonly is stored in a covered digester where microbes from the animals’ digestive systems produce gas. The gas then is cleaned and compressed into a liquid fuel that can be used as an energy source.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the last decade, about 120 digesters have cropped up across California and roughly 100 more are in the pipeline. But a technology hailed as a cost-effective way to help the state reach its methane reduction goals has become controversial.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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Critics also say state policies favor industrial dairies, entrenching unsustainable animal agriculture.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rebecca Wolf with the environmental group Food and Water Watch said the state is incentivizing dairies to keep running large operations that already pollute. “You’re never going to stop polluting” with this system in place, she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dairies argue the state’s financial \u003ca href=\"https://afdc.energy.gov/laws/6308\">program\u003c/a> plays an important role. “There’s got to be some financial incentive there to give up some portion of your land to operate these systems,” said dairyman Brent Wickstrom, whose digester recently went online.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1993378\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1993378\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/AP24164554342122-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1703\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/AP24164554342122-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/AP24164554342122-800x532.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/AP24164554342122-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/AP24164554342122-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/AP24164554342122-768x511.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/AP24164554342122-1536x1022.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/AP24164554342122-2048x1363.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/AP24164554342122-1920x1277.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A separator removes solids from cow manure as Wickstrom Jersey Farms manager Brent Wickstrom discusses his farm’s dairy digester on May 9, 2024, in Hilmar. \u003ccite>(Noah Berger/AP Photo)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Supporters point to the technology’s effectiveness at mitigating climate change. AgSTAR, sponsored by the Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Agriculture, estimates manure-based digesters reduced greenhouse gas emissions by more than 10 million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent in 2022. That’s roughly the annual \u003ca href=\"https://www.epa.gov/greenvehicles/greenhouse-gas-emissions-typical-passenger-vehicle\">greenhouse gas emissions\u003c/a> from more than 2 million passenger vehicles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Supporters note that biofuel from methane reduces pollution by replacing fossil fuels like gasoline with cleaner vehicle fuel.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This technology reduces odors and some local air pollutants,” said Sam Wade, director of public policy for the Coalition for Renewable Natural Gas. “At the same time, it reduces greenhouse gas emissions.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1993380\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1993380\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/AP24164554390730-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/AP24164554390730-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/AP24164554390730-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/AP24164554390730-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/AP24164554390730-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/AP24164554390730-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/AP24164554390730-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/AP24164554390730-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/AP24164554390730-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A man passes a building on Main St. in Pixley on May 21, 2024. Some residents say dairies located throughout the region produce air pollution that is hurting their community. \u003ccite>(Noah Berger/AP Photo)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Dairies, digesters and pollution\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Residents near dairies complain about flies and strong odors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You don’t want the doors open because you’re afraid of all the smells,” said Whitfield, whose family left doors open when they moved to Pixley in the 1970s. “Everything’s changed now with the dairies.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some dairies say digester tarps that cover manure reduce smells. “If anything, it should be keeping some of that odor in as opposed to making more,” said Wickstrom, the Merced County dairyman.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Studies have found people living near large dairies can experience fatigue, respiratory problems, burning eyes and runny noses if odors are concentrated enough. A 2017 University of Wisconsin \u003ca href=\"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0167880917300701\">study\u003c/a> found digesters can increase ammonia emissions by up to 81%. Ammonia may form fine particulate matter that can enter lungs and the bloodstream. Long-term exposure to particulates has been linked to heart and respiratory issues.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1993382\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1993382\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/AP24164554294688-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1703\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/AP24164554294688-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/AP24164554294688-800x532.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/AP24164554294688-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/AP24164554294688-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/AP24164554294688-768x511.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/AP24164554294688-1536x1022.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/AP24164554294688-2048x1363.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/AP24164554294688-1920x1278.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Andrew Zipser checks operations at an Aemetis biogas facility in Ceres, Stanislaus County, on May 9, 2024. Local dairies use digesters to capture methane from cow manure which is then piped to the facility for processing. \u003ccite>(Noah Berger/AP Photo)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Having a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions is good, but you also want to think about the human health impact,” said lead author Michael A. Holly, an associate professor at the Green Bay campus.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California air regulators said the Midwest study doesn’t necessarily apply to this state’s different meteorological conditions and types of digesters. They added that studies are underway to understand effects of digesters on ammonia emissions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A \u003ca href=\"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1352231024002632\">recent study\u003c/a> funded by the California Air Resources Board found San Joaquin Valley dairy waste emissions contributed little to ozone and fine particulate matter concentrations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1993384\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1993384\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/AP24164554391800-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1703\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/AP24164554391800-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/AP24164554391800-800x532.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/AP24164554391800-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/AP24164554391800-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/AP24164554391800-768x511.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/AP24164554391800-1536x1022.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/AP24164554391800-2048x1363.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/AP24164554391800-1920x1277.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jersey cows stand in a stall at Wickstrom Jersey Farms on May 9, 2024, in Hilmar. The farm uses a diary digester to capture methane from cow manure which generates energy in an effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. \u003ccite>(Noah Berger/AP Photo)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“The air quality implications are basically zero, and really we can make a decision about whether or not digesters should be adopted based on greenhouse gas emissions,” said Michael Kleeman, lead study researcher and a University of California, Davis professor. “There’s already so much excess ammonia in the agriculture-rich regions that (digesters) are not going to significantly influence the air quality.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Maria Arevalo, a 74-year-old activist and former farmworker, believes her asthma and sleep apnea are linked to pollution from dairies near her home in Pixley. She sleeps with a machine to help her breathe. So do her son, 34, and grandson, 11.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Her neighborhood often smells of ammonia, she said, but many families can’t afford air conditioning and open windows to let breeze in. “These dairies shouldn’t be in areas where communities are.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1993381\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1993381\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/AP24164554260407-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/AP24164554260407-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/AP24164554260407-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/AP24164554260407-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/AP24164554260407-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/AP24164554260407-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/AP24164554260407-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/AP24164554260407-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/AP24164554260407-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Environmental activist Maria Arevalo, 74, demonstrates the air machine she uses to treat sleep apnea on May 20, 2024, in Pixley. Arevalo said she believes her asthma and sleep apnea are linked to pollution from numerous dairies near her home. \u003ccite>(Noah Berger/AP Photo)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In her town of about 4,000 there are more cows than people. According to the nonprofit Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability, Pixley’s 26 dairies house approximately 140,000 cows. Nine have digesters operating on farms with thousands of animals, according to AgSTAR.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Recently, 15 members of Congress \u003ca href=\"https://www.booker.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/Letter%20to%20Vilsack%20Re%20Factory%20Farm%20Practices%20Eligibility%20for%20IRA%20Conservation%20Funding.pdf\">wrote (PDF)\u003c/a> opposing USDA’s decision to make some large-scale farming practices, such as \u003ca href=\"https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/sites/default/files/2023-10/NRCS-CSAF-Mitigation-Activities-List.pdf\">roofs and covers (PDF)\u003c/a> for waste management facilities, eligible for federal funding.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The storage of hundreds of thousands of gallons of liquid manure … pollutes the air and water of surrounding communities,” they said. “This inherently unsustainable manure storage system is only further entrenched by … digesters.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1993385\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1993385\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/AP24164554298311-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1438\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/AP24164554298311-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/AP24164554298311-800x449.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/AP24164554298311-1020x573.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/AP24164554298311-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/AP24164554298311-768x431.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/AP24164554298311-1536x863.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/AP24164554298311-2048x1150.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/AP24164554298311-1920x1078.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tanks stand at California Dairies Inc. on Monday, May 20, 2024, in Pixley. Industrial-scale dairy farms already are among the biggest polluters in the San Joaquin Valley, a premier US agricultural region with poor air quality. \u003ccite>(Noah Berger/AP Photo)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Tradeoffs of a climate solution\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Researchers have found nearly 40% of methane emissions from human activity come from livestock and agriculture. EPA estimates each cow can produce 154 to 264 pounds of methane annually.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>In California, supporters view digesters as important in helping the state meet climate goals and as a source of renewable natural gas for vehicles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Biomethane improves air in cities “because trucks don’t emit very much emission at all when they run on natural gas,” said Eric McAfee, CEO of the renewable fuels and biochemicals company Aemetis.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Joey Airoso, who’s had a digester on his 2,900-cow farm since 2018, found that odors declined and nitrogen-rich remnants could be used as crop fertilizer. “That’s a big deal environmentally because it alleviates extra nitrogen being put on,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Colin Murphy, from the Policy Institute for Energy, Environment and the Economy at UC Davis, said that while digesters have benefits, they don’t solve air pollution “and don’t make it any more pleasant to live near one.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1993383\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1993383\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/AP24164554340382-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1438\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/AP24164554340382-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/AP24164554340382-800x449.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/AP24164554340382-1020x573.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/AP24164554340382-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/AP24164554340382-768x431.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/AP24164554340382-1536x863.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/AP24164554340382-2048x1151.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/AP24164554340382-1920x1079.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cows cast shadows on the ground at a Pixley, dairy farm on May 20, 2024. Some residents blame the region’s dairy farms for creating unhealthy air quality. \u003ccite>(Noah Berger/AP Photo)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Some valley residents who have complained about odors and respiratory issues say they have been told to move. But many have lived in small, rural towns long before dairies arrived — and relocating is not always financially feasible.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Where are you going to move at? You don’t have money to move,” said Whitfield, the Pixley resident with allergies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>The Associated Press receives support from the Walton Family Foundation for coverage of water and environmental policy. The AP is solely responsible for all content. \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>California insurance regulators on Wednesday released maps of the state’s most wildfire-distressed areas, where they aim to require insurance companies to write more policies, the next phase of their plan to address the ongoing \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1992803/newsom-seeks-faster-track-for-home-insurance-rate-hikes-as-market-shrinks\">crisis in the state’s home insurance market\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The new draft state regulations are a cornerstone of the California Department of Insurance’s strategy to make more insurance available for consumers, who have found it hard to find new property insurance as companies pull out of the market amid \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1993253/what-to-know-about-landmark-wildfire-bills-led-by-california-congressman\">worsening wildfire risk\u003c/a>. Homeowners have been increasingly pushed toward the FAIR Plan, the state’s insurer of last resort, which offers expensive, low-quality coverage and is severely \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1992401/homeowners-insurance-market-stretched-even-thinner-as-2-more-companies-leave-california\">financially overextended\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To do this, the department floated draft regulations requiring companies to offer more coverage in wildfire-distressed areas of the state. As a concession, California will allow insurance providers to set rates using forward-looking catastrophe models that consider the effects of climate change on future disasters and also incorporate mitigation done to increase safety.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wednesday’s maps are the second part of that regulatory focus, outlining the deal insurance companies must accept if they are going to use catastrophe models that, along with other proposed changes, are likely to lead to rate increases.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Wildfire 'distressed' residential ZIP codes in California\" aria-label=\"Map\" id=\"datawrapper-chart-Fp8Ko\" src=\"https://datawrapper.dwcdn.net/Fp8Ko/2/\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border: none;\" width=\"1000\" height=\"898\" data-external=\"1\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The maps show that about half of the state is in distressed areas: all of far northern California, nearly all of the Sierra Nevada, Napa and Marin counties in the Bay Area, along with most of the Central Coast and pockets in Southern California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Insurance commission officials identified these areas by their fire hazard, considered either “high” or “very high” in the most recent \u003ca href=\"https://osfm.fire.ca.gov/what-we-do/community-wildfire-preparedness-and-mitigation/fire-hazard-severity-zones/fire-hazard-severity-zones-maps-2022\">Cal Fire hazard maps\u003c/a>. They also included counties where 20% or more of homes are considered high-risk. ZIP codes where the FAIR Plan covers 15% or more of insurance policies are additionally included, as are areas where insurance is extremely expensive relative to incomes in the area, as defined by a new department metric called the “affordability index.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The regulations will require larger companies to cover 85% of their market share in wildfire-distressed areas (so, theoretically, if a single company held half of all homeowners policies in the state, that company would be required to offer coverage to 42.5% of properties in those areas). Smaller and regional insurance companies are not required to meet this standard, as the insurance department considers it may be an undue business burden on them. However, the state is asking these smaller companies to increase their existing market share of policies in wildfire-prone areas by 5% over the next two years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re creating targets that are achievable and will help consumers not in decades but absolutely now,” Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara said in a briefing. “As soon as our regulations are complete later this year, insurance companies that use catastrophic models will have to publicly detail their commitments in writing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Technology is harming consumers, not helping them when it comes to making insurance more available and affordable. 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"content": "\u003cp>Located between the Tuolumne and San Joaquin rivers in the heart of Central Valley and about 90 minutes east of San Francisco, Dos Rios is the first state park to open in over a decade.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What makes the 1600-acre park unique is that it’s the largest floodplain restoration project in California, and that work is meant to help prevent destructive flooding in the San Joaquin Valley, according to Dos Rios park manager, Paige Haller.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1993305\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1993305\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/2Y2A5193-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/2Y2A5193-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/2Y2A5193-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/2Y2A5193-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/2Y2A5193-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/2Y2A5193-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/2Y2A5193-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/2Y2A5193-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/2Y2A5193-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Matt McDonnal, a California State Parks employee, leads a walking tour at Dos Rios, California’s newest state park, on the park’s opening day in Modesto on June 12. Dos Rios is California’s 281st state park and the first park to open in over a decade. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The preserve was once owned by farmers who grew tomatoes and almonds. However, after over a decade of restoration work, it’s home to riparian brush rabbit, Chinook salmon, the greater Sandhill crane, and many other endangered animals and migratory wildlife.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The park itself is located on the Pacific Flyway, and we’re also adjacent to the San Joaquin River National Wildlife Refuge. So there are a lot of interesting birds and wildlife to see,” Haller said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1993308\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1993308\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/20240612_DosRios_GC-6-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1706\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/20240612_DosRios_GC-6-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/20240612_DosRios_GC-6-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/20240612_DosRios_GC-6-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/20240612_DosRios_GC-6-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/20240612_DosRios_GC-6-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/20240612_DosRios_GC-6-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/20240612_DosRios_GC-6-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/20240612_DosRios_GC-6-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Paige Haller, park manager, speaks at the grand opening of Dos Rios, California’s newest state park, in Modesto on June 12. The 1,600-acre Dos Rios is California’s 281st state park and the first to open in over a decade. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The park is dog-friendly, and visitors can enjoy hikes, guided walks with an interpreter, picnics at one of the ramadas near the riverbanks, and wildlife and bird-watching.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Not only will the new park provide critical habitat for plants and animals, it’s also creating opportunities for people to improve their mental and physical well-being by having more access to the outdoors,” Haller said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1993299\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1993299\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/2Y2A5274-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/2Y2A5274-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/2Y2A5274-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/2Y2A5274-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/2Y2A5274-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/2Y2A5274-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/2Y2A5274-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/2Y2A5274-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/2Y2A5274-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Clara Yates, 3, reaches for a sticker at a booth in Dos Rios, California’s newest state park, on the park’s opening day in Modesto on June 12. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Officials hope to continue improving the park in the future. They plan to create better river access for swimming, fishing, boating and other water sports, along with trails for bicycling and other outdoor recreation activities. The vision is also to provide outdoor classroom space for kids.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There are also plans for several “park after dark” programs, including things like campfire nights, guided evening walks, and stargazing. For updates on these upcoming activities, \u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=31363\">visit the park’s website\u003c/a> or follow \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/dosriossp/?hl=en\">its social media channels\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1993306\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1993306\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/2Y2A5248-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/2Y2A5248-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/2Y2A5248-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/2Y2A5248-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/2Y2A5248-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/2Y2A5248-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/2Y2A5248-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/2Y2A5248-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/2Y2A5248-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ali Manzo, a California State Parks interpreter, center, poses for a photo with students who just completed the California State Parks Junior Ranger program at Dos Rios, California’s newest state park, on the park’s opening day in Modesto on June 12. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>To help build out the new park, the public is invited to participate in the \u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=30626\">planning process\u003c/a> at Dos Rios. “We’re in a very unique position to be able to build this from the ground up and really build it with the community, for the community,” said Danielle Gerhart, Central Valley District superintendent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The park will open in time for the third annual \u003ca href=\"https://castateparksweek.org/\">California State Parks Week, which will be held June 12–16\u003c/a>, during which it will be open to the public from 7 a.m. until 5 p.m.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1993302\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1993302\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/2Y2A5261-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/2Y2A5261-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/2Y2A5261-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/2Y2A5261-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/2Y2A5261-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/2Y2A5261-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/2Y2A5261-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/2Y2A5261-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/2Y2A5261-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Caitlin Jackson, right, interacts with the public at a booth in Dos Rios, California’s newest state park, at the park’s opening day in Modesto on June 12. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>For the rest of the summer, Dos Rios is open to the public Fridays through Sundays from 7 a.m. until 5 p.m. Entrance is free during this initial opening phase.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Residents with a California Public Library pass can enjoy \u003ca href=\"https://www.library.ca.gov/grants/parks-pass/faq/\">free access\u003c/a> to select state parks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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Dos Rios is California’s 281st state park and the first park to open in over a decade. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The preserve was once owned by farmers who grew tomatoes and almonds. However, after over a decade of restoration work, it’s home to riparian brush rabbit, Chinook salmon, the greater Sandhill crane, and many other endangered animals and migratory wildlife.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The park itself is located on the Pacific Flyway, and we’re also adjacent to the San Joaquin River National Wildlife Refuge. 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They plan to create better river access for swimming, fishing, boating and other water sports, along with trails for bicycling and other outdoor recreation activities. The vision is also to provide outdoor classroom space for kids.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There are also plans for several “park after dark” programs, including things like campfire nights, guided evening walks, and stargazing. For updates on these upcoming activities, \u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=31363\">visit the park’s website\u003c/a> or follow \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/dosriossp/?hl=en\">its social media channels\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1993306\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1993306\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/2Y2A5248-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/2Y2A5248-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/2Y2A5248-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/2Y2A5248-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/2Y2A5248-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/2Y2A5248-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/2Y2A5248-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/2Y2A5248-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/2Y2A5248-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ali Manzo, a California State Parks interpreter, center, poses for a photo with students who just completed the California State Parks Junior Ranger program at Dos Rios, California’s newest state park, on the park’s opening day in Modesto on June 12. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>To help build out the new park, the public is invited to participate in the \u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=30626\">planning process\u003c/a> at Dos Rios. “We’re in a very unique position to be able to build this from the ground up and really build it with the community, for the community,” said Danielle Gerhart, Central Valley District superintendent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The park will open in time for the third annual \u003ca href=\"https://castateparksweek.org/\">California State Parks Week, which will be held June 12–16\u003c/a>, during which it will be open to the public from 7 a.m. until 5 p.m.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1993302\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1993302\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/2Y2A5261-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/2Y2A5261-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/2Y2A5261-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/2Y2A5261-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/2Y2A5261-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/2Y2A5261-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/2Y2A5261-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/2Y2A5261-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/2Y2A5261-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Caitlin Jackson, right, interacts with the public at a booth in Dos Rios, California’s newest state park, at the park’s opening day in Modesto on June 12. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>For the rest of the summer, Dos Rios is open to the public Fridays through Sundays from 7 a.m. until 5 p.m. Entrance is free during this initial opening phase.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Residents with a California Public Library pass can enjoy \u003ca href=\"https://www.library.ca.gov/grants/parks-pass/faq/\">free access\u003c/a> to select state parks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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It also found that the city’s debt policies prevent it from funding needed flooding projects.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These issues are “aggravated by a lack of transparency” about the city’s current adaptation efforts, hindering climate resilience, the report said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“With at least 23,700 residents likely harmed by inland flooding, the city needs a more comprehensive and integrated plan to adapt to climate change,” Carboy said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The jury listed five main recommendations: for San Francisco to reform the decision-making process in its Climate Resilience Program, be transparent in how it plans for climate effects, reassess funding shortfalls required to respond to climate change, improve interdepartmental coordination needed to address flooding, and better inform the public about flood insurance options and the areas of the city that scientists expect to flood.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The San Francisco Civil Grand Jury is a panel of 19 citizens who don’t work in government. 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Wildfire destruction has \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1985175/insurance-in-california-is-changing-heres-how-it-may-affect-you\">prompted a home insurance crisis\u003c/a> that is affecting the ability of residents to live here.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And it’s not just the fires themselves that are dangerous; the smoke they produce travels far and wide and causes unseen deaths — a hazard for which there is currently no national-level alert program. Firefighter recruitment and retention have become a major problem, particularly for \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2022/06/02/1102575243/federal-agencies-are-struggling-to-hire-and-retain-firefighters\">federal agencies like the U.S. Forest Service\u003c/a> because the base pay can be extremely low, working conditions are brutal, and the cost of living is exorbitant.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>The catch:\u003c/strong> For years, experts have cautioned that we’ll never be able to one-more-crew-of-firefighters our way out of this problem. What’s needed is to proactively prepare the landscape and communities for fire instead of focusing on quick suppression. A commission of 50 wildfire experts convened by Congress emphasized this need for proactivity and less reactivity in \u003ca href=\"https://www.usda.gov/sites/default/files/documents/wfmmc-final-report-09-2023.pdf\">its final report\u003c/a> released last September.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Harder, who introduced this package of bills explicitly to respond to the commission’s recommendations, seems aware of this.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The biggest impediment to us being more proactive is our staffing shortages,” Harder said. “And if you talk to most of our fire departments [and] to the U.S. Forest Service, they’ll tell you that they want to be more proactive in addressing the vegetation and the overgrowth that’s happening. And they don’t have the people to do it. 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