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When his mother took away his phone as punishment for misbehaving at school, the boy became despondent, a state his mother interpreted after his death as a blend of withdrawal and grief.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1999292\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1999292\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/11/OpenAiLawsuitsGetty.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1500\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/11/OpenAiLawsuitsGetty.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/11/OpenAiLawsuitsGetty-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/11/OpenAiLawsuitsGetty-768x576.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/11/OpenAiLawsuitsGetty-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kids may be susceptible to self-harm or suicide when Character.AI bans youth under 18 from using its chatbots this month, according to a UC Berkeley bioethics professor who asked the state to issue a public service announcement. \u003ccite>(EyeEm Mobile GmbH/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Character.AI is taking care to roll out the ban slowly, according to company spokesperson Cassie Lawrence. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Experts said agreements like these aren’t new, but they are more visible given the vacuum of federal climate leadership.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Newsom is not the only U.S. governor attending the conference or \u003ca href=\"https://www.bloomberg.org/cop30-local-leaders-forum/\">meetings\u003c/a> happening around the formal event. Governors Michelle Lujan Grisham of New Mexico and Tony Evers of Wisconsin also traveled to the climate event.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The impact of governors and mayors traveling to Brazil is to make sure that the rest of the global community recognizes how much progress the United States is still making in spite of the headwinds,” said Casey Katims, executive director of the U.S. Climate Alliance, a coalition of American governors committed to keeping emissions low.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chris Field, director of Stanford’s Woods Institute for the Environment, said the federal government is forfeiting leadership and future economic opportunities by not attending or taking action on climate. But, he said, non-nation actors do matter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There are critically important roles for states and companies and communities and even individuals. The whole thing is going to be successful only if we can figure out a way to get everybody moving in the same direction,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California’s consistency, despite which political party has held the governor’s office, has been very important in moving the climate needle, Field said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gov. Newsom has already signed even more agreements while in Brazil. One is with Colombia, to address, among other things, the potent greenhouse gas methane. And another is with Nigeria, to help increase the adoption of electric vehicles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state’s representation at COP comes as President Trump has rolled back national climate policies. And, for the second time, the U.S. began the process of removing itself from the Paris agreement, which aims to limit global warming.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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At least one gust of 80 mph was recorded in the Marin Headlands, according to the National Weather Service.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Very strong winds brought down some limbs, trees and some power poles,” said Matt Mehle, lead meteorologist with the weather service’s Bay Area office.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A wind advisory is in effect through 4 p.m. Thursday for the East Bay and San Francisco. But the good news is the “widespread rain is over for the heart of the Bay Area,” Mehle said. “The stronger stuff is shifting down towards Monterey.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Airports across the region grounded planes due to the weather. Nearly 350 flights were delayed and 54 were canceled so far Thursday at San Francisco International Airport due to weather, a spokesperson said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There were far fewer cancellations out of Oakland San Francisco Bay Airport, where 10 flights were canceled and nine delayed, an airport spokesperson told KQED. 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Kids sporting their white 4-H uniforms, green ties and green berets sat on a cluster of hay bales, empty-handed, ordered to leave their chickens at home this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s because the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11990735/avian-flu-what-to-know-about-h5n1-virus-risks-beyond-the-headlines\">bird flu\u003c/a> is going around and they don’t want everybody’s chickens to get sick,” said 8-year-old Caleb Perez, from Gilroy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Perez was one of three competitors in the youngest age group of the annual chicken showmanship contest, the local Super Bowl for 4-H kids, where they get to show off their animal husbandry skills. But instead of glossing their chickens’ beaks and prodding them to stand up straight, the kids lined up on the stage in front of the judge, each holding a stuffed toy chicken.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Is it easier to hold those than the ones at home?” said Donald Barger, licensed judge from the American Poultry Association.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Nooooo,” the three kids chimed in unison.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1999265\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1999265 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/11/250912_BIRDFLU0024_GH-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/11/250912_BIRDFLU0024_GH-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/11/250912_BIRDFLU0024_GH-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/11/250912_BIRDFLU0024_GH-KQED-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/11/250912_BIRDFLU0024_GH-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">(From left) Caleb Perez, 8, Clayton Bettencourt, 7, and Hailey Maciel, 8, participate in the 4-H poultry show at the Santa Cruz County Fair in Watsonville on Sept. 12, 2025. The event used toy birds instead of live animals because of bird flu restrictions.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“That was so hard,” said Hailey Maciel, age 8, from Watsonville, after handling the stuffed toy. “You would think it would be easier, but no, it’s actually harder because their legs are so far apart.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California’s state veterinarian \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdfa.ca.gov/AHFSS/Animal_Health/docs/CA_Poulty_Dairy_Cattle_Exhibition_Ban_2025.pdf\">banned all live chicken shows\u003c/a> starting last January, in an attempt to limit the spread of the highly contagious and often fatal avian influenza among poultry.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More than \u003ca href=\"https://www.aphis.usda.gov/livestock-poultry-disease/avian/avian-influenza/hpai-detections/commercial-backyard-flocks\">182 million birds\u003c/a> have died in the U.S. since 2022. With the fall waterfowl migration underway, scientists are already seeing \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2025/11/06/nx-s1-5600125/bird-flu-risk-outbreak-trump-administration\">a new wave of outbreaks\u003c/a> at commercial farms, including \u003ca href=\"https://www.pressdemocrat.com/2025/10/30/large-sonoma-county-duck-farm-hit-with-first-avian-flu-outbreak-of-2025-26-winter/\">two in Sonoma County\u003c/a>. But as was the case with COVID-19 precautions, some people wonder if the tradeoff to kids’ education is really worth it.[aside postID=news_12032210 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/20241028_MEASUREJ_GC-19-KQED-1020x680.jpg']Normally, the 4-H kids would sit in the barn all day holding their chickens while fairgoers passed through and petted each one.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The people just go from kid to kid to kid,” said Pamela Flanders, director of the poultry barn. “It matures them, because they’re having to field questions from all different types of people on all different subjects related to birds.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They also have to demonstrate poise, responsibility and knowledge in front of the judge. This year, the kids still answered quiz questions, like what kind of comb does a blue old English bantam hen have? (Answer: A single comb).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But when it came time to exhibit the proper caging of birds — head first so the chicken’s wings don’t break — the kids took turns carrying their fake chickens to the cage, putting the fake head in first, then taking it out fake-head first again. They submitted home videos of themselves calmly examining their real chickens’ feet and wings, measuring the width of the body and length of the keel bone.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It all made for a less exciting chicken show than usual, especially for the youngest animal lovers, as this was their only option. Kids aren’t allowed to compete with pigs or goats \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdfa.ca.gov/FairsAndExpositions/Documents/Circular_Letters/2025/2025_State_Rules-AddendumI_Summary_of_Changes.pdf\">until they’re nine\u003c/a>, after they’ve learned the basics of care and breeding with poultry.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Seven-year-old Gilroy resident Clayton Bettencourt bemoaned the absence of his chicken, Sparks, which he raised since she hatched three years ago. He said the fair just wasn’t the same without her.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1999124\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1999124 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/11/250912_BIRDFLUE_GH-9-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/11/250912_BIRDFLUE_GH-9-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/11/250912_BIRDFLUE_GH-9-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/11/250912_BIRDFLUE_GH-9-KQED-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/11/250912_BIRDFLUE_GH-9-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Donald Barger inspects entries during the egg contest at the Santa Cruz County Fair in Watsonville on Sept. 12, 2025. \u003ccite>(Gustavo Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“She would stay on my shoulder. She would eat my corn dog and my beans,” he said. Then she’d fall asleep in his lap. “She’s actually pretty fun. If you had her, you’d have a good time with her because she’s so sweet.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Flanders said she hopes the state fair association will pressure officials to lift the ban on live chicken shows next year, but animal epidemiologists said that’s unlikely. The H5N1 bird flu is too widespread and too unpredictable.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re dealing with an existential threat as far as food security, as far as welfare, as far as poultry maintaining its position as the number one consumer animal protein on the planet,” said \u003ca href=\"https://www.vetmed.ucdavis.edu/faculty/maurice-ernest-pitesky\">Maurice Pitesky\u003c/a>, a veterinarian and professor at the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine. “On average, we eat about 300 pounds of chicken per person. We eat hundreds of eggs.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bird flu has infected dairy cows and some human farmers, but the primary threat of the disease is to the financial viability of raising poultry, Pitesky said. Flocks are euthanized entirely if and when infection is detected in just one chicken or duck. Farmers have adopted strict biosecurity measures to protect their birds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1999152\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1999152\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/11/251106-BIRD-FLU-AD-01-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1500\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/11/251106-BIRD-FLU-AD-01-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/11/251106-BIRD-FLU-AD-01-KQED-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/11/251106-BIRD-FLU-AD-01-KQED-768x576.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/11/251106-BIRD-FLU-AD-01-KQED-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Maurice Pitesky, a veterinarian and professor at the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine, visits the campus chicken house on Sept. 8, 2025. \u003ccite>(April Dembosky/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Gaining entry to the UC Davis campus chicken house, for example, is like getting into a hospital ICU. Visitors to the \u003ca href=\"https://animalscience.ucdavis.edu/facilities/avian\">Hopkins Avian Facility\u003c/a> must wear facemasks, lab coats, and boot covers. They’re asked to disinfect their hands and shoes multiple times.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The chickens here are used for research and supplying campus dining halls with eggs, but some commercial barns go much further with their protocols, requiring people to shower and change clothes before they go in and after they come out, Pitesky said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Most backyard chicken farmers are not upholding such safety standards, he added, which is why it could be dangerous to let their poultry commingle at a county fair.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pitesky said he is sensitive to the tradeoffs — he works with 4-H kids and wants them to stay excited about raising chickens so they grow up to become animal epidemiologists like him one day, ready to fight the next disease outbreak. But for now, the risk of avian influenza infecting other livestock at the fair or finding its way to a commercial chicken farm is too high.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1999123\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1999123 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/11/250912_BIRDFLUE_GH-8-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/11/250912_BIRDFLUE_GH-8-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/11/250912_BIRDFLUE_GH-8-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/11/250912_BIRDFLUE_GH-8-KQED-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/11/250912_BIRDFLUE_GH-8-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Clayton Bettencourt, 7, holds up his award ribbon in the poultry barn at the Santa Cruz County Fair in Watsonville on Sept. 12, 2025. \u003ccite>(Gustavo Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“This is the most complex animal disease outbreak we’ve ever had,” Pitesky said. “It was probably a good decision to stop those events for now.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So the kids must weather the fallout. At the Santa Cruz County Fair, Barger, the chicken judge, stared at his clipboard, his cowboy hat tipped over his forehead, while the music from the nearby tap dancing stage drummed in the background. He made his decision.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“In first place, would be Clayton,” he said. “A round of applause for these young exhibitors.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Clayton Bettencourt held up his first-place ribbon for the cameras, his chest puffed out as if this were the outcome he expected. He looked like a character out of a Wes Anderson film. But it was a bittersweet win for him.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I still feel bad,” he said, “’cause there’s no chickens.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Perez was one of three competitors in the youngest age group of the annual chicken showmanship contest, the local Super Bowl for 4-H kids, where they get to show off their animal husbandry skills. But instead of glossing their chickens’ beaks and prodding them to stand up straight, the kids lined up on the stage in front of the judge, each holding a stuffed toy chicken.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Is it easier to hold those than the ones at home?” said Donald Barger, licensed judge from the American Poultry Association.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Nooooo,” the three kids chimed in unison.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1999265\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1999265 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/11/250912_BIRDFLU0024_GH-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/11/250912_BIRDFLU0024_GH-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/11/250912_BIRDFLU0024_GH-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/11/250912_BIRDFLU0024_GH-KQED-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/11/250912_BIRDFLU0024_GH-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">(From left) Caleb Perez, 8, Clayton Bettencourt, 7, and Hailey Maciel, 8, participate in the 4-H poultry show at the Santa Cruz County Fair in Watsonville on Sept. 12, 2025. The event used toy birds instead of live animals because of bird flu restrictions.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“That was so hard,” said Hailey Maciel, age 8, from Watsonville, after handling the stuffed toy. “You would think it would be easier, but no, it’s actually harder because their legs are so far apart.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California’s state veterinarian \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdfa.ca.gov/AHFSS/Animal_Health/docs/CA_Poulty_Dairy_Cattle_Exhibition_Ban_2025.pdf\">banned all live chicken shows\u003c/a> starting last January, in an attempt to limit the spread of the highly contagious and often fatal avian influenza among poultry.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More than \u003ca href=\"https://www.aphis.usda.gov/livestock-poultry-disease/avian/avian-influenza/hpai-detections/commercial-backyard-flocks\">182 million birds\u003c/a> have died in the U.S. since 2022. With the fall waterfowl migration underway, scientists are already seeing \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2025/11/06/nx-s1-5600125/bird-flu-risk-outbreak-trump-administration\">a new wave of outbreaks\u003c/a> at commercial farms, including \u003ca href=\"https://www.pressdemocrat.com/2025/10/30/large-sonoma-county-duck-farm-hit-with-first-avian-flu-outbreak-of-2025-26-winter/\">two in Sonoma County\u003c/a>. But as was the case with COVID-19 precautions, some people wonder if the tradeoff to kids’ education is really worth it.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Normally, the 4-H kids would sit in the barn all day holding their chickens while fairgoers passed through and petted each one.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The people just go from kid to kid to kid,” said Pamela Flanders, director of the poultry barn. “It matures them, because they’re having to field questions from all different types of people on all different subjects related to birds.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They also have to demonstrate poise, responsibility and knowledge in front of the judge. This year, the kids still answered quiz questions, like what kind of comb does a blue old English bantam hen have? (Answer: A single comb).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But when it came time to exhibit the proper caging of birds — head first so the chicken’s wings don’t break — the kids took turns carrying their fake chickens to the cage, putting the fake head in first, then taking it out fake-head first again. They submitted home videos of themselves calmly examining their real chickens’ feet and wings, measuring the width of the body and length of the keel bone.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It all made for a less exciting chicken show than usual, especially for the youngest animal lovers, as this was their only option. Kids aren’t allowed to compete with pigs or goats \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdfa.ca.gov/FairsAndExpositions/Documents/Circular_Letters/2025/2025_State_Rules-AddendumI_Summary_of_Changes.pdf\">until they’re nine\u003c/a>, after they’ve learned the basics of care and breeding with poultry.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Seven-year-old Gilroy resident Clayton Bettencourt bemoaned the absence of his chicken, Sparks, which he raised since she hatched three years ago. He said the fair just wasn’t the same without her.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1999124\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1999124 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/11/250912_BIRDFLUE_GH-9-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/11/250912_BIRDFLUE_GH-9-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/11/250912_BIRDFLUE_GH-9-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/11/250912_BIRDFLUE_GH-9-KQED-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/11/250912_BIRDFLUE_GH-9-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Donald Barger inspects entries during the egg contest at the Santa Cruz County Fair in Watsonville on Sept. 12, 2025. \u003ccite>(Gustavo Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“She would stay on my shoulder. She would eat my corn dog and my beans,” he said. Then she’d fall asleep in his lap. “She’s actually pretty fun. If you had her, you’d have a good time with her because she’s so sweet.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Flanders said she hopes the state fair association will pressure officials to lift the ban on live chicken shows next year, but animal epidemiologists said that’s unlikely. The H5N1 bird flu is too widespread and too unpredictable.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re dealing with an existential threat as far as food security, as far as welfare, as far as poultry maintaining its position as the number one consumer animal protein on the planet,” said \u003ca href=\"https://www.vetmed.ucdavis.edu/faculty/maurice-ernest-pitesky\">Maurice Pitesky\u003c/a>, a veterinarian and professor at the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine. “On average, we eat about 300 pounds of chicken per person. We eat hundreds of eggs.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bird flu has infected dairy cows and some human farmers, but the primary threat of the disease is to the financial viability of raising poultry, Pitesky said. Flocks are euthanized entirely if and when infection is detected in just one chicken or duck. Farmers have adopted strict biosecurity measures to protect their birds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1999152\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1999152\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/11/251106-BIRD-FLU-AD-01-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1500\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/11/251106-BIRD-FLU-AD-01-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/11/251106-BIRD-FLU-AD-01-KQED-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/11/251106-BIRD-FLU-AD-01-KQED-768x576.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/11/251106-BIRD-FLU-AD-01-KQED-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Maurice Pitesky, a veterinarian and professor at the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine, visits the campus chicken house on Sept. 8, 2025. \u003ccite>(April Dembosky/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Gaining entry to the UC Davis campus chicken house, for example, is like getting into a hospital ICU. Visitors to the \u003ca href=\"https://animalscience.ucdavis.edu/facilities/avian\">Hopkins Avian Facility\u003c/a> must wear facemasks, lab coats, and boot covers. They’re asked to disinfect their hands and shoes multiple times.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The chickens here are used for research and supplying campus dining halls with eggs, but some commercial barns go much further with their protocols, requiring people to shower and change clothes before they go in and after they come out, Pitesky said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Most backyard chicken farmers are not upholding such safety standards, he added, which is why it could be dangerous to let their poultry commingle at a county fair.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pitesky said he is sensitive to the tradeoffs — he works with 4-H kids and wants them to stay excited about raising chickens so they grow up to become animal epidemiologists like him one day, ready to fight the next disease outbreak. But for now, the risk of avian influenza infecting other livestock at the fair or finding its way to a commercial chicken farm is too high.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1999123\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1999123 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/11/250912_BIRDFLUE_GH-8-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/11/250912_BIRDFLUE_GH-8-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/11/250912_BIRDFLUE_GH-8-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/11/250912_BIRDFLUE_GH-8-KQED-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/11/250912_BIRDFLUE_GH-8-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Clayton Bettencourt, 7, holds up his award ribbon in the poultry barn at the Santa Cruz County Fair in Watsonville on Sept. 12, 2025. \u003ccite>(Gustavo Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“This is the most complex animal disease outbreak we’ve ever had,” Pitesky said. “It was probably a good decision to stop those events for now.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So the kids must weather the fallout. At the Santa Cruz County Fair, Barger, the chicken judge, stared at his clipboard, his cowboy hat tipped over his forehead, while the music from the nearby tap dancing stage drummed in the background. He made his decision.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“In first place, would be Clayton,” he said. “A round of applause for these young exhibitors.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Clayton Bettencourt held up his first-place ribbon for the cameras, his chest puffed out as if this were the outcome he expected. He looked like a character out of a Wes Anderson film. But it was a bittersweet win for him.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I still feel bad,” he said, “’cause there’s no chickens.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Federal tax credits for various home electrification upgrades will be expiring on Dec. 31. If you’re among the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1991905/dont-think-heat-pumps-are-sexy-time-to-listen-to-this-slow-jam\">heat-pump\u003c/a> or EV-car-charger curious, read on for how to take advantage of the savings that are disappearing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Biden administration put these credits in play with the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act, its signature climate policy. The goal was to encourage homeowners to replace gas appliances with electric ones, which can have higher upfront price tags.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When the Trump administration pushed through the expansive legislative package, H.R. 1 last summer, the “Big Beautiful Bill” moved up the expiration date of many of the credits for heat pumps, solar and batteries, electrical panel upgrades, and more from 2032 to the end of this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Using gas as a fuel, in appliances like furnaces and water heaters, leads to more planet-warming emissions than using electricity, which instead powers up on California’s greening grid. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1995336/heres-what-happened-when-scientists-tested-the-air-with-my-gas-stove-on\">Gas appliances can also pollute the air inside your home.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California also offers state incentive programs for specific regions and households, which your contractor can usually apply for on your behalf. You can enter your location and other information into \u003ca href=\"https://www.switchison.org/ca\">the Switch Is On\u003c/a> (check out their product and vetted vendor pages) and \u003ca href=\"https://homes.rewiringamerica.org/\">Rewiring America\u003c/a> (they have a “savings calculator”) to get a sense of existing opportunities and find a contractor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1996550\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1996550 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/04/250321-VIRTUALPOWERPLANT-15-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/04/250321-VIRTUALPOWERPLANT-15-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/04/250321-VIRTUALPOWERPLANT-15-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/04/250321-VIRTUALPOWERPLANT-15-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/04/250321-VIRTUALPOWERPLANT-15-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/04/250321-VIRTUALPOWERPLANT-15-BL-KQED-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/04/250321-VIRTUALPOWERPLANT-15-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/04/250321-VIRTUALPOWERPLANT-15-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ivan Israel Amezcua (left) and Ramon Heredia adjust their heat pump water heater in their all-electric home in Richmond on March 21, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>One of the biggest is \u003ca href=\"https://techcleanca.com/\">TECH Clean California\u003c/a>, which can cut thousands of dollars off the upfront cost of installing electric heat pump water heaters or heat pump HVAC systems.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Funds are limited and awarded on a first-come, first-served basis, so it’s worth checking soon — reservations open periodically and often fill up within a few months.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Jump to:\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What federal tax incentives expire on Dec. 31, 2025?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"#Upto2000offnewheatpumpinstallations\">Up to $2,000 off new heat pump installations\u003cbr>\n\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"#Upto600offelectricalpanelupgrades\">Up to $600 off electrical panel upgrades\u003cbr>\n\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"#Upto1200offhomeweatherization\">Up to $1,200 off home weatherization\u003cbr>\n\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"#Upto150onahomeenergyaudit\">Up to $150 on a ‘home energy audit’\u003cbr>\n\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"#30offsolarpanelsgeothermalheatpumpssolarwaterheatersandbackupbatteries\">30% off solar panels, geothermal heat pumps, solar water heaters and back-up batteries\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Which federal credits can I still get after Dec. 31, 2025?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"#Upto1000offEVchargerinstallation\">Up to $1,000 off EV charger installation\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What federal tax incentives expire on Dec. 31, 2025?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca id=\"Upto2000offnewheatpumpinstallations\">\u003c/a>Up to $2,000 off new heat pump installations\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A heat pump can warm or cool a home, and a heat pump water heater warms water. The technology has been around for decades: most refrigerators are heat pumps. The appliances work by capturing heat and moving it to where it’s needed to do its job.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Heat pumps provide heating and cooling in one appliance,” said Laura Wilson, director of marketing for \u003ca href=\"https://www.switchison.org/ca\">The Switch Is On\u003c/a>, a website and campaign that educates and helps homeowners transition to electric appliances.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1981514\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1981514 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/02/RS60062_030_KQED_HomeElectrificationOakland_11072022-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/02/RS60062_030_KQED_HomeElectrificationOakland_11072022-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/02/RS60062_030_KQED_HomeElectrificationOakland_11072022-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/02/RS60062_030_KQED_HomeElectrificationOakland_11072022-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/02/RS60062_030_KQED_HomeElectrificationOakland_11072022-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/02/RS60062_030_KQED_HomeElectrificationOakland_11072022-qut-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/02/RS60062_030_KQED_HomeElectrificationOakland_11072022-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mark Hall holds a phone with a photo of Cheryl Ajirotutu’s attic in Oakland. Her heat pump connects to ducts in her attic and then various rooms in her home. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Heat pumps are far more efficient than gas furnaces and can \u003ca href=\"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0301421522000386\">significantly cut\u003c/a> a home’s carbon pollution as compared to gas furnaces.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Details: \u003c/strong>These \u003ca href=\"https://www.irs.gov/credits-deductions/home-energy-tax-credits\">federal tax breaks\u003c/a> can get you 30% off of heat pump installation (labor and equipment) up to $2,000, and there are no income limitations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca id=\"Upto600offelectricalpanelupgrades\">\u003c/a>Up to $600 off electrical panel upgrades\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some people may want to increase the size of their electrical panels as they electrify their homes, but this can be unnecessary, so talk to a trusted electrician.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Details: \u003c/strong>You can get 30% off the total cost up to $600.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca id=\"Upto1200offhomeweatherization\">\u003c/a>Up to $1,200 off home weatherization\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Weatherization — insulation, sealing cracks, upgrading windows and doors — helps keep your home warm in the winter and cool in the summer, and lowers monthly electricity bills.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1999143\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1999px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1999143 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/11/241113-EcoBlockFollowup-05-BL_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1999\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/11/241113-EcoBlockFollowup-05-BL_qed.jpg 1999w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/11/241113-EcoBlockFollowup-05-BL_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/11/241113-EcoBlockFollowup-05-BL_qed-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/11/241113-EcoBlockFollowup-05-BL_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1999px) 100vw, 1999px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Patched holes awaiting new paint cover Nick Corlett’s kitchen wall in Oakland on Nov. 13, 2024. Contractors drilled the holes to blow in insulation. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Details: \u003c/strong>People can get 30% off of equipment (not labor) up to:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>$1,200 for insulation and air sealing\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>$500 for exterior doors (limit $250 per door)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>$600 for exterior windows and skylights\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>If you’re both weatherizing and upgrading your panel, the total cost cap is $1,200.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca id=\"Upto150onahomeenergyaudit\">\u003c/a>Up to $150 on a ‘home energy audit’\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A building energy audit is like a “physical for your home,” said Zach Pierce, head of policy at electrification nonprofit Rewiring America. Contractors take a comprehensive look at home energy use, find leaks, and recommend improvements.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Details: \u003c/strong>People can get up to $150 back.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca id=\"30offsolarpanelsgeothermalheatpumpssolarwaterheatersandbackupbatteries\">\u003c/a>30% off solar panels, geothermal heat pumps, solar water heaters and back-up batteries\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This category includes rooftop solar panels and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1997918/forget-rooftops-bay-area-residents-are-plugging-solar-into-the-wall\">plug-in solar\u003c/a>, which allow you to generate some of your own energy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1996551\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1996551\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/04/250321-VIRTUALPOWERPLANT-20-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/04/250321-VIRTUALPOWERPLANT-20-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/04/250321-VIRTUALPOWERPLANT-20-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/04/250321-VIRTUALPOWERPLANT-20-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/04/250321-VIRTUALPOWERPLANT-20-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/04/250321-VIRTUALPOWERPLANT-20-BL-KQED-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/04/250321-VIRTUALPOWERPLANT-20-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/04/250321-VIRTUALPOWERPLANT-20-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An aerial view of Ramon Heredia and Ivan Israel Amezcua’s home and solar panels in Richmond on March 21, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Back-up batteries store electricity either from the grid or solar panels. You can use that energy to power your home when the power goes out, or in the case of solar panels, at night when your solar panels are not generating electricity. Batteries must store at least three kilowatt-hours, which could power a home anywhere from 1–6 hours, to qualify.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Geothermal heat pumps heat and cool homes through a loop of piping buried underground or submerged in water, like a pond. Liquid circulates through the loop, absorbing heat from the ground in winter to warm your home and releasing heat back into the ground in summer to keep it cool.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A solar water heater uses sunlight to warm water for your home.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Details: \u003c/strong>These \u003ca href=\"https://www.irs.gov/credits-deductions/residential-clean-energy-credit\">federal tax breaks\u003c/a> cover 30% of total costs, without a cap.[aside postID=science_1998951 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/10/251008-DRONEMARSH-12-BL-KQED.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Need-to-knows:\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>These tax credits reduce the amount of federal income tax you owe; they won’t give you money back beyond that. 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You can enter your location and other information into \u003ca href=\"https://www.switchison.org/ca\">the Switch Is On\u003c/a> (check out their product and vetted vendor pages) and \u003ca href=\"https://homes.rewiringamerica.org/\">Rewiring America\u003c/a> (they have a “savings calculator”) to get a sense of existing opportunities and find a contractor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1996550\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1996550 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/04/250321-VIRTUALPOWERPLANT-15-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/04/250321-VIRTUALPOWERPLANT-15-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/04/250321-VIRTUALPOWERPLANT-15-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/04/250321-VIRTUALPOWERPLANT-15-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/04/250321-VIRTUALPOWERPLANT-15-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/04/250321-VIRTUALPOWERPLANT-15-BL-KQED-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/04/250321-VIRTUALPOWERPLANT-15-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/04/250321-VIRTUALPOWERPLANT-15-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ivan Israel Amezcua (left) and Ramon Heredia adjust their heat pump water heater in their all-electric home in Richmond on March 21, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>One of the biggest is \u003ca href=\"https://techcleanca.com/\">TECH Clean California\u003c/a>, which can cut thousands of dollars off the upfront cost of installing electric heat pump water heaters or heat pump HVAC systems.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Funds are limited and awarded on a first-come, first-served basis, so it’s worth checking soon — reservations open periodically and often fill up within a few months.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Jump to:\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What federal tax incentives expire on Dec. 31, 2025?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"#Upto2000offnewheatpumpinstallations\">Up to $2,000 off new heat pump installations\u003cbr>\n\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"#Upto600offelectricalpanelupgrades\">Up to $600 off electrical panel upgrades\u003cbr>\n\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"#Upto1200offhomeweatherization\">Up to $1,200 off home weatherization\u003cbr>\n\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"#Upto150onahomeenergyaudit\">Up to $150 on a ‘home energy audit’\u003cbr>\n\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"#30offsolarpanelsgeothermalheatpumpssolarwaterheatersandbackupbatteries\">30% off solar panels, geothermal heat pumps, solar water heaters and back-up batteries\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Which federal credits can I still get after Dec. 31, 2025?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"#Upto1000offEVchargerinstallation\">Up to $1,000 off EV charger installation\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What federal tax incentives expire on Dec. 31, 2025?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca id=\"Upto2000offnewheatpumpinstallations\">\u003c/a>Up to $2,000 off new heat pump installations\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A heat pump can warm or cool a home, and a heat pump water heater warms water. The technology has been around for decades: most refrigerators are heat pumps. 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Her heat pump connects to ducts in her attic and then various rooms in her home. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Heat pumps are far more efficient than gas furnaces and can \u003ca href=\"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0301421522000386\">significantly cut\u003c/a> a home’s carbon pollution as compared to gas furnaces.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Details: \u003c/strong>These \u003ca href=\"https://www.irs.gov/credits-deductions/home-energy-tax-credits\">federal tax breaks\u003c/a> can get you 30% off of heat pump installation (labor and equipment) up to $2,000, and there are no income limitations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca id=\"Upto600offelectricalpanelupgrades\">\u003c/a>Up to $600 off electrical panel upgrades\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some people may want to increase the size of their electrical panels as they electrify their homes, but this can be unnecessary, so talk to a trusted electrician.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Details: \u003c/strong>You can get 30% off the total cost up to $600.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca id=\"Upto1200offhomeweatherization\">\u003c/a>Up to $1,200 off home weatherization\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Weatherization — insulation, sealing cracks, upgrading windows and doors — helps keep your home warm in the winter and cool in the summer, and lowers monthly electricity bills.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1999143\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1999px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1999143 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/11/241113-EcoBlockFollowup-05-BL_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1999\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/11/241113-EcoBlockFollowup-05-BL_qed.jpg 1999w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/11/241113-EcoBlockFollowup-05-BL_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/11/241113-EcoBlockFollowup-05-BL_qed-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/11/241113-EcoBlockFollowup-05-BL_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1999px) 100vw, 1999px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Patched holes awaiting new paint cover Nick Corlett’s kitchen wall in Oakland on Nov. 13, 2024. 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Diving ducks such as surf scoters and common goldeneyes have dropped in number across \u003ca href=\"https://sfbaystateofthebirds.org/subtidal-waterfowl/\">open waters in the North Bay and Central Bay\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the same time, the populations of shorebirds like sandpipers and curlews have declined baywide, signaling that \u003ca href=\"https://sfbaystateofthebirds.org/tidal-flats-shorebirds/\">tidal flats and shallow-water habitats\u003c/a> need more protection and restoration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The decline definitely raises concerns about the amount and quality of our tidal flats and the other habitats that they depend on,” Wood said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Local restoration projects are already showing what’s possible. The \u003ca href=\"https://sfbayjv.org/hamilton-wetlands-restoration-project/\">Hamilton Wetlands Restoration Project\u003c/a>, once an army airfield, is now a 650-acre refuge supporting 100 bird species, including endangered ridgway’s rails and threatened Western snowy plovers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Other success stories featured on the website include the \u003ca href=\"https://www.southbayrestoration.org/\">South Bay Salt Pond\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://scc.ca.gov/climate-change/climate-ready-program/sears-point-restoration-project/\">Sears Point\u003c/a>, and Sonoma Baylands restorations. Since 2017, more than 7,800 acres have been restored using funds from Measure AA, approved by Bay Area voters to support wetland recovery.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Birds are so tightly linked to habitat health,” Wood said. “When we invest in on-the-ground conservation that’s guided by science, we see the positive results. And that is really impactful. 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More than 80% of the Bay Area’s tidal wetlands were destroyed in the 19th and 20th centuries, and he wants to help decision-makers better understand what’s left.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1998766\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1998766\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/10/251008-DRONEMARSH-14-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/10/251008-DRONEMARSH-14-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/10/251008-DRONEMARSH-14-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/10/251008-DRONEMARSH-14-BL-KQED-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/10/251008-DRONEMARSH-14-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Srivathsan Ramanujam holds his drone at Sunnyvale Baylands Park in Sunnyvale on Oct. 8, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>On weekends and after school, Ramanujam sends his drones soaring over the marsh, allowing him to create high-definition maps, photos and videos that track elevation, erosion and plant health. 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He wants to encourage leaders to accelerate efforts to restore the Bay Area’s historic waterfront to “its original glory.” He believes his maps will help researchers as data becomes harder to find due to recent federal cuts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Liv Juvera, an environmental planner with the San Francisco Estuary Partnership, said she was excited to receive Ramanujam’s request to present a research poster at the conference.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I had not heard directly from a high schooler before who was so eager to present,” Juvera said. “Him being so tenacious and eager to invest in conservation and restoration of the estuary through his work is singular.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1998763\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1998763\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/10/251008-DRONEMARSH-05-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/10/251008-DRONEMARSH-05-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/10/251008-DRONEMARSH-05-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/10/251008-DRONEMARSH-05-BL-KQED-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/10/251008-DRONEMARSH-05-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Srivathsan Ramanujam flies his drone at Sunnyvale Baylands Park in Sunnyvale on Oct. 8, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Juvera said he could help planners better understand how to meet the regional goal of eventually restoring 100,000 acres of tidal marsh. Today, the Bay Area has met over half its goal. Ramanujam’s research can provide “tangential” insight into how to make communities “more resilient to sea level rise and by proxy flood risk reduction,” Juvera said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While Ramanujam was the only high schooler who presented a poster at the conference, she said other young people shared ideas, panels, sessions and research.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She hopes more young people will work to protect and restore San Francisco Bay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The more youth that get engaged in taking care of the estuary, the better,” Juvera said. “It’s exciting to see people who still want to do good.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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More than 80% of the Bay Area’s tidal wetlands were destroyed in the 19th and 20th centuries, and he wants to help decision-makers better understand what’s left.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1998766\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1998766\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/10/251008-DRONEMARSH-14-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/10/251008-DRONEMARSH-14-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/10/251008-DRONEMARSH-14-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/10/251008-DRONEMARSH-14-BL-KQED-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/10/251008-DRONEMARSH-14-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Srivathsan Ramanujam holds his drone at Sunnyvale Baylands Park in Sunnyvale on Oct. 8, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>On weekends and after school, Ramanujam sends his drones soaring over the marsh, allowing him to create high-definition maps, photos and videos that track elevation, erosion and plant health. He would like to show how the area has changed over time and identify the marshland areas most vulnerable to future flooding.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many evenings, the Archbishop Mitty High School senior can be found at his computer, sorting through data and layering thousands of images to create maps that he publishes on his website and in videos on his YouTube channel. He convinced a few of his friends to help present his work to the City of Fremont’s Environmental Sustainability Commission back in June and to the Bay Conservation Development Commission in July.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He is also partnering with researchers from San Jose State to map how coastal erosion is affecting underserved communities in the Monterey Bay region.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1998762\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1998762\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/10/251008-DRONEMARSH-04-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/10/251008-DRONEMARSH-04-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/10/251008-DRONEMARSH-04-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/10/251008-DRONEMARSH-04-BL-KQED-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/10/251008-DRONEMARSH-04-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Srivathsan Ramanujam flies his drone at Sunnyvale Baylands Park in Sunnyvale on Oct. 8, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“I hope these maps encourage youth to come into this field and try to save their backyard,” Ramanujam said. “I want the next generation to be able to enjoy it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ramanujam presented his latest findings at the \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfestuary.org/state-of-the-estuary-conference/\">State of the San Francisco Estuary Conference\u003c/a> this week. He wants to encourage leaders to accelerate efforts to restore the Bay Area’s historic waterfront to “its original glory.” He believes his maps will help researchers as data becomes harder to find due to recent federal cuts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Liv Juvera, an environmental planner with the San Francisco Estuary Partnership, said she was excited to receive Ramanujam’s request to present a research poster at the conference.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I had not heard directly from a high schooler before who was so eager to present,” Juvera said. “Him being so tenacious and eager to invest in conservation and restoration of the estuary through his work is singular.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1998763\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1998763\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/10/251008-DRONEMARSH-05-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/10/251008-DRONEMARSH-05-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/10/251008-DRONEMARSH-05-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/10/251008-DRONEMARSH-05-BL-KQED-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/10/251008-DRONEMARSH-05-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Srivathsan Ramanujam flies his drone at Sunnyvale Baylands Park in Sunnyvale on Oct. 8, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Juvera said he could help planners better understand how to meet the regional goal of eventually restoring 100,000 acres of tidal marsh. 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"content": "\u003cp>Emma Jochim knew she wanted to study how arachnids evolve as part of her Ph.D. She decided to study trapdoor spiders because they live at the beach.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the course of her field work, she said, “I’ve been to every coastal dune system on the coast of California to collect … It’s a wonderful time.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the dunes between Monterey and Mexico’s Baja California, Jochim and her coauthors discovered a new species of spider that until now has been hidden in plain sight: \u003cem>Aptostichus ramirezae. \u003c/em>The new species was \u003ca href=\"https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.72346\">announced \u003c/a>in Ecology and Evolution.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Previously, these spiders — brown, cute and around the size of a quarter — were thought to be \u003cem>Aptostichus simus, \u003c/em>a close relative and lookalike. 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The door helps regulate temperature and humidity in the burrow.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It works opposite of what you would imagine a trap door to do,” she said. “Prey doesn’t fall into the burrow from the door, but the spider lunges out from it to capture prey and then goes back in the burrow.”[aside postID=science_1998802 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/09/250916_SEAOTTERS_GH-3-KQED.jpg']The spiders pose no risk to humans, Jochim said. Though our activities can pose a risk to them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“These spiders are not scary,” she said. “They mind their own business and [generally] stay in their burrows … They live in a really important and fragile ecosystem — the coastal dunes of California. So, it’s really important to protect their habitat.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Development, erosion and sea level rise threaten dunes. Knowing which species are in an area can help conservationists focus their efforts on preserving habitat.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Professor Jason Bond, who heads Jochim’s research group, chose the spider’s name. He’s named several species after celebrities, musicians and politicians, including \u003cem>Aptostichus stephencolberti\u003c/em> or \u003cem>Myrmekiaphila neilyoungi\u003c/em> and \u003cem>Aptostichus barackobamai\u003c/em>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This new species is named for Martina Giselle Ramirez, dean of the College of Science at California State University, Stanislaus and formerly dean of natural sciences and biology professor at St. Norbert College.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Ramirez is a highly regarded arachnologist who pioneered early works on trapdoor spider population genetics and has championed underrepresented students in STEM disciplines,” UC Davis said in a statement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Previously, these spiders — brown, cute and around the size of a quarter — were thought to be \u003cem>Aptostichus simus, \u003c/em>a close relative and lookalike. Researchers suspected they might be distinct, so they analyzed genetic material to distinguish between the two species.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We knew that these lineages across the coast of California were really different from each other and had been separated for a very long time,” said Jochim, a researcher in the Department of Entomology and Nematology at UC Davis.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1998992\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/10/IMG_3430-scaled.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1998992\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/10/IMG_3430-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"2560\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/10/IMG_3430-scaled.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/10/IMG_3430-2000x2667.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/10/IMG_3430-160x213.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/10/IMG_3430-768x1024.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/10/IMG_3430-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/10/IMG_3430-1536x2048.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Emma Jochim does field work in the dunes at Stinson Beach \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Emma Jochim/UC Davis)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The species share similar life histories and ecological roles — preying on arthropods like beetles in coastal dunes — but they don’t interbreed, partly because they rarely move far from their burrows.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The females never leave their burrows, only the males do,” Jochim said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Partially because moving from one beach to another would be almost impossibly hard.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Especially because there’s a lot of rocky coastline in between the different populations,” Jochim said. The spiders can’t live on the rocks, only in sandy dunes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To locate them, she looks for slopes covered in native plants. The spiders don’t care for \u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=21575\">European beachgrass\u003c/a> or \u003ca href=\"https://wildlife.ca.gov/Conservation/Plants/Dont-Plant-Me/Iceplant\">iceplant\u003c/a>, originally from South Africa.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We start digging at the bottom of the hill and as the sand falls down, the burrow — if it’s present — will kind of flop over,” Jochim said. “It looks like a sand-covered sock.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These elusive spiders are related to tarantulas, which also make burrows. But trapdoor spiders take the engineering a step further, camouflaging the entrances to their burrows.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The hinge of the door, Jochim explained, is made of silk. The door helps regulate temperature and humidity in the burrow.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It works opposite of what you would imagine a trap door to do,” she said. “Prey doesn’t fall into the burrow from the door, but the spider lunges out from it to capture prey and then goes back in the burrow.”\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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Families gathered around an outdoor aquarium featuring a leopard shark, thanks to the \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfbaymsi.org/\">Marine Science Institute\u003c/a>, and kids made paper rockets that soared through the air.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The lively \u003ca href=\"http://andrewtheartist.com/climate-carnival\">Climate Carnival\u003c/a> invited visitors to play games, make recycled art, and create music with everyday instruments — all designed to spark conversations about climate change and sustainability.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Indoors, a chicken robot named Gary roamed the floors as kids twisted colorful DNA chains, peered through microscopes, and learned about the Bay Area’s geology, earthquakes and global warming.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Visitors also got a rare peek inside UCSF’s research labs — spaces usually off-limits to the public — exploring everything from neuroscience and human performance to cutting-edge robotics.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1998960\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1998960\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/10/251027-BASF-05-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/10/251027-BASF-05-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/10/251027-BASF-05-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/10/251027-BASF-05-KQED-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/10/251027-BASF-05-KQED-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A child plays with colorful DNA chains at the Bay Area Science Festival on Oct. 25, 2025. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Lawrence Luk/Bay Area Science Festival)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>On one tour, participants learned how researchers conduct experiments with mice to study their brains. Mice are animals with brains genetically similar to those of humans.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We behave differently when we’re anxious or when we’re experiencing fear, versus when we are feeling courageous. And mice do the same,” explained Alexandra Klein, postdoctoral researcher at UCSF, during a lab tour, adding that there are multiple experiments conducted in the lab to analyze a mouse’s behavior — all this to understand human brain functions better and potentially cure diseases. The tour even showcased a real mouse brain in a test tube.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Here they get to learn a lot of things that might not be taught in the classroom,” said Zhang Zhe, a first-time attendee visiting with his family from the East Bay. His daughter, fascinated by engineering, was especially drawn to exhibits showing how motors and circuits bring robots to life.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1998962\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1998962\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/10/251027-BASF-07-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/10/251027-BASF-07-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/10/251027-BASF-07-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/10/251027-BASF-07-KQED-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/10/251027-BASF-07-KQED-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Exhibitors show off their robots at the Robot Zoo at the Bay Area Science Festival on Oct. 25, 2025. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Lawrence Luk/Bay Area Science Festival)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The Robot Zoo was another hotspot, where attendees watched one robot called “RoboForce” navigate a maze, and another called \u003ca href=\"https://www.team6418.org/dynamene---2025.html\">Dynamene\u003c/a>, designed to remove algae from reefs. Children gathered around tables to assemble their own robots guided by volunteers and researchers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There are a lot of activities that are inspiring for the kids, and super fun for adults as well,” Zhe said, adding that the science festival offers an unforgettable hands-on learning experience for future scientists and engineers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For South Bay resident Rama Kariyappa, the event was a welcome break from screens and video games.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1998964\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1998964\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/10/251027-BASF-09-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/10/251027-BASF-09-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/10/251027-BASF-09-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/10/251027-BASF-09-KQED-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/10/251027-BASF-09-KQED-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Festival attendee takes a photo as a nucleus of a cell at the Bay Area Science Festival on Oct. 25, 2025. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Lawrence Luk/Bay Area Science Festival)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“This is a great place for kids to learn about what’s happening in the world,” he said. “The booths really help inspire kids to choose a path in science.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That kind of inspiration is precisely what organizers hope for, said Katherine Nielsen, director at UCSF’s Science & Health Education Partnership.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We always hear after the event from all of our exhibitors and our sponsors who are there leading activities and how rejuvenating it is for them to get to talk with the public about the work that they do and their passion for science,” Nielsen said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Visitors get to engage directly with experts who guide each activity, offering a glimpse into real-world research and discovery. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Indoors, a chicken robot named Gary roamed the floors as kids twisted colorful DNA chains, peered through microscopes, and learned about the Bay Area’s geology, earthquakes and global warming.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Visitors also got a rare peek inside UCSF’s research labs — spaces usually off-limits to the public — exploring everything from neuroscience and human performance to cutting-edge robotics.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1998960\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1998960\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/10/251027-BASF-05-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/10/251027-BASF-05-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/10/251027-BASF-05-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/10/251027-BASF-05-KQED-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/10/251027-BASF-05-KQED-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A child plays with colorful DNA chains at the Bay Area Science Festival on Oct. 25, 2025. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Lawrence Luk/Bay Area Science Festival)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>On one tour, participants learned how researchers conduct experiments with mice to study their brains. Mice are animals with brains genetically similar to those of humans.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We behave differently when we’re anxious or when we’re experiencing fear, versus when we are feeling courageous. And mice do the same,” explained Alexandra Klein, postdoctoral researcher at UCSF, during a lab tour, adding that there are multiple experiments conducted in the lab to analyze a mouse’s behavior — all this to understand human brain functions better and potentially cure diseases. The tour even showcased a real mouse brain in a test tube.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Here they get to learn a lot of things that might not be taught in the classroom,” said Zhang Zhe, a first-time attendee visiting with his family from the East Bay. 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