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Further north in San Francisco, the city recorded an average temperature of 76.9 degrees, falling short of the record-breaking week of heat back in 1939 when the average temperature was 79.3 degrees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sarment said that cities like San José and San Francisco “generally run warmer than areas without dark pavement and tall buildings” during heat waves. 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San José residents lived through the city’s hottest weeklong heat wave since historical records began, reports the National Weather Service. \u003ccite>(Juliana Yamada/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>This summer was the hottest on record for San José, California and the world. The excessively hot summer and the beginning of fall point to climate change in action, said Eugene Cordero, a meteorology and climate science professor at San José State University.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This unusually warm period of time here in October is a harbinger of things to come,” Cordero said. “This is what the climate models have been predicting, and this is what we’re seeing all around the world.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While it’s hard to immediately tell for certain how much climate change is amping up any individual heat wave, Cordero said the frequency of heat waves is increasing. Some parts of the state, including the Bay Area, are experiencing four to five times the number of heat waves they did back in the 1960s.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1994691\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1994691\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/10/SFHeatWaveGetty3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1500\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/10/SFHeatWaveGetty3.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/10/SFHeatWaveGetty3-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/10/SFHeatWaveGetty3-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/10/SFHeatWaveGetty3-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/10/SFHeatWaveGetty3-768x576.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/10/SFHeatWaveGetty3-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/10/SFHeatWaveGetty3-1920x1440.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">People enjoy the warm weather at San Francisco’s Baker Beach on June 4, 2024, as a heat wave warning sweeps across California. \u003ccite>(Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“There’s a very clear pattern that a warmer world comes with longer heat waves, more intense heat waves, and even warmer winters,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Many scientists, including myself, feel increasingly frustrated at the lack of public action,” Cordero added. “We’ve fundamentally changed the energy exchange in our atmosphere because of extra carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gasses. The planet is warmer, and these outbreaks of high temperatures are going to become more and more frequent.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=science_1994538 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/09/SanJoseHeatGetty-1020x680.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Karen McKinnon studies heat waves at the UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability. This week, she published \u003ca href=\"https://www.pnas.org/doi/full/10.1073/pnas.2406143121\">a study looking at extreme summer heat waves\u003c/a>. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San José, a city of nearly a million people, notched an average temperature of 83.4 degrees from Sep. 30 to Oct. 7. Further north in San Francisco, the city recorded an average temperature of 76.9 degrees, falling short of the record-breaking week of heat back in 1939 when the average temperature was 79.3 degrees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sarment said that cities like San José and San Francisco “generally run warmer than areas without dark pavement and tall buildings” during heat waves. However, scientists believe these \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1994643/yes-these-california-heat-waves-are-connected-to-climate-change-heres-how\">future heat waves will likely top these records\u003c/a> because of the effects of climate change brought on by humans burning fossil fuels.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1994690\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1994690\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/10/20230801-SJCityHall-11-JY_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/10/20230801-SJCityHall-11-JY_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/10/20230801-SJCityHall-11-JY_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/10/20230801-SJCityHall-11-JY_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/10/20230801-SJCityHall-11-JY_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/10/20230801-SJCityHall-11-JY_qed-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/10/20230801-SJCityHall-11-JY_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/10/20230801-SJCityHall-11-JY_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">City Hall in San José, California, on Aug. 1, 2023. San José residents lived through the city’s hottest weeklong heat wave since historical records began, reports the National Weather Service. \u003ccite>(Juliana Yamada/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>This summer was the hottest on record for San José, California and the world. The excessively hot summer and the beginning of fall point to climate change in action, said Eugene Cordero, a meteorology and climate science professor at San José State University.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This unusually warm period of time here in October is a harbinger of things to come,” Cordero said. “This is what the climate models have been predicting, and this is what we’re seeing all around the world.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While it’s hard to immediately tell for certain how much climate change is amping up any individual heat wave, Cordero said the frequency of heat waves is increasing. Some parts of the state, including the Bay Area, are experiencing four to five times the number of heat waves they did back in the 1960s.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1994691\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1994691\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/10/SFHeatWaveGetty3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1500\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/10/SFHeatWaveGetty3.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/10/SFHeatWaveGetty3-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/10/SFHeatWaveGetty3-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/10/SFHeatWaveGetty3-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/10/SFHeatWaveGetty3-768x576.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/10/SFHeatWaveGetty3-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/10/SFHeatWaveGetty3-1920x1440.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">People enjoy the warm weather at San Francisco’s Baker Beach on June 4, 2024, as a heat wave warning sweeps across California. \u003ccite>(Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“There’s a very clear pattern that a warmer world comes with longer heat waves, more intense heat waves, and even warmer winters,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Many scientists, including myself, feel increasingly frustrated at the lack of public action,” Cordero added. “We’ve fundamentally changed the energy exchange in our atmosphere because of extra carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gasses. The planet is warmer, and these outbreaks of high temperatures are going to become more and more frequent.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Karen McKinnon studies heat waves at the UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability. This week, she published \u003ca href=\"https://www.pnas.org/doi/full/10.1073/pnas.2406143121\">a study looking at extreme summer heat waves\u003c/a>. She\u003cb data-stringify-type=\"bold\"> \u003c/b>found that record heat waves showcase how extreme climate change has already become.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We certainly expect to see these record-breaking events because everything is warming with climate change,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While her study doesn’t delve into the Bay Area or Coastal California, where major heat waves often happen in early autumn, she expects “similar findings” if she studied the region. “We need to be quite humble as climate scientists because our system is changing before our eyes,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>McKinnon said one string of hot days in isolation doesn’t alone tell the story of how climate change is intensifying heat waves and continued study over time is needed to truly understand.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While the heat wave is still in the minds of residents of San José and San Francisco, city leaders have a short window of opportunity to link it to climate change for residents, said \u003ca href=\"https://profiles.stanford.edu/209361\">Gabrielle Wong-Parodi\u003c/a>, an assistant professor in Stanford’s Department of Earth System Science who studies how people respond to global environmental change, such as heat waves.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“These types of events are focusing events that draw attention not just of policymakers, but also of individual citizens,” she said. “This draws their attention away from other things where our attention is constantly and helps focus people on the climate change happening here in their own backyard.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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Not just a hoodie but a jacket, a hat — the whole nine yards.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But this early October week, crowds flocked to the beach \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1994632/bay-area-heat-wave-is-sticking-around-with-scorching-temperatures-into-the-weekend\">like it was Florida\u003c/a>, setting up umbrellas, lying out in bikinis and going for a swim in water that was, thankfully, still frigid.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco resident Vincent Arenas was at the beach for the second day in a row with his 3-year-old son and wife to escape their sunny, warm apartment. “We really gotta get out,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Camryn Gill came to the beach with her boyfriend. “We live in Bayview, and it’s super hot over there; it’s like 15 degrees hotter than it is right here at the beach,” Gill said. “Each year, it is getting hotter and hotter in the summers.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The early October heat wave \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1994591/bay-area-heat-wave-will-be-hotter-and-longer-echoing-the-1980-scorcher\">broke daily records\u003c/a> in many parts of the Bay Area with unseasonably high temperatures.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Folks have been joking that it’s currently ‘Aug-tober,’” said climate scientist Daniel Swain.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Literally, in many parts of the West, temperatures are, in fact, closer to August values than October values. And yet, here we are, the same month as Halloween, and we’re still talking about midsummer-like peak heat,” Swain said during his public \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/live/Jc5BkmkeUMY?feature=shared\">office hours \u003c/a>on Tuesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1994634\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1994634\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/10/BayAreaHeatAP.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1013\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/10/BayAreaHeatAP.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/10/BayAreaHeatAP-800x405.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/10/BayAreaHeatAP-1020x517.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/10/BayAreaHeatAP-160x81.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/10/BayAreaHeatAP-768x389.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/10/BayAreaHeatAP-1536x778.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/10/BayAreaHeatAP-1920x972.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">People gather at Robert W. 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Officials urge residents to stay hydrated and seek shade as temperatures remain elevated longer than forecast. \u003ccite>(Ben Margot/AP Photo)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Although a fall heat wave is not unusual, the temperature highs, duration and far reach of this one are.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Such a trend tracks with what climate scientists have long expressed: Human-caused global warming has increased the frequency, length, intensity and reach of prolonged heat events.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here’s what you need to know about the connection between heat waves and climate change in California and how extreme heat affects your health.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>How much is California heating up?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>On average, California has warmed by around \u003ca href=\"https://oehha.ca.gov/climate-change/epic-2022/changes-climate/air-temperatures#:~:text=Annual%20mean%20temperatures%20have%20increased,over%20the%20past%2050%20years.&text=Statewide%20annual%20mean%20temperatures%20have,(%C2%B0F)%20since%201895.\">2.5\u003c/a> to \u003ca href=\"https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/monitoring/climate-at-a-glance/statewide/time-series/4/tavg/24/7/1900-2024?base_prd=true&begbaseyear=1901&endbaseyear=2000&trend=true&trend_base=10&begtrendyear=1895&endtrendyear=2024\">3 degrees\u003c/a> Fahrenheit since the early 1900s. The rate of warming has accelerated over the past several decades relative to the mid-20th century.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In general, California’s inland regions are warming faster than statewide averages, and coastal areas are warming more slowly. 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Higher temperatures are linked to negative pregnancy and birth outcomes, worse mental health and increased ER and hospital visits for ailments beyond heat stroke (cardiovascular disease, diabetes, respiratory illnesses).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.climatecentral.org/climate-matters/sweltering-summer-nights-2023\">Overnight temperatures\u003c/a> are rising more quickly than daytime temperatures. That is dangerous because it limits our bodies’ abilities to cool off and recover before another day of heat arrives, leaving a person more prone to heat illnesses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Adults over 65, children, people with disabilities, people with substance abuse disorders, pregnant people and those who lack access to cooling or work outside are the most vulnerable to extreme heat. Minority groups, historically redlined and urban communities are disproportionately exposed to heat. 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And yet, here we are, the same month as Halloween, and we’re still talking about midsummer-like peak heat,” Swain said during his public \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/live/Jc5BkmkeUMY?feature=shared\">office hours \u003c/a>on Tuesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1994634\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1994634\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/10/BayAreaHeatAP.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1013\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/10/BayAreaHeatAP.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/10/BayAreaHeatAP-800x405.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/10/BayAreaHeatAP-1020x517.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/10/BayAreaHeatAP-160x81.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/10/BayAreaHeatAP-768x389.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/10/BayAreaHeatAP-1536x778.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/10/BayAreaHeatAP-1920x972.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">People gather at Robert W. 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Officials urge residents to stay hydrated and seek shade as temperatures remain elevated longer than forecast. \u003ccite>(Ben Margot/AP Photo)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Although a fall heat wave is not unusual, the temperature highs, duration and far reach of this one are.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Such a trend tracks with what climate scientists have long expressed: Human-caused global warming has increased the frequency, length, intensity and reach of prolonged heat events.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here’s what you need to know about the connection between heat waves and climate change in California and how extreme heat affects your health.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>How much is California heating up?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>On average, California has warmed by around \u003ca href=\"https://oehha.ca.gov/climate-change/epic-2022/changes-climate/air-temperatures#:~:text=Annual%20mean%20temperatures%20have%20increased,over%20the%20past%2050%20years.&text=Statewide%20annual%20mean%20temperatures%20have,(%C2%B0F)%20since%201895.\">2.5\u003c/a> to \u003ca href=\"https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/monitoring/climate-at-a-glance/statewide/time-series/4/tavg/24/7/1900-2024?base_prd=true&begbaseyear=1901&endbaseyear=2000&trend=true&trend_base=10&begtrendyear=1895&endtrendyear=2024\">3 degrees\u003c/a> Fahrenheit since the early 1900s. The rate of warming has accelerated over the past several decades relative to the mid-20th century.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In general, California’s inland regions are warming faster than statewide averages, and coastal areas are warming more slowly. 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With a Bay Area heat wave starting this week, California’s grid operator has ordered providers to delay maintenance to handle the surge in electricity demand. \u003ccite>(Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Although it’s very hard for scientists to pin down exact numbers, heat events are projected to occur \u003ca href=\"https://resources.ca.gov/-/media/CNRA-Website/Files/Initiatives/Climate-Resilience/2022-Final-Extreme-Heat-Action-Plan.pdf\">four to 10 times more\u003c/a> often in the Northern Sierra region by 2050, for example.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Additionally, concurrent heat waves are happening more often. 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"content": "\u003cp>Over a year and a half after the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/pajaro-river\">Pajaro River\u003c/a> levee burst, inundating \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1984643/reluctant-retreat-one-familys-fight-against-climate-induced-flooding\">nearly 300 homes\u003c/a> in Monterey County with chocolate milk-colored water, flood agencies broke ground on Wednesday on a massive levee project to protect the river valley from future storms.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re turning the page from decades of fighting for a project [to] now just a handful of years of constructing a project for a new safe and secure Pajaro Valley,” Santa Cruz County Supervisor Zach Friend said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The nearly 14-mile levee project, managed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in partnership with the Pajaro Regional Flood Management Agency, is expected to be finished early next decade.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It will improve flood risk in Watsonville, Pajaro and surrounding agricultural areas. The agencies will construct and enhance levees along the lower Pajaro River and its tributaries. However, the agencies won’t begin on the groundwork in the area for several winters, and residents fear another flood could interrupt their lives.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pajaro is a community of around 3,000 people who work primarily in the Central Coast’s agricultural sector. The levee wasn’t adequately designed for the small storms that dump rain on the region, and storms have been made worse by human-caused climate change.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1994625\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 928px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1994625\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/10/PajaroProjectMap.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"928\" height=\"602\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/10/PajaroProjectMap.jpg 928w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/10/PajaroProjectMap-800x519.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/10/PajaroProjectMap-160x104.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/10/PajaroProjectMap-768x498.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 928px) 100vw, 928px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A map of the Pajaro River Flood Risk Management Project. \u003ccite>(Courtesy Tammy L. Reed via U.S. Army Corps of Engineers)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“This should’ve happened long ago,” Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas (D-Salinas) said at a Wednesday press conference to launch the project. “The Pajaro Valley is a community that never gives up. You all here know how to work hard, but more importantly, know you know how to work together.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We got the job done together, and that’s a testament to this community.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Years before the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11943316/pajaro-river-levee-breached-where-to-find-evacuation-shelters\">2023 flood\u003c/a>, the Corps had officially rated the levee along the Pajaro River a “moderate” risk of flooding. The truth is that for decades, officials knew it needed repair. The Corps determined that the town wasn’t worth protecting because property values were too low, according to levee records and interviews with several officials.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1994620\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1994620\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/10/04282023_pajaroupdate-599_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1331\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/10/04282023_pajaroupdate-599_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/10/04282023_pajaroupdate-599_qed-800x532.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/10/04282023_pajaroupdate-599_qed-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/10/04282023_pajaroupdate-599_qed-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/10/04282023_pajaroupdate-599_qed-768x511.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/10/04282023_pajaroupdate-599_qed-1536x1022.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/10/04282023_pajaroupdate-599_qed-1920x1278.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Denia Escutia and her mother, Carla, pose for a portrait inside the family’s home in Pajaro, California, on April 28, 2023. In the weeks since a levee breach flooded their neighborhood back in March, the Escutia’s have moved out of the house and into a trailer in the driveway. \u003ccite>(Kori Suzuki/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Almost 300 homes were damaged or destroyed, including Denia Escutia’s family home. Escutia, 19, delayed attending college because her family couldn’t find a home outside of Pajaro, so they \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1994168/the-pajaro-flood-forced-them-to-flee-californias-high-rents-forced-them-to-return\">moved across the street from the house the Pajaro River claimed as its own\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We have another house, and I fear we’ll have to leave this one, too,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to flood officials, the project, which will cost about $600 million, is fully funded by federal and state agencies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1994621\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1994621\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/10/20241002_PajaroLeveeGroundbreak_GC-26.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/10/20241002_PajaroLeveeGroundbreak_GC-26.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/10/20241002_PajaroLeveeGroundbreak_GC-26-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/10/20241002_PajaroLeveeGroundbreak_GC-26-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/10/20241002_PajaroLeveeGroundbreak_GC-26-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/10/20241002_PajaroLeveeGroundbreak_GC-26-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/10/20241002_PajaroLeveeGroundbreak_GC-26-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/10/20241002_PajaroLeveeGroundbreak_GC-26-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sen. John Laird speaks during a groundbreaking ceremony for a new levee for the Pajaro River, a Pajaro River Flood Risk Management Project, in Watsonville on Oct. 2, 2024. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Pajaro was a special case, and that’s why we stepped up for them,” state Sen. John Laird (D-Santa Cruz) said. “Let’s pray again that this project gets online before it’s really needed.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Corps’ plan will prepare the most populated areas for a 1-in-100-year flood, yet \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1982513/experts-call-for-doubled-levee-protection-to-battle-climate-change-in-california\">some experts believe that is only half the needed protection\u003c/a>. Rivas said that when the new levee is complete, it will be better “suited to meet the challenges of severe storms that we have seen more frequently due to climate change.\u003cem>”\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Work will start along Corralitos Creek on the northeastern edge of Watsonville. Flood officials said it’s the most at-risk area along the river.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1994623\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1994623\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/10/20241002_PajaroLeveeGroundbreak_GC-23.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/10/20241002_PajaroLeveeGroundbreak_GC-23.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/10/20241002_PajaroLeveeGroundbreak_GC-23-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/10/20241002_PajaroLeveeGroundbreak_GC-23-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/10/20241002_PajaroLeveeGroundbreak_GC-23-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/10/20241002_PajaroLeveeGroundbreak_GC-23-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/10/20241002_PajaroLeveeGroundbreak_GC-23-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/10/20241002_PajaroLeveeGroundbreak_GC-23-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">U.S. Army Corps members hold shovels during a groundbreaking ceremony for a new levee for the Pajaro River, a Pajaro River Flood Risk Management Project, in Watsonville on Oct. 2, 2024. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“This segment doesn’t have any levees right now,” said Mark Strudley, executive director of the Pajaro Regional Flood Management Agency. “It is unprotected. It flooded four times and overtopped its banks four times in 2023.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The area that crumbled in March 2023, about 3 miles east of Pajaro, is still in the design phase. Officials want to set the new levee back 100 feet from where it is today to give the river room to expand during storms.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=science_1994496 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/09/Los-Vaqueros-Reservoir-1020x765.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Under pressure from lawmakers, the local flood agency quickly rebuilt the 400 feet of levee that ruptured after the flood. This summer, the portion of the levee was reconstructed again. It has the same amount of flood protection as the failed levee, meaning Pajaro will remain vulnerable every rainy season until the new levee is built.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Downstream will still remain relatively unprotected until we improve those levees as well, but it’s a huge step for us,” Strudley said. “We are going to be working our hardest to make sure it doesn’t flood or break. But at the end of the day, it’s still an undersized, vulnerable system.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The reality that the makeshift levee could fail again worries Nancy Faulstich, director of the nonprofit group Regeneración — Pájaro Valley Climate Action.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s a ticking time bomb,” Faulstich said. “We all know there are vulnerabilities here, and with the acceleration of climate change, all bets are off.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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The levee wasn’t adequately designed for the small storms that dump rain on the region, and storms have been made worse by human-caused climate change.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1994625\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 928px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1994625\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/10/PajaroProjectMap.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"928\" height=\"602\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/10/PajaroProjectMap.jpg 928w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/10/PajaroProjectMap-800x519.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/10/PajaroProjectMap-160x104.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/10/PajaroProjectMap-768x498.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 928px) 100vw, 928px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A map of the Pajaro River Flood Risk Management Project. \u003ccite>(Courtesy Tammy L. Reed via U.S. Army Corps of Engineers)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“This should’ve happened long ago,” Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas (D-Salinas) said at a Wednesday press conference to launch the project. “The Pajaro Valley is a community that never gives up. You all here know how to work hard, but more importantly, know you know how to work together.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We got the job done together, and that’s a testament to this community.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Years before the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11943316/pajaro-river-levee-breached-where-to-find-evacuation-shelters\">2023 flood\u003c/a>, the Corps had officially rated the levee along the Pajaro River a “moderate” risk of flooding. The truth is that for decades, officials knew it needed repair. 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John Laird speaks during a groundbreaking ceremony for a new levee for the Pajaro River, a Pajaro River Flood Risk Management Project, in Watsonville on Oct. 2, 2024. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Pajaro was a special case, and that’s why we stepped up for them,” state Sen. John Laird (D-Santa Cruz) said. “Let’s pray again that this project gets online before it’s really needed.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Corps’ plan will prepare the most populated areas for a 1-in-100-year flood, yet \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1982513/experts-call-for-doubled-levee-protection-to-battle-climate-change-in-california\">some experts believe that is only half the needed protection\u003c/a>. 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The proposal was \u003ca href=\"https://www.usace.army.mil/Media/News/NewsSearch/Article/3890408/\">one of a dozen nationwide\u003c/a> — and the only one in California — to be chosen out of a pool of 196.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This week, the Corps walked Marin City with community members to discuss the flooding issues and next steps, knowing that other agencies are already working on potential solutions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1994465\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1994465\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/09/004_KQED_MarinCity_04072022_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/09/004_KQED_MarinCity_04072022_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/09/004_KQED_MarinCity_04072022_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/09/004_KQED_MarinCity_04072022_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/09/004_KQED_MarinCity_04072022_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/09/004_KQED_MarinCity_04072022_qed-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/09/004_KQED_MarinCity_04072022_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/09/004_KQED_MarinCity_04072022_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Supervisor Stephanie Moulton-Peters and Senator Mike McGuire speak during a community meeting to address issues of flooding in Marin City on April 7, 2022. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The main area that floods during storms is off Donahue Street and impedes access to the Highway 101 ramps.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Juanita Edwards, acting general manager for the Marin City Community Services District, wrote in the proposal that the project “is about alleviating the persistent anxiety our community faces when it comes to accessing essential services outside our area.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a supporting letter to the Corps, Marin County Supervisor Stephanie Moulton-Peters said “the proper drainage infrastructure was never installed” in Marin City, and flooding occurs “even during non-rain events due to high tides, which are occurring with more frequency due to climate change.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>‘Almost 100 years of flooding’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Nearly 3,000 people — 63% people of color — dwell within Marin City’s 344 acres. About 13% live below the poverty line, according to U.S. Census Bureau data, even though the area is part of Marin County, one of the richest in the country.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the 1940s, shipbuilders constructed rows of motel-style apartments to house thousands of workers who built warships in Sausalito for the Navy during World War II. Many families, including Harris-Green’s, migrated to Marin City from the Midwest and the South for work in the shipyards, then stayed after the war.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1980603\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1980603\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2022/10/001_KQEDScience_MarinCityTerrieGreen_04072022.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2022/10/001_KQEDScience_MarinCityTerrieGreen_04072022.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2022/10/001_KQEDScience_MarinCityTerrieGreen_04072022-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2022/10/001_KQEDScience_MarinCityTerrieGreen_04072022-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2022/10/001_KQEDScience_MarinCityTerrieGreen_04072022-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2022/10/001_KQEDScience_MarinCityTerrieGreen_04072022-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2022/10/001_KQEDScience_MarinCityTerrieGreen_04072022-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Terrie Harris-Green poses for a portrait near a pond in Marin City on April 7, 2022, after a community meeting with Senator Mike McGuire to discuss flooding issues in the area. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Harris-Green has advocated for flood solutions for decades, to little avail, she said — but now the hard work is beginning to pay off.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s almost 100 years now of flooding that’s been happening in Marin City,” she said. “I’m 75 and have had to splash through all this water. Thank God the Army Corps will address this issue for us.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even with the federal funding being officially announced, Harris-Green said she would remain dogged about making sure the project becomes a reality because the community has been promised funding and solutions in the past that never came to fruition.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I appreciate that we have allies; it’s just so refreshing,” she said. “People know that we haven’t gotten anywhere, and there are so many discriminatory things that have happened to us. I’m going to continue to fight on behalf of Marin City. I hope this project brings life back to the people of Marin City.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Marin City wasn’t originally on the list of the places the Corps was considering funding. But Rep. Jared Huffman (D-San Rafael) helped convince the agency to include it with a letter of support, noting that the community was redlined and “qualifies for reparations and should be given high priority” because of the racism that residents “have suffered for many generations.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1980605\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1980605 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2022/10/GettyImages-1348745966-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Two people in neon yellow rain gear reach into a flooded storm drain. Behind them is a playground and a stream of water in a grey cement culvert. The water is brown.\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2022/10/GettyImages-1348745966-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2022/10/GettyImages-1348745966-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2022/10/GettyImages-1348745966-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2022/10/GettyImages-1348745966-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2022/10/GettyImages-1348745966-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2022/10/GettyImages-1348745966-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2022/10/GettyImages-1348745966-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2022/10/GettyImages-1348745966-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Workers try to divert water into drains as rain pours down on Oct. 24, 2021, in Marin City, California. \u003ccite>(Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Huffman said he is excited about the project because Marin City residents will have a direct say in planning for future flooding.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This grant is going to the community; it’s not going to the county or anyone higher up in the bureaucracy,” he said. “They will be at the table driving feasibility studies and plans for the design and construction of a solution in their own community.\u003cem>”\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The first step of the Corps’ work is collecting data from all the entities already working on flooding issues in Marin City, including Marin County, Caltrans and community groups. After the Corps completes the community work, it will create a project feasibility report, and shovels on the ground could occur in a few years, said Jessica Ludy, flood risk program manager and environmental justice coordinator with the San Francisco District of the Army Corps of Engineers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The moment that we got word that this project was selected, I was beside myself with joy and so much hope,” Ludy said. “It’s awesome that we are able to remove the barrier of cost for Marin City.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ludy, who is spearheading the project for the Corps, said her first goal is to understand what work each agency is already doing and to speed up the process for a solution for Marin City’s flooding woes. Over the past few years, she and her colleagues have become “Marin City champions” and will do “everything they can to ensure the project is a success,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Reducing flood risk\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Marin City is among the most vulnerable to climate-driven flooding in the Bay Area. The neighborhood of primarily one-story homes and apartments abuts Richardson Bay, separated from the water by Highway 101 and a narrow bike trail. A single tidal gate allows water to escape into the bay, and it’s regularly filled with sand and debris. When atmospheric rivers dump rainwater, the water from the gate backs up into the channel under the freeway and floods the only road in and out of Marin City, rendering it impassable by car.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In October 2021, \u003ca href=\"https://www.weather.gov/mtr/AtmosphericRiver_10_24-25_2021\">an atmospheric river parked over Marin City\u003c/a>, turning looping residential streets into rivers, swamping Donahue Street, and filling the freeway underpass and the only entrance into the city. Residents were forced to walk through the floodwaters to enter the neighborhood.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=science_1980525 hero='https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/35/2022/10/GettyImages-1348806842-1020x691.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>By the end of the century, \u003ca href=\"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212094722000275\">climate change may make these deluges from the sky up to 37% wetter\u003c/a>, according to a June 2022 study by Bay Area climate scientists, and the flooding in Marin City far worse. At the same time, warming temperatures could push San Francisco Bay up from sea level rise — \u003ca href=\"https://opc.ca.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/California-Sea-Level-Rise-Guidance-2024-508.pdf\">more than 6 feet by the end of the century\u003c/a> in the extreme scenarios.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Local and state agencies are working on at least two other existing projects to shore up the flooding in Marin City. Earlier this year, the Marin County Flood Control and Water Conservation District began a $2.5 million project, with some state funding, \u003ca href=\"https://publicworks.marincounty.org/marin-city-portable-pump-station/\">to install a temporary portable pump station to reduce the severity of flooding on Donahue Street\u003c/a>. The idea is that before a big storm, crews would deploy the pumps to remove water from the street and dump it into a nearby pond. The county notes the portable pump station could be operating mid-winter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While the portable pumps are only an interim solution, the district is pursuing a long-lasting solution — a permanent pump station, a floodwall and storm drainage upgrades — costing around $12 million. Separate from these efforts, the district also has a watershed-wide Marin City Stormwater Plan with \u003ca href=\"https://marinflooddistrict.org/marin-city-stormwater-plan/\">a list of projects \u003c/a>needing funding.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Caltrans is also reenvisioning the \u003ca href=\"https://dot.ca.gov/caltrans-near-me/district-4/d4-projects/d4-marin-sea-level-rise\">flood-prone stretch of Highway 101 along Richardson Bay\u003c/a> between Marin City and Tamalpais Valley. This project could include the area that floods in Marin City. Some ideas could transform a popular bike path into a levee and raise Highway 101 to prevent flooding. The project is years out, and the reconstruction could cost nearly $2 billion. The agency is currently seeking funding for the project.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ludy, with the Corps, said her job now is to work with the community, the county and agencies to speed up a solution for Marin City with federal funding.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Ideally, we want to leverage one another’s resources for the best possible outcome for Marin City,” she said. “We intend to provide support and help take meaningful action to reduce flood risk in a community that’s been dealing with flood challenges for way too long.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Harris-Green’s nonprofit and the Marin City Community Services District, where she sits as a board member, submitted a proposal to a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers program that will pay the total cost of selected small public works projects. The proposal was \u003ca href=\"https://www.usace.army.mil/Media/News/NewsSearch/Article/3890408/\">one of a dozen nationwide\u003c/a> — and the only one in California — to be chosen out of a pool of 196.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This week, the Corps walked Marin City with community members to discuss the flooding issues and next steps, knowing that other agencies are already working on potential solutions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1994465\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1994465\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/09/004_KQED_MarinCity_04072022_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/09/004_KQED_MarinCity_04072022_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/09/004_KQED_MarinCity_04072022_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/09/004_KQED_MarinCity_04072022_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/09/004_KQED_MarinCity_04072022_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/09/004_KQED_MarinCity_04072022_qed-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/09/004_KQED_MarinCity_04072022_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/09/004_KQED_MarinCity_04072022_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Supervisor Stephanie Moulton-Peters and Senator Mike McGuire speak during a community meeting to address issues of flooding in Marin City on April 7, 2022. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The main area that floods during storms is off Donahue Street and impedes access to the Highway 101 ramps.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Juanita Edwards, acting general manager for the Marin City Community Services District, wrote in the proposal that the project “is about alleviating the persistent anxiety our community faces when it comes to accessing essential services outside our area.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a supporting letter to the Corps, Marin County Supervisor Stephanie Moulton-Peters said “the proper drainage infrastructure was never installed” in Marin City, and flooding occurs “even during non-rain events due to high tides, which are occurring with more frequency due to climate change.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>‘Almost 100 years of flooding’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Nearly 3,000 people — 63% people of color — dwell within Marin City’s 344 acres. About 13% live below the poverty line, according to U.S. Census Bureau data, even though the area is part of Marin County, one of the richest in the country.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the 1940s, shipbuilders constructed rows of motel-style apartments to house thousands of workers who built warships in Sausalito for the Navy during World War II. Many families, including Harris-Green’s, migrated to Marin City from the Midwest and the South for work in the shipyards, then stayed after the war.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1980603\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1980603\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2022/10/001_KQEDScience_MarinCityTerrieGreen_04072022.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2022/10/001_KQEDScience_MarinCityTerrieGreen_04072022.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2022/10/001_KQEDScience_MarinCityTerrieGreen_04072022-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2022/10/001_KQEDScience_MarinCityTerrieGreen_04072022-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2022/10/001_KQEDScience_MarinCityTerrieGreen_04072022-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2022/10/001_KQEDScience_MarinCityTerrieGreen_04072022-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2022/10/001_KQEDScience_MarinCityTerrieGreen_04072022-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Terrie Harris-Green poses for a portrait near a pond in Marin City on April 7, 2022, after a community meeting with Senator Mike McGuire to discuss flooding issues in the area. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Harris-Green has advocated for flood solutions for decades, to little avail, she said — but now the hard work is beginning to pay off.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s almost 100 years now of flooding that’s been happening in Marin City,” she said. “I’m 75 and have had to splash through all this water. Thank God the Army Corps will address this issue for us.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even with the federal funding being officially announced, Harris-Green said she would remain dogged about making sure the project becomes a reality because the community has been promised funding and solutions in the past that never came to fruition.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I appreciate that we have allies; it’s just so refreshing,” she said. “People know that we haven’t gotten anywhere, and there are so many discriminatory things that have happened to us. I’m going to continue to fight on behalf of Marin City. I hope this project brings life back to the people of Marin City.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Marin City wasn’t originally on the list of the places the Corps was considering funding. But Rep. Jared Huffman (D-San Rafael) helped convince the agency to include it with a letter of support, noting that the community was redlined and “qualifies for reparations and should be given high priority” because of the racism that residents “have suffered for many generations.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1980605\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1980605 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2022/10/GettyImages-1348745966-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Two people in neon yellow rain gear reach into a flooded storm drain. Behind them is a playground and a stream of water in a grey cement culvert. The water is brown.\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2022/10/GettyImages-1348745966-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2022/10/GettyImages-1348745966-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2022/10/GettyImages-1348745966-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2022/10/GettyImages-1348745966-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2022/10/GettyImages-1348745966-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2022/10/GettyImages-1348745966-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2022/10/GettyImages-1348745966-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2022/10/GettyImages-1348745966-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Workers try to divert water into drains as rain pours down on Oct. 24, 2021, in Marin City, California. \u003ccite>(Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Huffman said he is excited about the project because Marin City residents will have a direct say in planning for future flooding.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This grant is going to the community; it’s not going to the county or anyone higher up in the bureaucracy,” he said. “They will be at the table driving feasibility studies and plans for the design and construction of a solution in their own community.\u003cem>”\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The first step of the Corps’ work is collecting data from all the entities already working on flooding issues in Marin City, including Marin County, Caltrans and community groups. After the Corps completes the community work, it will create a project feasibility report, and shovels on the ground could occur in a few years, said Jessica Ludy, flood risk program manager and environmental justice coordinator with the San Francisco District of the Army Corps of Engineers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The moment that we got word that this project was selected, I was beside myself with joy and so much hope,” Ludy said. “It’s awesome that we are able to remove the barrier of cost for Marin City.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ludy, who is spearheading the project for the Corps, said her first goal is to understand what work each agency is already doing and to speed up the process for a solution for Marin City’s flooding woes. Over the past few years, she and her colleagues have become “Marin City champions” and will do “everything they can to ensure the project is a success,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Reducing flood risk\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Marin City is among the most vulnerable to climate-driven flooding in the Bay Area. The neighborhood of primarily one-story homes and apartments abuts Richardson Bay, separated from the water by Highway 101 and a narrow bike trail. A single tidal gate allows water to escape into the bay, and it’s regularly filled with sand and debris. When atmospheric rivers dump rainwater, the water from the gate backs up into the channel under the freeway and floods the only road in and out of Marin City, rendering it impassable by car.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In October 2021, \u003ca href=\"https://www.weather.gov/mtr/AtmosphericRiver_10_24-25_2021\">an atmospheric river parked over Marin City\u003c/a>, turning looping residential streets into rivers, swamping Donahue Street, and filling the freeway underpass and the only entrance into the city. Residents were forced to walk through the floodwaters to enter the neighborhood.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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But they believe it would cost the region far more, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1979603/california-overhauls-its-sea-level-rise-plan-as-climate-change-reshapes-coastal-life\">$230 billion, if it did nothing\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s not just people on the front lines who live near the bay who will be affected by this; it’s people who live inland because the bay shoreline protects everybody,” said Larry Goldzband, executive director of the Bay Conservation and Development Commission, or BCDC.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>His state agency released a draft \u003ca href=\"https://www.bayadapt.org/regional-shoreline-adaptation-plan/\">Regional Shoreline Adaptation Plan\u003c/a> Monday afternoon. It is an attempt by regulators to get in front of the looming climate effect by creating standards and requirements that cities and counties along the lip of the bay will use to ensure that the preparation for sea-level rise is consistent across the region. However, some elected officials think the plan might be too ambitious, costing local governments time and money they say they don’t have.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last year, California passed a law requiring \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1984830/california-mandates-coastal-cities-plan-for-future-sea-level-rise\">all local governments along its coast, including those in the Bay Area, to address how they will tackle rising seas\u003c/a> by 2034. But it stops short of punishing cities that don’t comply.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The San Francisco Bay accounts for a third of California’s coastline. Still, the plan states that “the Bay Area is expected to experience two-thirds of the state’s total economic damage from sea-level rise.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12003623 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/AP24130599594139-1020x680.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We have so many habitats that could potentially drown over the next 10 to 20 years, and then everyone’s lifestyle is going to be impacted by flooding, whether or not they live near the shoreline,” said Dana Brechwald, assistant planning director for climate adaptation with BCDC.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since the 1880s, the Pacific Ocean has risen by about 8 inches along the West Coast, but state scientists predict \u003ca href=\"https://opc.ca.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Item-4-Exhibit-A-Final-Draft-Sea-Level-Rise-Guidance-Update-2024-508.pdf\">more than a foot of bay rise by 2050 and more than six feet\u003c/a> by the end of the century in the worst-case scenario.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The plan attempts to do three main things: create a unified vision for the future of shoreline adaptation, outline eight regional priorities, and create guidelines for local governments to generate their plans. 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This is absolutely the way we need to go.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, Kellman said she hopes BCDC will make the plan even more “actionable” with a detailed scope of the work or example budgets “with actions that local governments can implement immediately.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last Thursday, BCDC officials presented the plan to a group of elected officials, and San Rafael Mayor Kate Colin expressed concern.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I have red flags,” she said. “I think this plan is too rigid. I think it’s too onerous. I really want cities to be met where they are.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Colin told BCDC staff that she doesn’t think five weeks of public comment is enough time to get input on the sweeping plan that relies on localities to do much of the work. For example, Colin said it took over a year to get public input for her city’s general plan. Plus, the cost of mitigating a disaster is expensive. 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"content": "\u003cp>Jeff Stanley watched in horror as \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1994218/after-lake-county-fire-burns-dozens-of-homes-and-vehicles-crews-will-search-for-potential-casualties\">the Boyles Fire\u003c/a> enveloped his hilly Clearlake neighborhood Sunday, consuming his friends’ homes and cars. Standing near the rubble, Stanley reached down to pick up a handful of golden, dry grass.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If you put a match to it, it’s almost like TNT,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fire crews stopped the fire just blocks from his home in a Lake County neighborhood painted fluorescent pink with fire retardant and charred black with the short-term memory of flames. Thirty of his neighbors’ homes weren’t so lucky.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Stanley worries that the community won’t be able to rebound quickly due to a lack of money to rebuild.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Most of us here are on government checks,” he said. “I’m on Social Security. When a house here burns to the ground, they’ve lost everything. There’s some sad stories here.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Two days after the fire scorched the southern edge of Clearlake, in a region that is no stranger to wildfires, authorities are strategizing how to rebuild.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1994258\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1994258\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/09/240909-BOYLESFIRE-25-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/09/240909-BOYLESFIRE-25-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/09/240909-BOYLESFIRE-25-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/09/240909-BOYLESFIRE-25-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/09/240909-BOYLESFIRE-25-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/09/240909-BOYLESFIRE-25-BL-KQED-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/09/240909-BOYLESFIRE-25-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/09/240909-BOYLESFIRE-25-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fire retardant covers a home on 18th Avenue in Clearlake on Sept. 9, 2024, after the Boyles Fire swept through the area on Sept. 8. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The city is working with State Sen. 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