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That's why Kathy Joseph came here to plant Fiddlestix Vineyard.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside tag=\"marijuana\" label=\"More Coverage of Marijuana in California\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The plants are over 20 years old, which comes through in the wines we make. The topography is just right; the proximity to the ocean is incredible,\" Joseph says. \"Difficult to find a pinot noir district this good.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Neighboring grape vines extend to the west as far as the eye can see. In the other direction, there's a new neighbor in town. This spring, a cannabis farmer started building hoop houses on the 100-acre parcel. So far, a quarter of the land is growing pot. Joseph has seen plenty of vegetable farms there before.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We've lived together with other vegetables, lettuces and cauliflower, and broccoli and snap peas, and walnuts very happily,\" she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But this new crop is different. In June, Joseph learned that the fungicide she has been spraying on her grapes for decades could be drifting onto the cannabis. Unlike food crops, cannabis can't be sold if there's any trace of fungicide or pesticide in it,\u003ca href=\"https://bcc.ca.gov/about_us/documents/17-261_required_testing_chart.pdf\"> according to state law\u003c/a>. So while the county investigates, she's using a more expensive and far less effective spray on the grapevines that are nearest to the cannabis farm.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11767540\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/kathy-joseph-800x599.jpg\" alt=\"Kathy Joseph looks out over the recently planted cannabis farm from her ATV. Her pinot noir grapevines are growing to her right.\" width=\"800\" height=\"599\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11767540\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/kathy-joseph.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/kathy-joseph-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/kathy-joseph-632x474.jpg 632w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/kathy-joseph-536x402.jpg 536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kathy Joseph looks out over the recently planted cannabis farm from her ATV. Her pinot noir grapevines are growing to her right. \u003ccite>(Claire Heddles/NPR)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\"We may lose crop because we can't protect it,\" Joseph says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Joseph, and other Santa Barbara County\u003ca href=\"https://www.concernedcarpinterians.com/uploads/1/2/4/0/124047528/press_release__hoops_litigation_.pdf\"> residents in the southern city of Carpinteria\u003c/a>, say the county has been excessively permissive toward cannabis.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11767541\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/kathy-joseph2-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Vintner Kathy Joseph has learned that the fungicide she has been spraying on her grapes for decades could be drifting onto the cannabis, forcing her to use a more expensive and far less effective spray on the grapevines that are nearest to the cannabis farm.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11767541\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/kathy-joseph2-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/kathy-joseph2-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/kathy-joseph2-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/kathy-joseph2.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/kathy-joseph2-1044x783.jpg 1044w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/kathy-joseph2-632x474.jpg 632w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/kathy-joseph2-536x402.jpg 536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Vintner Kathy Joseph has learned that the fungicide she has been spraying on her grapes for decades could be drifting onto the cannabis, forcing her to use a more expensive and far less effective spray on the grapevines that are nearest to the cannabis farm. \u003ccite>(Claire Heddles/NPR)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\"I have nothing against cannabis. It existed whether it was legal or not legal, and this just allows it to be controlled a little bit more responsibly,\" Joseph says. \"But that isn't what happened.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California\u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB64\"> passed Proposition 64 in 2016\u003c/a> with 57% of voters in favor of legalizing recreational marijuana, but regulation of cannabis cultivation was left largely up to the counties. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More than half of California's counties decided to ban recreational cannabis cultivation, \u003ca href=\"https://www.counties.org/county-cannabis-ordinances\">according to local ordinances\u003c/a>. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Of the counties that do permit cannabis cultivation, Santa Barbara has issued the most legal permits in the state. Proposition 64 banned licenses for over\u003ca href=\"https://static.cdfa.ca.gov/MCCP/document/2017%201228%20Licensing%20Workshop%20Presentation.pdf\"> 1 acre of land until 2023\u003c/a>, but farmers can still \"stack\" licenses or combine small permits for neighboring plots of land. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe width=\"560\" height=\"800\" src=\"https://apps.npr.org/dailygraphics/graphics/ca-cannabis-permits-20190808/\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" scrolling=\"yes\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That's what the cannabis farmer neighboring Fiddlestix Vineyard did. John De Friel has nearly 100 separate permits for neighboring plots of land, creating two of the largest legal pot farms in the U.S.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He says conflicts with other farmers are as old as agriculture itself. He's just the latest newcomer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It's just farmers learning to farm next to each other, which is not new for California,\" De Friel says of his Raw Garden farm.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the heart of his operation, there is a warehouse full of shipping container-sized refrigerators. Here, he and his team examine and crossbreed thousands of seeds in pursuit of the perfect cannabis plant.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Our focus really has been just asking what can this plant do?\" De Friel says. \"How many different traits are there to make measurements on? How do we make the best measurements?\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He takes the same scientific and strategic approach to most things. For example, when California legalized recreational pot, he called each of the Santa Barbara County supervisors and went to 65 planning meetings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11767542\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/fiddlestix-vineyards-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"Fiddlestix Vineyard sits right next to John De Friel's cannabis farm's hoop houses.\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11767542\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/fiddlestix-vineyards.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/fiddlestix-vineyards-160x90.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fiddlestix Vineyard sits right next to John De Friel's cannabis farm's hoop houses. \u003ccite>(Claire Heddles/NPR)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\"We participated in the political process, we went to public meetings, we gave feedback,\" De Friel says, \"We exercised our First Amendment right to the freedom of speech.\" \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The county listened to De Friel and other cannabis farmers and passed one of the most\u003ca href=\"http://cannabis.countyofsb.org/\"> cultivation-friendly ordinances\u003c/a> in the state. Up until July, Santa Barbara didn't have a cap on the number of acres that could be cultivated countywide. County Supervisor Das Williams says the county aimed to bring as much cannabis farming as possible into the legal sector. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Maybe we were a little too permissive at first,\" Williams says. \"Now we're getting to be more restrictive.\" \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Other traditional California agriculture is also facing challenges living side by side with the new crop. In Carpinteria, avocado farmers are facing a similar dilemma as north county winemakers. Scott Van Der Kar has an avocado, lemon and cherimoya farm and can't spray the pesticides he has been using for decades.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11767544\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/scott-van-der-kar-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Scott Van Der Kar shows the scarring caused by avocado thrips after he couldn't spray his usual pesticides.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11767544\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/scott-van-der-kar-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/scott-van-der-kar-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/scott-van-der-kar-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/scott-van-der-kar.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/scott-van-der-kar-1044x783.jpg 1044w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/scott-van-der-kar-632x474.jpg 632w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/scott-van-der-kar-536x402.jpg 536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Scott Van Der Kar shows the scarring caused by avocado thrips after he couldn't spray his usual pesticides. \u003ccite>(Claire Heddles/NPR)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\"Trying to accommodate the cannabis growers is really difficult for us, the growers who have been here who have a food crop,\" Van Der Kar says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But cannabis isn't a new crop to California or Santa Barbara County, it's just newly regulated and newly taxable. Peter Rupert teaches economics at UC Santa Barbara and studies the economics of cannabis. His findings suggest the county's wine is\u003ca href=\"https://www.sbcountywines.com/uploads/2/2/1/6/22166752/2018.pdf\"> valued at about $120 million\u003c/a>, while its cannabis is worth about $180 million, but on a tiny\u003ca href=\"https://efp.ucsb.edu/Cannabis/implan_InitialAssessment.pdf\"> fraction of the land\u003c/a>. He says the county is positioning itself to earn significant tax dollars from cannabis.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Growing here in California is easy,\" Rupert says. \"My guess is once they open interstate commerce in cannabis, you know California will really take over.\" \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But farmers and winemakers like Kathy Joseph say they hope the budding industry won't hurt traditional crops in the meantime.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Copyright 2019 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"Unlike food crops, cannabis can't be sold if there's any trace of fungicide or pesticide in it, according to state law.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1565808718,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":30,"wordCount":1007},"headData":{"title":"California's Largest Legal Weed Farms Face Conflict From Winemakers | KQED","description":"Unlike food crops, cannabis can't be sold if there's any trace of fungicide or pesticide in it, according to state law.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"California's Largest Legal Weed Farms Face Conflict From Winemakers","datePublished":"2019-08-14T18:19:16.000Z","dateModified":"2019-08-14T18:51:58.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png","isAccessibleForFree":"Y","publisher":{"@type":"NewsMediaOrganization","@id":"https://www.kqed.org/#organization","name":"KQED","url":"https://www.kqed.org","logo":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}}},"disqusIdentifier":"11767522 https://ww2.kqed.org/news/?p=11767522","disqusUrl":"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2019/08/14/californias-largest-legal-weed-farms-face-conflict-in-wine-country/","disqusTitle":"California's Largest Legal Weed Farms Face Conflict From Winemakers","source":"NPR","sourceUrl":"https://www.npr.org/","nprImageCredit":"Claire Heddles","nprByline":"\u003cstrong>Claire Heddles\u003cbr />NPR\u003c/strong>","nprImageAgency":"NPR","path":"/news/11767522/californias-largest-legal-weed-farms-face-conflict-in-wine-country","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>The Santa Rita Hills, nestled in Santa Barbara County, are ideal for pinot noir, a notoriously finicky grape. That's why Kathy Joseph came here to plant Fiddlestix Vineyard.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"aside","attributes":{"named":{"tag":"marijuana","label":"More Coverage of Marijuana in California "},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The plants are over 20 years old, which comes through in the wines we make. The topography is just right; the proximity to the ocean is incredible,\" Joseph says. \"Difficult to find a pinot noir district this good.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Neighboring grape vines extend to the west as far as the eye can see. In the other direction, there's a new neighbor in town. This spring, a cannabis farmer started building hoop houses on the 100-acre parcel. So far, a quarter of the land is growing pot. Joseph has seen plenty of vegetable farms there before.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We've lived together with other vegetables, lettuces and cauliflower, and broccoli and snap peas, and walnuts very happily,\" she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But this new crop is different. In June, Joseph learned that the fungicide she has been spraying on her grapes for decades could be drifting onto the cannabis. Unlike food crops, cannabis can't be sold if there's any trace of fungicide or pesticide in it,\u003ca href=\"https://bcc.ca.gov/about_us/documents/17-261_required_testing_chart.pdf\"> according to state law\u003c/a>. So while the county investigates, she's using a more expensive and far less effective spray on the grapevines that are nearest to the cannabis farm.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11767540\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/kathy-joseph-800x599.jpg\" alt=\"Kathy Joseph looks out over the recently planted cannabis farm from her ATV. Her pinot noir grapevines are growing to her right.\" width=\"800\" height=\"599\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11767540\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/kathy-joseph.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/kathy-joseph-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/kathy-joseph-632x474.jpg 632w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/kathy-joseph-536x402.jpg 536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kathy Joseph looks out over the recently planted cannabis farm from her ATV. Her pinot noir grapevines are growing to her right. \u003ccite>(Claire Heddles/NPR)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\"We may lose crop because we can't protect it,\" Joseph says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Joseph, and other Santa Barbara County\u003ca href=\"https://www.concernedcarpinterians.com/uploads/1/2/4/0/124047528/press_release__hoops_litigation_.pdf\"> residents in the southern city of Carpinteria\u003c/a>, say the county has been excessively permissive toward cannabis.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11767541\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/kathy-joseph2-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Vintner Kathy Joseph has learned that the fungicide she has been spraying on her grapes for decades could be drifting onto the cannabis, forcing her to use a more expensive and far less effective spray on the grapevines that are nearest to the cannabis farm.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11767541\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/kathy-joseph2-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/kathy-joseph2-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/kathy-joseph2-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/kathy-joseph2.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/kathy-joseph2-1044x783.jpg 1044w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/kathy-joseph2-632x474.jpg 632w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/kathy-joseph2-536x402.jpg 536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Vintner Kathy Joseph has learned that the fungicide she has been spraying on her grapes for decades could be drifting onto the cannabis, forcing her to use a more expensive and far less effective spray on the grapevines that are nearest to the cannabis farm. \u003ccite>(Claire Heddles/NPR)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\"I have nothing against cannabis. It existed whether it was legal or not legal, and this just allows it to be controlled a little bit more responsibly,\" Joseph says. \"But that isn't what happened.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California\u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB64\"> passed Proposition 64 in 2016\u003c/a> with 57% of voters in favor of legalizing recreational marijuana, but regulation of cannabis cultivation was left largely up to the counties. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More than half of California's counties decided to ban recreational cannabis cultivation, \u003ca href=\"https://www.counties.org/county-cannabis-ordinances\">according to local ordinances\u003c/a>. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Of the counties that do permit cannabis cultivation, Santa Barbara has issued the most legal permits in the state. Proposition 64 banned licenses for over\u003ca href=\"https://static.cdfa.ca.gov/MCCP/document/2017%201228%20Licensing%20Workshop%20Presentation.pdf\"> 1 acre of land until 2023\u003c/a>, but farmers can still \"stack\" licenses or combine small permits for neighboring plots of land. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe width=\"560\" height=\"800\" src=\"https://apps.npr.org/dailygraphics/graphics/ca-cannabis-permits-20190808/\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" scrolling=\"yes\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That's what the cannabis farmer neighboring Fiddlestix Vineyard did. John De Friel has nearly 100 separate permits for neighboring plots of land, creating two of the largest legal pot farms in the U.S.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He says conflicts with other farmers are as old as agriculture itself. He's just the latest newcomer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It's just farmers learning to farm next to each other, which is not new for California,\" De Friel says of his Raw Garden farm.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the heart of his operation, there is a warehouse full of shipping container-sized refrigerators. Here, he and his team examine and crossbreed thousands of seeds in pursuit of the perfect cannabis plant.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Our focus really has been just asking what can this plant do?\" De Friel says. \"How many different traits are there to make measurements on? How do we make the best measurements?\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He takes the same scientific and strategic approach to most things. For example, when California legalized recreational pot, he called each of the Santa Barbara County supervisors and went to 65 planning meetings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11767542\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/fiddlestix-vineyards-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"Fiddlestix Vineyard sits right next to John De Friel's cannabis farm's hoop houses.\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11767542\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/fiddlestix-vineyards.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/fiddlestix-vineyards-160x90.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fiddlestix Vineyard sits right next to John De Friel's cannabis farm's hoop houses. \u003ccite>(Claire Heddles/NPR)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\"We participated in the political process, we went to public meetings, we gave feedback,\" De Friel says, \"We exercised our First Amendment right to the freedom of speech.\" \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The county listened to De Friel and other cannabis farmers and passed one of the most\u003ca href=\"http://cannabis.countyofsb.org/\"> cultivation-friendly ordinances\u003c/a> in the state. Up until July, Santa Barbara didn't have a cap on the number of acres that could be cultivated countywide. County Supervisor Das Williams says the county aimed to bring as much cannabis farming as possible into the legal sector. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Maybe we were a little too permissive at first,\" Williams says. \"Now we're getting to be more restrictive.\" \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Other traditional California agriculture is also facing challenges living side by side with the new crop. In Carpinteria, avocado farmers are facing a similar dilemma as north county winemakers. Scott Van Der Kar has an avocado, lemon and cherimoya farm and can't spray the pesticides he has been using for decades.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11767544\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/scott-van-der-kar-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Scott Van Der Kar shows the scarring caused by avocado thrips after he couldn't spray his usual pesticides.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11767544\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/scott-van-der-kar-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/scott-van-der-kar-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/scott-van-der-kar-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/scott-van-der-kar.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/scott-van-der-kar-1044x783.jpg 1044w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/scott-van-der-kar-632x474.jpg 632w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/scott-van-der-kar-536x402.jpg 536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Scott Van Der Kar shows the scarring caused by avocado thrips after he couldn't spray his usual pesticides. \u003ccite>(Claire Heddles/NPR)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\"Trying to accommodate the cannabis growers is really difficult for us, the growers who have been here who have a food crop,\" Van Der Kar says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But cannabis isn't a new crop to California or Santa Barbara County, it's just newly regulated and newly taxable. Peter Rupert teaches economics at UC Santa Barbara and studies the economics of cannabis. His findings suggest the county's wine is\u003ca href=\"https://www.sbcountywines.com/uploads/2/2/1/6/22166752/2018.pdf\"> valued at about $120 million\u003c/a>, while its cannabis is worth about $180 million, but on a tiny\u003ca href=\"https://efp.ucsb.edu/Cannabis/implan_InitialAssessment.pdf\"> fraction of the land\u003c/a>. He says the county is positioning itself to earn significant tax dollars from cannabis.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Growing here in California is easy,\" Rupert says. \"My guess is once they open interstate commerce in cannabis, you know California will really take over.\" \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But farmers and winemakers like Kathy Joseph say they hope the budding industry won't hurt traditional crops in the meantime.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Copyright 2019 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/news/11767522/californias-largest-legal-weed-farms-face-conflict-in-wine-country","authors":["byline_news_11767522"],"categories":["news_1758","news_24114","news_8"],"tags":["news_19963","news_102","news_19895","news_21169","news_21765"],"affiliates":["news_253"],"featImg":"news_11767523","label":"source_news_11767522"},"news_11732765":{"type":"posts","id":"news_11732765","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"news","id":"11732765","score":null,"sort":[1552521372000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"southern-california-edisons-power-lines-caused-thomas-fire-investigators-say","title":"Southern California Edison's Power Lines Caused Thomas Fire, Investigators Say","publishDate":1552521372,"format":"image","headTitle":"The California Report | KQED News","labelTerm":{"term":72,"site":"news"},"content":"\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/thomas-fire/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Thomas Fire\u003c/a> — one of the largest wildfires in California history — was sparked by Southern California Edison power lines that came into contact during high winds, investigators said Wednesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label=\"California Wildfires\" tag=\"wildfires\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The resulting arc ignited dry brush on Dec. 4, 2017, starting the blaze in Ventura and Santa Barbara counties that resulted in two deaths and blackened more than 440 square miles, according to the investigation headed by the Ventura County Fire Department.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The arc \"deposited hot, burning or molten material onto the ground, in a receptive fuel bed, causing the fire,\" said a statement accompanying the investigative report.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Southern California Edison didn't immediately return a call seeking comment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The fire destroyed more than 1,000 structures before it was contained 40 days after it began near the city of Santa Paula. A firefighter and a civilian were killed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A month after the blaze started, a downpour on the burn scar unleashed a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11642017/why-have-more-people-died-in-the-mudslides-than-in-the-thomas-fire\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">massive debris flow that killed 21 people\u003c/a> and destroyed or damaged hundreds of homes in the seaside community of Montecito. Two people have not been found.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The investigation was conducted by fire officials in both counties along with Cal Fire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Investigators said the Thomas Fire first began as two separate blazes that joined together. They determined the utility was responsible for both ignitions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Edison \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11702621/southern-california-utility-says-its-equipment-helped-spark-huge-thomas-fire\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">acknowledged last fall\u003c/a> that its equipment likely started one of the two fires.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Victims claimed in lawsuits that losses from the blaze and flooding were due to negligence by Edison, which has said it will work with insurance companies to handle the claims. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The utility is protected from going bankrupt over the disasters, thanks to a law signed last year that passes excess liability costs on to utility customers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"The massive 2017 blaze that resulted in two deaths and charred more than 440 square miles was sparked by power lines that came into contact during high winds.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1552521372,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":14,"wordCount":295},"headData":{"title":"Southern California Edison's Power Lines Caused Thomas Fire, Investigators Say | KQED","description":"The massive 2017 blaze that resulted in two deaths and charred more than 440 square miles was sparked by power lines that came into contact during high winds.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"Southern California Edison's Power Lines Caused Thomas Fire, Investigators Say","datePublished":"2019-03-13T23:56:12.000Z","dateModified":"2019-03-13T23:56:12.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png","isAccessibleForFree":"Y","publisher":{"@type":"NewsMediaOrganization","@id":"https://www.kqed.org/#organization","name":"KQED","url":"https://www.kqed.org","logo":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}}},"disqusIdentifier":"11732765 https://ww2.kqed.org/news/?p=11732765","disqusUrl":"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2019/03/13/southern-california-edisons-power-lines-caused-thomas-fire-investigators-say/","disqusTitle":"Southern California Edison's Power Lines Caused Thomas Fire, Investigators Say","nprByline":"Christopher Weber \u003cbr> Associated Press","path":"/news/11732765/southern-california-edisons-power-lines-caused-thomas-fire-investigators-say","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/thomas-fire/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Thomas Fire\u003c/a> — one of the largest wildfires in California history — was sparked by Southern California Edison power lines that came into contact during high winds, investigators said Wednesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"aside","attributes":{"named":{"label":"California Wildfires ","tag":"wildfires"},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The resulting arc ignited dry brush on Dec. 4, 2017, starting the blaze in Ventura and Santa Barbara counties that resulted in two deaths and blackened more than 440 square miles, according to the investigation headed by the Ventura County Fire Department.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The arc \"deposited hot, burning or molten material onto the ground, in a receptive fuel bed, causing the fire,\" said a statement accompanying the investigative report.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Southern California Edison didn't immediately return a call seeking comment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The fire destroyed more than 1,000 structures before it was contained 40 days after it began near the city of Santa Paula. A firefighter and a civilian were killed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A month after the blaze started, a downpour on the burn scar unleashed a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11642017/why-have-more-people-died-in-the-mudslides-than-in-the-thomas-fire\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">massive debris flow that killed 21 people\u003c/a> and destroyed or damaged hundreds of homes in the seaside community of Montecito. Two people have not been found.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The investigation was conducted by fire officials in both counties along with Cal Fire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Investigators said the Thomas Fire first began as two separate blazes that joined together. They determined the utility was responsible for both ignitions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Edison \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11702621/southern-california-utility-says-its-equipment-helped-spark-huge-thomas-fire\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">acknowledged last fall\u003c/a> that its equipment likely started one of the two fires.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Victims claimed in lawsuits that losses from the blaze and flooding were due to negligence by Edison, which has said it will work with insurance companies to handle the claims. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The utility is protected from going bankrupt over the disasters, thanks to a law signed last year that passes excess liability costs on to utility customers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/news/11732765/southern-california-edisons-power-lines-caused-thomas-fire-investigators-say","authors":["byline_news_11732765"],"programs":["news_72"],"categories":["news_19906","news_8","news_356"],"tags":["news_21169","news_18355","news_22228","news_22132","news_22153","news_4463"],"featImg":"news_11732779","label":"news_72"},"news_11691221":{"type":"posts","id":"news_11691221","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"news","id":"11691221","score":null,"sort":[1536427692000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"pipeline-company-found-guilty-in-2015-california-oil-spill","title":"Pipeline Company Found Guilty in 2015 California Oil Spill","publishDate":1536427692,"format":"image","headTitle":"The California Report | KQED News","labelTerm":{},"content":"\u003cp>A pipeline company was convicted of nine criminal charges Friday for causing the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/10532669/crews-struggle-to-clean-up-oil-spill-near-santa-barbara\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">worst California coastal spill in 25 years\u003c/a>, a disaster that blackened popular beaches for miles, killed wildlife and hurt tourism and fishing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A Santa Barbara County jury found Houston-based Plains All American Pipeline guilty of a felony count of failing to properly maintain its pipeline and eight misdemeanor charges, including killing marine mammals and protected sea birds. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California Attorney General Xavier Becerra said in a statement that Plains' actions were not only reckless and irresponsible but also criminal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Today's verdict should send a message: if you endanger our environment and wildlife, we will hold you accountable,\" he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Plains said in a statement that the jury didn't find any knowing misconduct by the company and \"accepts full responsibility for the impact of the accident.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We are committed to doing the right thing,\" the company said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The company said its operation of the pipeline met or exceeded legal and industry standards, and believes the jury erred in its verdict on one count where state law allowed a conviction under a standard of negligence.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We intend to fully evaluate and consider all of our legal options with respect to the trial and resulting jury decision,\" Plains said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The company is set to be sentenced on Dec. 13. Because it's a company, and not a person, Plains only faces fines, though it's unclear how steep the penalties could be.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Plains had faced a total of 15 charges for the rupture of a corroded pipeline that sent at least 123,000 gallons of crude oil gushing onto Refugio State Beach in Santa Barbara County, northwest of Los Angeles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Plains pleaded not guilty to the charges and accused prosecutors of criminalizing an unfortunate accident.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But federal inspectors found that Plains had made several preventable errors, failed to quickly detect the pipeline rupture and responded too slowly as oil flowed toward the ocean.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Plains operators working from a Texas control room more than 1,000 miles away had turned off an alarm that would have signaled a leak and, unaware a spill had occurred, restarted the hemorrhaging line after it had shut down, which only made matters worse, inspectors found.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The spill, two weeks shy of Memorial Day, closed beaches with popular campgrounds for two months and put a crimp in the local tourist economy and fishing industry.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It also crippled the local oil business because the pipeline was used to transport crude to refineries from seven offshore rigs, including three owned by Exxon Mobil, that have been idle since the spill.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11691222\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/RS15273_474029566-qut.jpg\" alt=\"Oil surrounds the feet of local resident Morgan Miller as he patrols the beach for oiled wildlife on May 19, 2015 north of Goleta.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1281\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11691222\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/RS15273_474029566-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/RS15273_474029566-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/RS15273_474029566-qut-800x534.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/RS15273_474029566-qut-1020x681.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/RS15273_474029566-qut-1200x801.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/RS15273_474029566-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/RS15273_474029566-qut-960x641.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/RS15273_474029566-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/RS15273_474029566-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/RS15273_474029566-qut-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Oil surrounds the feet of local resident Morgan Miller as he patrols the beach for oiled wildlife on May 19, 2015 north of Goleta. \u003ccite>(David McNew/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Last year, Denver-based Venoco, declared bankruptcy, in part because it wasn't able to operate its platform. The state is now responsible for plugging and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11416742/oil-platform-off-santa-barbara-coast-to-be-decommissioned\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">decommissioning Veneco's wells\u003c/a> at an estimated cost of $58 million. That doesn't include the eventual cost to remove the enormous structure.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Plains apologized for the spill and paid for the cleanup. The company's 2017 annual report estimated costs from the spill at $335 million, not including lost revenues.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It is seeking approval to repair or rebuild its corroded pipelines.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The company still faces possible fines from the U.S. government and also faces a federal class-action lawsuit by owners of beachfront properties, fishing boat operators, the petroleum industry and oil workers who lost jobs because of the spill.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The pipeline that spilled has been shuttered but Plains has applied to build a new one in the same location.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kristen Monsell, oceans legal director with the Center for Biological Diversity, said in a statement that Plains can't be given \"a second chance to spill again.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It's time to get dirty, dangerous drilling out of our oceans, out of our coastal areas and out of our state,\" she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Associated Press writer Brian Melley contributed to this report.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"A California jury has found a pipeline company guilty of nine criminal charges for causing a 2015 oil spill that was the state's worst coastal spill in 25 years. ","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1536427692,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":25,"wordCount":672},"headData":{"title":"Pipeline Company Found Guilty in 2015 California Oil Spill | KQED","description":"A California jury has found a pipeline company guilty of nine criminal charges for causing a 2015 oil spill that was the state's worst coastal spill in 25 years. ","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"Pipeline Company Found Guilty in 2015 California Oil Spill","datePublished":"2018-09-08T17:28:12.000Z","dateModified":"2018-09-08T17:28:12.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png","isAccessibleForFree":"Y","publisher":{"@type":"NewsMediaOrganization","@id":"https://www.kqed.org/#organization","name":"KQED","url":"https://www.kqed.org","logo":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}}},"disqusIdentifier":"11691221 https://ww2.kqed.org/news/?p=11691221","disqusUrl":"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2018/09/08/pipeline-company-found-guilty-in-2015-california-oil-spill/","disqusTitle":"Pipeline Company Found Guilty in 2015 California Oil Spill","source":"Associated Press","nprByline":"\u003cstrong>Amanda Lee Myers\u003c/strong> and \u003cstrong>Robert Jablon\u003c/strong>\u003c/br>Associated Press","path":"/news/11691221/pipeline-company-found-guilty-in-2015-california-oil-spill","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>A pipeline company was convicted of nine criminal charges Friday for causing the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/10532669/crews-struggle-to-clean-up-oil-spill-near-santa-barbara\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">worst California coastal spill in 25 years\u003c/a>, a disaster that blackened popular beaches for miles, killed wildlife and hurt tourism and fishing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A Santa Barbara County jury found Houston-based Plains All American Pipeline guilty of a felony count of failing to properly maintain its pipeline and eight misdemeanor charges, including killing marine mammals and protected sea birds. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California Attorney General Xavier Becerra said in a statement that Plains' actions were not only reckless and irresponsible but also criminal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Today's verdict should send a message: if you endanger our environment and wildlife, we will hold you accountable,\" he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Plains said in a statement that the jury didn't find any knowing misconduct by the company and \"accepts full responsibility for the impact of the accident.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We are committed to doing the right thing,\" the company said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The company said its operation of the pipeline met or exceeded legal and industry standards, and believes the jury erred in its verdict on one count where state law allowed a conviction under a standard of negligence.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We intend to fully evaluate and consider all of our legal options with respect to the trial and resulting jury decision,\" Plains said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The company is set to be sentenced on Dec. 13. Because it's a company, and not a person, Plains only faces fines, though it's unclear how steep the penalties could be.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Plains had faced a total of 15 charges for the rupture of a corroded pipeline that sent at least 123,000 gallons of crude oil gushing onto Refugio State Beach in Santa Barbara County, northwest of Los Angeles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Plains pleaded not guilty to the charges and accused prosecutors of criminalizing an unfortunate accident.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But federal inspectors found that Plains had made several preventable errors, failed to quickly detect the pipeline rupture and responded too slowly as oil flowed toward the ocean.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Plains operators working from a Texas control room more than 1,000 miles away had turned off an alarm that would have signaled a leak and, unaware a spill had occurred, restarted the hemorrhaging line after it had shut down, which only made matters worse, inspectors found.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The spill, two weeks shy of Memorial Day, closed beaches with popular campgrounds for two months and put a crimp in the local tourist economy and fishing industry.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It also crippled the local oil business because the pipeline was used to transport crude to refineries from seven offshore rigs, including three owned by Exxon Mobil, that have been idle since the spill.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11691222\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/RS15273_474029566-qut.jpg\" alt=\"Oil surrounds the feet of local resident Morgan Miller as he patrols the beach for oiled wildlife on May 19, 2015 north of Goleta.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1281\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11691222\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/RS15273_474029566-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/RS15273_474029566-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/RS15273_474029566-qut-800x534.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/RS15273_474029566-qut-1020x681.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/RS15273_474029566-qut-1200x801.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/RS15273_474029566-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/RS15273_474029566-qut-960x641.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/RS15273_474029566-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/RS15273_474029566-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/RS15273_474029566-qut-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Oil surrounds the feet of local resident Morgan Miller as he patrols the beach for oiled wildlife on May 19, 2015 north of Goleta. \u003ccite>(David McNew/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Last year, Denver-based Venoco, declared bankruptcy, in part because it wasn't able to operate its platform. The state is now responsible for plugging and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11416742/oil-platform-off-santa-barbara-coast-to-be-decommissioned\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">decommissioning Veneco's wells\u003c/a> at an estimated cost of $58 million. That doesn't include the eventual cost to remove the enormous structure.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Plains apologized for the spill and paid for the cleanup. The company's 2017 annual report estimated costs from the spill at $335 million, not including lost revenues.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It is seeking approval to repair or rebuild its corroded pipelines.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The company still faces possible fines from the U.S. government and also faces a federal class-action lawsuit by owners of beachfront properties, fishing boat operators, the petroleum industry and oil workers who lost jobs because of the spill.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The pipeline that spilled has been shuttered but Plains has applied to build a new one in the same location.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kristen Monsell, oceans legal director with the Center for Biological Diversity, said in a statement that Plains can't be given \"a second chance to spill again.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It's time to get dirty, dangerous drilling out of our oceans, out of our coastal areas and out of our state,\" she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Associated Press writer Brian Melley contributed to this report.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/news/11691221/pipeline-company-found-guilty-in-2015-california-oil-spill","authors":["byline_news_11691221"],"programs":["news_72"],"categories":["news_19906","news_6188","news_8"],"tags":["news_17663","news_21169"],"featImg":"news_11691223","label":"source_news_11691221"},"news_11660238":{"type":"posts","id":"news_11660238","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"news","id":"11660238","score":null,"sort":[1523043865000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"bucket-brigade-digs-out-montecitos-mudslide-underinsured-for-free","title":"'Bucket Brigade' Digs Out Montecito's Mudslide Underinsured, for Free","publishDate":1523043865,"format":"audio","headTitle":"The California Report | KQED News","labelTerm":{"term":72,"site":"news"},"content":"\u003cp>When Peri Thompson of San Diego watched a televised helicopter rescue of a family shortly after a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11641884/frustrations-tragedy-mount-for-community-hit-by-mudslide\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">massive debris flow\u003c/a> slammed into the Santa Barbara County community of Montecito, she was shocked to see that the drama unfolding was at a home she owned.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Thompson had rented the house in Montecito to a young family that narrowly escaped death when the 30-square-mile debris flow raced down fire-scarred mountains after an intense rain on January 9.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They woke up from the sound of crashing and when they got out of bed to see what it was, (the house) was waist-deep in mud, debris and boulders,” Thompson says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Using an attic ladder Thompson had recently installed, the couple pulled themselves, their newborn, two other children and two dogs out of the mud and into the attic. From there they climbed onto the roof and into a basket dangled from a hovering U.S. Coast Guard helicopter which then pulled them up and flew them to safety.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“And they took their dogs,” Thompson said of the rescue crew. “Their two large dogs.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Relieved that her tenants made it out safely, Thompson was left with the task of assessing the damage to her home - one of more than 300 houses filled with mud, rocks and debris several feet high. And that’s when she – like many property owners in Montecito – discovered she was underinsured for this type of disaster, which left her unsure of how to move forward.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You just come here and it just seems absolutely futile to do anything,” she says. “It’s mind boggling.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And expensive, says Abe Powell.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Powell is a director for the Montecito Fire Protection District and a founder of the newly formed Santa Barbara Bucket Brigade. The volunteer group has helped more than five dozen homeowners dig out from the mud, for free.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11660262\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30309_Bucket-Brigade-1-qut-1-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Jed Hirsh of Sommerland (L) and Josiah Hamilton (R) of Montecito joined the all-volunteer "Bucket Brigade to help the community dig out and heal from the mudslide tragedy. Here they are pictured clearing mud from Peri Thompson's living room.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11660262\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30309_Bucket-Brigade-1-qut-1-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30309_Bucket-Brigade-1-qut-1-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30309_Bucket-Brigade-1-qut-1-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30309_Bucket-Brigade-1-qut-1.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30309_Bucket-Brigade-1-qut-1-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30309_Bucket-Brigade-1-qut-1-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30309_Bucket-Brigade-1-qut-1-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30309_Bucket-Brigade-1-qut-1-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30309_Bucket-Brigade-1-qut-1-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jed Hirsh of Sommerland (L) and Josiah Hamilton (R) of Montecito joined the all-volunteer \"Bucket Brigade to help the community dig out and heal from the mudslide tragedy. Here they are pictured clearing mud from Peri Thompson's living room. \u003ccite>(Stephanie O'Neill/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Most of the homes we’re digging out are the smaller homes where the working families live,” says Powell. “And so usually with a crew of 40 to 50 we can get that mostly completed in a day.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So far, he says, more than 2,000 volunteers have shown up to shovel. While some volunteers work to clear mud from inside each house, Powell oversees crews working outside to clear debris with help from a mini-excavator and other heavy equipment the group rents with donation dollars.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Job one: dig a path to the front door – much the same way you’d clear a walkway of snow.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">'For most of the volunteers it’s as much for them as it is for the people they’re helping. It really is a cleansing experience for the community.'\u003ccite>John Trimble, Bucket Brigade volunteer\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>“Second thing is we dig the cars out,” Powell says. “And then the next thing is to dig out inside and dig a perimeter around the house so the walls can start to dry out and that’s very important because a house will literally rot from within.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The crews pile dirt in each yard for the homeowner to dispose of. And while dumping it is costly, Powell estimates the group has saved Montecito residents more than a million dollars in cleanup costs so far.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the work happening each weekend in Montecito helps more than just the hard-hit homeowners, says local contractor and volunteer John Trimble of Santa Barbara.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“For most of the volunteers it’s as much for them as it is for the people they’re helping,” says Trimble. “It really is a cleansing experience for the community.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fellow volunteer Jed Hirsch, also a local contractor who lives in nearby Summerland says with each passing week, those who show up to dig seem to be more relaxed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"People are beginning to smile,” Hirsh says. “And that’s the interesting part of it – seeing how people are maturing into this tragedy.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11660263\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30312_Bucket-Brigade-7-qut-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Rubber boots and other mud-caked items sit atop a table in Peri Thompson's kitchen. Hers was one of more than 300 homes damaged by a large mudslide in January that followed the devastating December wildfires in Santa Barbara County.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11660263\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30312_Bucket-Brigade-7-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30312_Bucket-Brigade-7-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30312_Bucket-Brigade-7-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30312_Bucket-Brigade-7-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30312_Bucket-Brigade-7-qut-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30312_Bucket-Brigade-7-qut-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30312_Bucket-Brigade-7-qut-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30312_Bucket-Brigade-7-qut-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30312_Bucket-Brigade-7-qut-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rubber boots and other mud-caked items sit atop a table in Peri Thompson's kitchen. Hers was one of more than 300 homes damaged by a large mudslide in January that followed the devastating December wildfires in Santa Barbara County. \u003ccite>(Stephanie O'Neill/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>For many touched by the tragedy, digging has become a way to connect with others and to begin processing the disaster that took at least 21 lives.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A toddler girl and teenaged boy remain missing and are presumed dead.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You know, there are families out there that are never going to recover from this,” says local realtor and bucket brigade volunteer Josiah Hamilton. “The families that lost lives and the people who perished in this, that’s something that we always just want to keep in our hearts.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With the cleanup far from over, it’s likely to take some time before many homeowners in Montecito learn whether their houses can be saved.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, Peri Thompson says, she considers herself among the lucky ones: Not only did her tenants escape tragedy, but now she and her neighbors are getting the help they need - from total strangers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I don’t know these people at all,” she said wiping tears from her eyes as she took a break from cleanup to watch the volunteers at work.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I mean, they’ve come out here and dug and I don’t know why I’m crying because it’s a really wonderful thing.\"\u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"\"Most of the homes we’re digging out are the smaller homes where the working families live,\" said Santa Barbara Bucket Brigade co-founder Abe Powell.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1523050440,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":27,"wordCount":990},"headData":{"title":"'Bucket Brigade' Digs Out Montecito's Mudslide Underinsured, for Free | KQED","description":""Most of the homes we’re digging out are the smaller homes where the working families live," said Santa Barbara Bucket Brigade co-founder Abe Powell.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"'Bucket Brigade' Digs Out Montecito's Mudslide Underinsured, for Free","datePublished":"2018-04-06T19:44:25.000Z","dateModified":"2018-04-06T21:34:00.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png","isAccessibleForFree":"Y","publisher":{"@type":"NewsMediaOrganization","@id":"https://www.kqed.org/#organization","name":"KQED","url":"https://www.kqed.org","logo":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}}},"disqusIdentifier":"11660238 https://ww2.kqed.org/news/?p=11660238","disqusUrl":"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2018/04/06/bucket-brigade-digs-out-montecitos-mudslide-underinsured-for-free/","disqusTitle":"'Bucket Brigade' Digs Out Montecito's Mudslide Underinsured, for Free","audioUrl":"https://www.kqed.org/.stream/anon/radio/tcr/2018/04/BucketBrigadeONeil.mp3","nprByline":"Stephanie O'Neill","path":"/news/11660238/bucket-brigade-digs-out-montecitos-mudslide-underinsured-for-free","audioDuration":166000,"audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>When Peri Thompson of San Diego watched a televised helicopter rescue of a family shortly after a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11641884/frustrations-tragedy-mount-for-community-hit-by-mudslide\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">massive debris flow\u003c/a> slammed into the Santa Barbara County community of Montecito, she was shocked to see that the drama unfolding was at a home she owned.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Thompson had rented the house in Montecito to a young family that narrowly escaped death when the 30-square-mile debris flow raced down fire-scarred mountains after an intense rain on January 9.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They woke up from the sound of crashing and when they got out of bed to see what it was, (the house) was waist-deep in mud, debris and boulders,” Thompson says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Using an attic ladder Thompson had recently installed, the couple pulled themselves, their newborn, two other children and two dogs out of the mud and into the attic. From there they climbed onto the roof and into a basket dangled from a hovering U.S. Coast Guard helicopter which then pulled them up and flew them to safety.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“And they took their dogs,” Thompson said of the rescue crew. “Their two large dogs.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Relieved that her tenants made it out safely, Thompson was left with the task of assessing the damage to her home - one of more than 300 houses filled with mud, rocks and debris several feet high. And that’s when she – like many property owners in Montecito – discovered she was underinsured for this type of disaster, which left her unsure of how to move forward.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You just come here and it just seems absolutely futile to do anything,” she says. “It’s mind boggling.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And expensive, says Abe Powell.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Powell is a director for the Montecito Fire Protection District and a founder of the newly formed Santa Barbara Bucket Brigade. The volunteer group has helped more than five dozen homeowners dig out from the mud, for free.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11660262\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30309_Bucket-Brigade-1-qut-1-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Jed Hirsh of Sommerland (L) and Josiah Hamilton (R) of Montecito joined the all-volunteer "Bucket Brigade to help the community dig out and heal from the mudslide tragedy. Here they are pictured clearing mud from Peri Thompson's living room.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11660262\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30309_Bucket-Brigade-1-qut-1-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30309_Bucket-Brigade-1-qut-1-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30309_Bucket-Brigade-1-qut-1-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30309_Bucket-Brigade-1-qut-1.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30309_Bucket-Brigade-1-qut-1-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30309_Bucket-Brigade-1-qut-1-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30309_Bucket-Brigade-1-qut-1-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30309_Bucket-Brigade-1-qut-1-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30309_Bucket-Brigade-1-qut-1-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jed Hirsh of Sommerland (L) and Josiah Hamilton (R) of Montecito joined the all-volunteer \"Bucket Brigade to help the community dig out and heal from the mudslide tragedy. Here they are pictured clearing mud from Peri Thompson's living room. \u003ccite>(Stephanie O'Neill/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Most of the homes we’re digging out are the smaller homes where the working families live,” says Powell. “And so usually with a crew of 40 to 50 we can get that mostly completed in a day.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So far, he says, more than 2,000 volunteers have shown up to shovel. While some volunteers work to clear mud from inside each house, Powell oversees crews working outside to clear debris with help from a mini-excavator and other heavy equipment the group rents with donation dollars.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Job one: dig a path to the front door – much the same way you’d clear a walkway of snow.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">'For most of the volunteers it’s as much for them as it is for the people they’re helping. It really is a cleansing experience for the community.'\u003ccite>John Trimble, Bucket Brigade volunteer\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>“Second thing is we dig the cars out,” Powell says. “And then the next thing is to dig out inside and dig a perimeter around the house so the walls can start to dry out and that’s very important because a house will literally rot from within.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The crews pile dirt in each yard for the homeowner to dispose of. And while dumping it is costly, Powell estimates the group has saved Montecito residents more than a million dollars in cleanup costs so far.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the work happening each weekend in Montecito helps more than just the hard-hit homeowners, says local contractor and volunteer John Trimble of Santa Barbara.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“For most of the volunteers it’s as much for them as it is for the people they’re helping,” says Trimble. “It really is a cleansing experience for the community.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fellow volunteer Jed Hirsch, also a local contractor who lives in nearby Summerland says with each passing week, those who show up to dig seem to be more relaxed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"People are beginning to smile,” Hirsh says. “And that’s the interesting part of it – seeing how people are maturing into this tragedy.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11660263\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30312_Bucket-Brigade-7-qut-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Rubber boots and other mud-caked items sit atop a table in Peri Thompson's kitchen. Hers was one of more than 300 homes damaged by a large mudslide in January that followed the devastating December wildfires in Santa Barbara County.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11660263\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30312_Bucket-Brigade-7-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30312_Bucket-Brigade-7-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30312_Bucket-Brigade-7-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30312_Bucket-Brigade-7-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30312_Bucket-Brigade-7-qut-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30312_Bucket-Brigade-7-qut-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30312_Bucket-Brigade-7-qut-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30312_Bucket-Brigade-7-qut-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30312_Bucket-Brigade-7-qut-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rubber boots and other mud-caked items sit atop a table in Peri Thompson's kitchen. Hers was one of more than 300 homes damaged by a large mudslide in January that followed the devastating December wildfires in Santa Barbara County. \u003ccite>(Stephanie O'Neill/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>For many touched by the tragedy, digging has become a way to connect with others and to begin processing the disaster that took at least 21 lives.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A toddler girl and teenaged boy remain missing and are presumed dead.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You know, there are families out there that are never going to recover from this,” says local realtor and bucket brigade volunteer Josiah Hamilton. “The families that lost lives and the people who perished in this, that’s something that we always just want to keep in our hearts.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With the cleanup far from over, it’s likely to take some time before many homeowners in Montecito learn whether their houses can be saved.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, Peri Thompson says, she considers herself among the lucky ones: Not only did her tenants escape tragedy, but now she and her neighbors are getting the help they need - from total strangers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I don’t know these people at all,” she said wiping tears from her eyes as she took a break from cleanup to watch the volunteers at work.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I mean, they’ve come out here and dug and I don’t know why I’m crying because it’s a really wonderful thing.\"\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/news/11660238/bucket-brigade-digs-out-montecitos-mudslide-underinsured-for-free","authors":["byline_news_11660238"],"programs":["news_72"],"categories":["news_19906","news_8"],"tags":["news_22671","news_22355","news_1143","news_21169","news_21221","news_4463"],"featImg":"news_11660255","label":"news_72"},"news_11653073":{"type":"posts","id":"news_11653073","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"news","id":"11653073","score":null,"sort":[1519939005000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"mudslide-fears-prompt-mandatory-evacuations-for-montecito-other-burn-areas","title":"Mudslide Fears Prompt Mandatory Evacuations for Montecito, Other Burn Areas","publishDate":1519939005,"format":"standard","headTitle":"The California Report | KQED News","labelTerm":{},"content":"\u003cp>Authorities have issued a mandatory evacuation order for areas impacted by the recent wildfires and mudslides in Santa Barbara County.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>County emergency officials said residents near the Thomas, Sherpa and Whittier fire burn areas should evacuate by 6:00 p.m. Thursday because of an approaching winter storm that is expected to dump up to 3 inches of rain overnight.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Officials fear the storm could trigger another round of mudslides and debris flows in communities \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/tag/montecito/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">still recovering from the devastating mudslides\u003c/a> in January -- though perhaps not as severe.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/countyofsb/status/969305446845702144\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Compared to the last event where we had very, very, very heavy rain in like a five-, 10-minute period, we're not really expecting the really heavy, quick intense rainfall, but I would say there's definitely a chance there'll be some issues in that Montecito area,\" said Curt Kaplan, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The order includes Goleta, Santa Barbara, Montecito, Summerland and Carpinteria. You can see a \u003ca href=\"https://sbc-gis.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=469ab8e3057a4f56aee5e3f080dc7fb1\">map of debris flow risk areas here\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11653083\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://sbc-gis.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=469ab8e3057a4f56aee5e3f080dc7fb1\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/DebrisFlowRisk-800x470.jpg\" alt=\"A map showing extreme and high debris flow and flooding risk areas ahead of Thursday's approaching storm.\" width=\"800\" height=\"470\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11653083\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/DebrisFlowRisk-800x470.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/DebrisFlowRisk-160x94.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/DebrisFlowRisk-1020x600.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/DebrisFlowRisk.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/DebrisFlowRisk-1180x694.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/DebrisFlowRisk-960x565.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/DebrisFlowRisk-240x141.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/DebrisFlowRisk-375x221.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/DebrisFlowRisk-520x306.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A map showing extreme and high debris flow and flooding risk areas ahead of Thursday's approaching storm. \u003ccite>(EarthStar Geographics)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Crews have been working nonstop to clear debris basins that were overloaded back in January, hoping they will be able to handle the latest deluge, according to Santa Barbara City Fire Department spokeswoman Amber Anderson.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"They're not 100 percent clean,\" Anderson told KPCC. \"We wish they were, but that takes a tremendous amount of time and work, so only time will tell to see how those have held, because as we saw before, this thing can move very quickly and changes are expected and anticipated.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The most intense and steady rain should fall between midnight and 8:00 a.m. Friday, according to the weather service.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Los Angeles County, a flash flood watch will go into effect late Thursday in areas near the Creek and La Tuna fire burn areas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rain could also affect the morning commute.\u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"Santa Barbara County officials said residents near the Thomas, Sherpa and Whittier fire burn areas should evacuate by 6:00 p.m. Thursday because of an approaching winter 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class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Authorities have issued a mandatory evacuation order for areas impacted by the recent wildfires and mudslides in Santa Barbara County.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>County emergency officials said residents near the Thomas, Sherpa and Whittier fire burn areas should evacuate by 6:00 p.m. Thursday because of an approaching winter storm that is expected to dump up to 3 inches of rain overnight.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Officials fear the storm could trigger another round of mudslides and debris flows in communities \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/tag/montecito/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">still recovering from the devastating mudslides\u003c/a> in January -- though perhaps not as severe.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"singleTwitterStatus","attributes":{"named":{"id":"969305446845702144"},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\n\u003cp>\"Compared to the last event where we had very, very, very heavy rain in like a five-, 10-minute period, we're not really expecting the really heavy, quick intense rainfall, but I would say there's definitely a chance there'll be some issues in that Montecito area,\" said Curt Kaplan, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The order includes Goleta, Santa Barbara, Montecito, Summerland and Carpinteria. You can see a \u003ca href=\"https://sbc-gis.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=469ab8e3057a4f56aee5e3f080dc7fb1\">map of debris flow risk areas here\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11653083\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://sbc-gis.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=469ab8e3057a4f56aee5e3f080dc7fb1\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/DebrisFlowRisk-800x470.jpg\" alt=\"A map showing extreme and high debris flow and flooding risk areas ahead of Thursday's approaching storm.\" width=\"800\" height=\"470\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11653083\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/DebrisFlowRisk-800x470.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/DebrisFlowRisk-160x94.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/DebrisFlowRisk-1020x600.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/DebrisFlowRisk.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/DebrisFlowRisk-1180x694.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/DebrisFlowRisk-960x565.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/DebrisFlowRisk-240x141.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/DebrisFlowRisk-375x221.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/DebrisFlowRisk-520x306.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A map showing extreme and high debris flow and flooding risk areas ahead of Thursday's approaching storm. \u003ccite>(EarthStar Geographics)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Crews have been working nonstop to clear debris basins that were overloaded back in January, hoping they will be able to handle the latest deluge, according to Santa Barbara City Fire Department spokeswoman Amber Anderson.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"They're not 100 percent clean,\" Anderson told KPCC. \"We wish they were, but that takes a tremendous amount of time and work, so only time will tell to see how those have held, because as we saw before, this thing can move very quickly and changes are expected and anticipated.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The most intense and steady rain should fall between midnight and 8:00 a.m. Friday, according to the weather service.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Los Angeles County, a flash flood watch will go into effect late Thursday in areas near the Creek and La Tuna fire burn areas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rain could also affect the morning commute.\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/news/11653073/mudslide-fears-prompt-mandatory-evacuations-for-montecito-other-burn-areas","authors":["byline_news_11653073"],"programs":["news_72"],"categories":["news_19906","news_8"],"tags":["news_22355","news_1143","news_21169","news_17286","news_17041","news_22132"],"affiliates":["news_7055"],"featImg":"news_11653078","label":"source_news_11653073"},"news_11644567":{"type":"posts","id":"news_11644567","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"news","id":"11644567","score":null,"sort":[1516995173000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"montecito-residents-return-after-devastating-mudslides","title":"Montecito Residents Return After Devastating Mudslides","publishDate":1516995173,"format":"standard","headTitle":"The California Report | KQED News","labelTerm":{"term":72,"site":"news"},"content":"\u003cp>Taking stock of their lives and remembering those who were lost, residents on Thursday trickled back to the Southern California town that was devastated two weeks ago by mudslides that killed at least 21 people and destroyed more than a hundred homes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Santa Barbara County officials finally lifted evacuation orders this week for about 1,600 people in the hillside enclave of Montecito, while thousands of others still waited for word that it was safe to return.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sheriff's deputies drove vans full of evacuees back to their homes. The owners of those that were heavily damaged or destroyed were allowed to briefly search the rubble for precious belongings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Curtis Skene fought back tears as firefighters uncovered old photographs of his father in the ruins of his home.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"You have to be grateful you're OK,\" Skene said. \"It's just stuff.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Eric and Pamela Arneson found their home still standing. While he dug through their refrigerator, throwing away spoiled food and chuckling at how bad it smelled, she took notes on each item to submit to their insurance company. [contextly_sidebar id=\"JiUYZzE0tBGhQe4MeKO8YnrSBLaIS6FM\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The couple initially remained in their home after the mudslides but later stayed with friends and then in a hotel when their electricity was shut off a few days later.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We can't feel sorry for ourselves. Our lives are OK. Our house is OK,\" Eric Arneson said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The couple bought their home in 1972 and had attended church with John McManigal, who died in the mudslides.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"He was the rock of our church,\" Pamela Arneson said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Authorities warned that the returns would be gradual and many people would have to stay out until at least the end of the month.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/countyofsb/status/956558181945233409\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The town's narrow streets were clogged with bulldozers and utility trucks as crews remove mud and boulders and rebuild drainage pipes and power lines. Utility workers are also busy restoring water and sewage pipes, gas service and electricity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Montecito was hit by debris-laden flash floods on Jan. 9 when downpours from a storm hit mountain slopes burned bare by a huge wildfire. Hundreds of homes were damaged. A 17-year-old boy and 2-year-old girl remain missing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The majority of residents and businesses in and around the town of about 9,000 people have yet to receive an all-clear advisory.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/countyofsb/status/956943589925445634\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Thursday attorneys announced a class-action lawsuit they have filed on behalf of a group of Montecito residents and business owners. They are suing the utility Southern California Edison, saying it had a role in starting the fire that led to the subsequent displacement and devastation. It comes after a similar lawsuit filed last week that names Edison and a Montecito local utility.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Officials have not given a cause of the fire, and Edison says it's premature to speculate on the litigation before the investigation is completed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Village Service Station reopened shortly after the mudslides, providing fuel, food and restrooms for emergency responders.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Owner Keith Slocum said Thursday that \"it looked like a Third World country\" in the days after the disaster, but since then crews have made significant progress clearing roads. He's eager to learn when neighboring businesses will be allowed to reopen.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We really could use something definitive,\" he said. \"I don't know what the benchmarks are for why they open some parts and don't open others.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Associated Press writers Christopher Weber and Andrew Dalton contributed from Los Angeles.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"There is still a lot of work ahead as residents slowly return to the hillside enclave of Montecito.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1517017501,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":22,"wordCount":589},"headData":{"title":"Montecito Residents Return After Devastating Mudslides | KQED","description":"There is still a lot of work ahead as residents slowly return to the hillside enclave of Montecito.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"Montecito Residents Return After Devastating Mudslides","datePublished":"2018-01-26T19:32:53.000Z","dateModified":"2018-01-27T01:45:01.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png","isAccessibleForFree":"Y","publisher":{"@type":"NewsMediaOrganization","@id":"https://www.kqed.org/#organization","name":"KQED","url":"https://www.kqed.org","logo":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}}},"disqusIdentifier":"11644567 https://ww2.kqed.org/news/?p=11644567","disqusUrl":"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2018/01/26/montecito-residents-return-after-devastating-mudslides/","disqusTitle":"Montecito Residents Return After Devastating Mudslides","nprByline":"Krysta Fauria\u003c/br> Associated Press\u003c/br>","path":"/news/11644567/montecito-residents-return-after-devastating-mudslides","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Taking stock of their lives and remembering those who were lost, residents on Thursday trickled back to the Southern California town that was devastated two weeks ago by mudslides that killed at least 21 people and destroyed more than a hundred homes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Santa Barbara County officials finally lifted evacuation orders this week for about 1,600 people in the hillside enclave of Montecito, while thousands of others still waited for word that it was safe to return.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sheriff's deputies drove vans full of evacuees back to their homes. The owners of those that were heavily damaged or destroyed were allowed to briefly search the rubble for precious belongings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Curtis Skene fought back tears as firefighters uncovered old photographs of his father in the ruins of his home.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"You have to be grateful you're OK,\" Skene said. \"It's just stuff.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Eric and Pamela Arneson found their home still standing. While he dug through their refrigerator, throwing away spoiled food and chuckling at how bad it smelled, she took notes on each item to submit to their insurance company. \u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The couple initially remained in their home after the mudslides but later stayed with friends and then in a hotel when their electricity was shut off a few days later.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We can't feel sorry for ourselves. Our lives are OK. Our house is OK,\" Eric Arneson said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The couple bought their home in 1972 and had attended church with John McManigal, who died in the mudslides.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"He was the rock of our church,\" Pamela Arneson said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Authorities warned that the returns would be gradual and many people would have to stay out until at least the end of the month.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"singleTwitterStatus","attributes":{"named":{"id":"956558181945233409"},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\n\u003cp>The town's narrow streets were clogged with bulldozers and utility trucks as crews remove mud and boulders and rebuild drainage pipes and power lines. Utility workers are also busy restoring water and sewage pipes, gas service and electricity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Montecito was hit by debris-laden flash floods on Jan. 9 when downpours from a storm hit mountain slopes burned bare by a huge wildfire. Hundreds of homes were damaged. A 17-year-old boy and 2-year-old girl remain missing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The majority of residents and businesses in and around the town of about 9,000 people have yet to receive an all-clear advisory.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"singleTwitterStatus","attributes":{"named":{"id":"956943589925445634"},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\n\u003cp>On Thursday attorneys announced a class-action lawsuit they have filed on behalf of a group of Montecito residents and business owners. They are suing the utility Southern California Edison, saying it had a role in starting the fire that led to the subsequent displacement and devastation. It comes after a similar lawsuit filed last week that names Edison and a Montecito local utility.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Officials have not given a cause of the fire, and Edison says it's premature to speculate on the litigation before the investigation is completed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Village Service Station reopened shortly after the mudslides, providing fuel, food and restrooms for emergency responders.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Owner Keith Slocum said Thursday that \"it looked like a Third World country\" in the days after the disaster, but since then crews have made significant progress clearing roads. 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What happened at these colleges: the deans were sweeping the floor. Staff, faculty, and administrators were boxing up things. They were doing everything and anything,” said Norma Goldstein, a director at the association who wrote the newsletter about the colleges.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As California officials warn that fires may become more frequent and natural disasters and emergencies such as shootings affect communities nationwide, the review of California colleges’ disaster readiness is a good readiness template, college officials said, for other campuses to follow.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[audio src=\"https://www.kqed.org/.stream/anon/radio/tcr/2018/01/CommunityCollegeFiresGuzmanLopez.mp3\" Image=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28315_GettyImages-886546152-qut.jpg\" Title=\"Community Colleges Were Crucial During California's Wildfires\" program=\"The California Report\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California’s 114 community college campuses form a much larger public higher education system than the California State University system and the University of California. Some community college officials argue that their campuses are better poised to help neighborhoods because their campuses enroll a larger proportion of students from areas near their campuses and therefore have stronger community ties.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Our community college has been here for over 100 years. We’re very much closely tied to this community,” said Santa Barbara City College spokeswoman Luz Reyes-Martin.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She formed part of a roughly 10-member group of campus administrators that sprang into action as the Thomas Fire crawled toward Santa Barbara last month.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We have someone who becomes our operations chief, a logistics chief, everything from HR to communications, to incident command,” she said. “We’ve been in kind of emergency mode for at least the last several weeks.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[contextly_sidebar id=\"vybOk5UrKObQNkVUP7PbEY2vFPbljeWq\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The group often met daily in a campus conference room and decided to close the campus during the fire because of the air quality.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It also opened campus buildings to evacuees and firefighters and \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2018/01/19/college-campus-welcomes-evacuated-montecito-elementary-students/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">found space on campus last week for an elementary school\u003c/a> that could not hold classes at its campus because of mandatory evacuations. Santa Barbara City College's foundation has stepped in too and given cash grants to students and employees affected by the fires.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Reyes-Martin and the Association of Community College Trustees said the most important takeaway from California colleges’ experience during the fires and their aftermath is that it paid off to send employees to emergency preparedness trainings and create plans that spell out clear roles for administrators and staff in times of crisis.\u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"National community college leaders praised California colleges’ response to wildfires across the state as an example of best practices.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1516825903,"stats":{"hasAudio":true,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":15,"wordCount":532},"headData":{"title":"Community Colleges Were Crucial During California's Wildfires | KQED","description":"National community college leaders praised California colleges’ response to wildfires across the state as an example of best practices.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"Community Colleges Were Crucial During California's Wildfires","datePublished":"2018-01-24T20:31:43.000Z","dateModified":"2018-01-24T20:31:43.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png","isAccessibleForFree":"Y","publisher":{"@type":"NewsMediaOrganization","@id":"https://www.kqed.org/#organization","name":"KQED","url":"https://www.kqed.org","logo":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}}},"disqusIdentifier":"11643998 https://ww2.kqed.org/news/?p=11643998","disqusUrl":"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2018/01/24/community-colleges-were-crucial-during-californias-wildfires/","disqusTitle":"Community Colleges Were Crucial During California's Wildfires","source":"KPCC","sourceUrl":"https://www.scpr.org/","nprByline":"\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.scpr.org/about/people/staff/adolfo-guzman-lopez\">Adolfo Guzman-Lopez\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>","path":"/news/11643998/community-colleges-were-crucial-during-californias-wildfires","audioUrl":"https://www.kqed.org/.stream/anon/radio/tcr/2018/01/CommunityCollegeFiresGuzmanLopez.mp3","audioDuration":76000,"audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>National community college leaders are telling campuses nationwide that California community colleges’ response to the recent wildfires is an example of best practices.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think people are beginning to realize that these are natural, go-to institutions in times of crisis,” said Noah Brown, CEO of the Association of Community College Trustees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>His group \u003ca href=\"http://www.trustee-education.org/images/trustee-talk-issues/Colleges%20Fire%20Up%20Resources%20for%20Their%20Communities%20-%20issue%2012%20FINAL.pdf\">published a newsletter this month\u003c/a> that described how administrators, faculty and staff at Napa Valley College, Santa Rosa Junior College, Ventura College and other campuses sprang into action during the fires and worked with the surrounding communities to help in the recovery effort.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“People look at higher ed as the ivory tower. What happened at these colleges: the deans were sweeping the floor. Staff, faculty, and administrators were boxing up things. They were doing everything and anything,” said Norma Goldstein, a director at the association who wrote the newsletter about the colleges.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As California officials warn that fires may become more frequent and natural disasters and emergencies such as shootings affect communities nationwide, the review of California colleges’ disaster readiness is a good readiness template, college officials said, for other campuses to follow.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"audio","attributes":{"named":{"src":"https://www.kqed.org/.stream/anon/radio/tcr/2018/01/CommunityCollegeFiresGuzmanLopez.mp3","image":"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28315_GettyImages-886546152-qut.jpg","title":"Community Colleges Were Crucial During California's Wildfires","program":"The California Report","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California’s 114 community college campuses form a much larger public higher education system than the California State University system and the University of California. Some community college officials argue that their campuses are better poised to help neighborhoods because their campuses enroll a larger proportion of students from areas near their campuses and therefore have stronger community ties.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Our community college has been here for over 100 years. We’re very much closely tied to this community,” said Santa Barbara City College spokeswoman Luz Reyes-Martin.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She formed part of a roughly 10-member group of campus administrators that sprang into action as the Thomas Fire crawled toward Santa Barbara last month.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We have someone who becomes our operations chief, a logistics chief, everything from HR to communications, to incident command,” she said. “We’ve been in kind of emergency mode for at least the last several weeks.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The group often met daily in a campus conference room and decided to close the campus during the fire because of the air quality.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It also opened campus buildings to evacuees and firefighters and \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2018/01/19/college-campus-welcomes-evacuated-montecito-elementary-students/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">found space on campus last week for an elementary school\u003c/a> that could not hold classes at its campus because of mandatory evacuations. 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Antonio's wife was killed. Victor's wife was also killed -- her body was found Saturday -- and his toddler son was injured.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/sbsheriff/status/954894567769329664\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nearly a third of those killed in the Jan. 9 mudslides were from immigrant families working in service jobs in the largely white and retired Pacific coast town of 9,000. Many of these families are from developing countries, seizing the opportunities provided by the area's wealth to make a better life for their children.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Among them was 30-year-old Pinit Sutthithepa from Thailand, who worked at a Toyota dealership in Santa Barbara and sent money to his wife and two children for years before being able to bring them to the United States in 2016. The mudslides killed him, his 6-year-old son and his 79-year-old stepfather. Crews are still searching for Sutthithepa's 2-year-old daughter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/sbsheriff/status/952628624275931137\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>His wife and mother were working at a grocery store when rocks and rushing water obliterated their home, Mike Caldwell, Sutthithepa's boss, wrote on a GoFundMe page seeking help for the family.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Martin Cabrera Munoz, 48, worked long hours as a landscaper so he could send money to his children in his native Guanajuato, Mexico. He was sleeping in the room he kept at his boss's home when an avalanche of mud ripped through the property.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"He wanted to give his kids a better life,\" his youngest sister, Diana Montero, told the Los Angeles Times.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>His funeral was held Wednesday at Our Lady of Guadalupe Church in Santa Barbara, where people are also mourning the deaths in the Benitez family.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Rev. 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As it poured in, collapsing the walls, some of the family members tried to escape through the kitchen door but were swept away.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The body of Victor's son, 10-year-old Jonathan Benitez, was found nearly 2 miles (3 kilometers) away.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"He was quite a popular young man. He took everybody under his wing,\" Lopez said, adding that one girl cried when recalling how Jonathan welcomed her to the first communion class.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The body of Jonathan's mother, 28-year-old Faviola Benitez Calderon, a housekeeper, was located Saturday, another victim of the mudslides.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Antonio and Victor Benitez, and Victor's toddler son, Ian, remain in the hospital with broken bones and bruises. Antonio Benitez underwent surgery for abdominal injuries from being dragged by the landslide. He is recovering but overwhelmed with grief over the loss of his 27-year-old wife, Marilyn Ramos, and his 3-year-old daughter, Kailly, their only child.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Antonio wakes up, cries and cries, and then is given a sedative to go back to sleep, only to wake up again later and cry again,\" said his sister-in-law, Jennifer Ramos.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Marilyn Ramos was living the American Dream that had spurred her to come to the United States at age 20, said her sister, who remained in Marquelia, a small Mexican fishing community south of Acapulco. Ramos met her husband in California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"All she wanted was to be a mother and have a good family life, which she had,\" Jennifer Ramos said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nearly a third of Pamela Viale's upscale neighborhood in nearby Goleta hired Antonio and Victor Benitez. 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They are always willing to go the extra mile, always smiling — very friendly, just amazing people.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We're really very devastated by their loss.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Viale and others organized GoFundMe pages to help the family, who also lost their tools and truck and face mounting medical bills and funeral costs before they can rebuild their lives.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lori Lieberman, a recording artist who lives part time in Montecito, said the outpouring of support has been incredible.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Everyone really loves this family,\" she said.\u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"Nearly a third of those killed in the Jan. 9 mudslides were from immigrant families working in service jobs in the largely affluent Pacific coast town.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1516672125,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":31,"wordCount":955},"headData":{"title":"Mudslides Take Heavy Toll on Immigrants Serving Posh Town | KQED","description":"Nearly a third of those killed in the Jan. 9 mudslides were from immigrant families working in service jobs in the largely affluent Pacific coast town.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"Mudslides Take Heavy Toll on Immigrants Serving Posh Town","datePublished":"2018-01-21T17:37:04.000Z","dateModified":"2018-01-23T01:48:45.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png","isAccessibleForFree":"Y","publisher":{"@type":"NewsMediaOrganization","@id":"https://www.kqed.org/#organization","name":"KQED","url":"https://www.kqed.org","logo":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}}},"disqusIdentifier":"11643405 https://ww2.kqed.org/news/?p=11643405","disqusUrl":"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2018/01/21/mudslides-take-heavy-toll-on-immigrants-serving-posh-town/","disqusTitle":"Mudslides Take Heavy Toll on Immigrants Serving Posh Town","source":"Associated Press","nprByline":"\u003cstrong>Julie Watson\u003c/strong>\u003c/br>Associated Press","path":"/news/11643405/mudslides-take-heavy-toll-on-immigrants-serving-posh-town","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Oprah Winfrey and Rob Lowe give Montecito its star power, but it's people like Antonio and Victor Benitez who keep the wealthy Southern California community running.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Mexican brothers are gardeners and part of the town's working-class immigrant population, which suffered outsized losses from the recent mudslides that killed at least 21, injured dozens and damaged or destroyed hundreds of homes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Antonio and Victor Benitez suffered broken bones and each lost a child. 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