Podcast appearances and mentions of jay lund

Gov. Newsom attends the April snow survey in the Sierra. Also, an investigation into a rise in jail deaths across the state. Finally, a memoir studying hip hop culture “Dancing the Afrofuture: Hula, Hip-Hop and the Dunham Legacy.” April Snow Survey Gov. Gavin Newsom traveled to the April 1 snow survey in El Dorado County held by the Department of Water Resources near Echo Summit. For the second year in a row, California's snowpack is above the historical average - this year the snowpack is 110%, which is considered the peak snowpack for the season and critical for water managers as it marks the transition to spring snowmelt into the state's rivers and reservoirs. Jay Lund is a professor emeritus of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Vice-Director of the UC Davis Center for Watershed Sciences and joins us with more on what this means for California's evolving water needs. Investigating California Jail Deaths CalMatters Reporter Nigel Duara discusses his investigation into jail deaths in the state which found that despite Gov. Gavin Newsom's pledge to address a rise in jail deaths early in his administration, fentanyl overdoses and suicides have death rates at historic highs - even though California jails are holding thousands fewer people. Memoir ‘Dancing the Afrofuture' A UC Davis professor's new memoir, titled Dancing the Afrofuture: Hula, Hip-Hop and the Dunham Legacy, chronicles her journey from being a dancer-activist in the Bay Area, to an academic scholar studying hip-hop culture. Author Dr. Halifu Osumare, Professor Emerita of African American & African Studies at UC Davis joins Insight to talk about how this transition from art to academia came to be, and how dance has been a “survival mechanism” for people of African descent to preserve culture and values.  

Final environmental impact report for the Delta Conveyance Project. Also, Shriners partners with Sacramento-area high schools to empower women in orthopedic surgery. Finally, K-ZAP brings their music box selections released this year. Delta Conveyance (Tunnel) Project Climate change is challenging the way California captures and delivers water to drier parts of the state, like the South Bay and Southern California. For years, farmers, preservationists and environmentalists have fought over the proposed ‘Delta Tunnel' project. Last week, the project cleared a major environmental hurdle which could re-energize plans to drill a single tunnel under the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta and divert water to parts of the Bay Area, Central Coast and Southern California. Jay Lund is a water resource engineering expert with the PPIC and UC Davis and joins us to explain the latest on the ‘Delta Conveyance' proposal and how the new environmental impact report could affect water delivery in the future. Women in Orthopedic Surgery Women make up roughly half of all medical students, but that doesn't trickle down to all specialties. Orthopedics rank at the bottom with just 7% female surgeons. We'll go straight to the source to better understand why that's the case. Dr. Michelle James is an Emeritus Chief of Orthopedic Surgery and a pediatric hand surgeon at Shriners Children's Northern California, and Dr. Claire Manske is an orthopedic surgeon at Shriners Children's Northern California. They join Insight to discuss an event this weekend with The Perry Initiative designed to encourage and empower young women to explore careers in orthopedic surgery and engineering. Participants across Sacramento-area schools will engage in mock surgical exercises, and attendees will hear lectures from local women surgeons and engineers about their experiences and journeys in these fields. New Music Box Set Selections When holiday shopping for the music-lovers in your life, one of the best gifts to get is a CD box set, packed full of unreleased tracks, remastered tunes, memorabilia and more. And 2023 saw no shortage of musical offerings. Dennis Newhall, co-founder and announcer of K-ZAP returns to Insight with a selection of box set collections released this year, from Bob Dylan and The Who, to Joni Mitchell and The Doors.

0:08 — Sean T. Mitchell, Associate Professor of Anthropology and Director of Peace and Conflict Studies at Rutgers University, Newark and author of Constellations of Inequality: Space, Race, and Utopia in Brazil. 0:33 — Jay Lund (@jaylund113), Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at UC Davis. The post Who are the Bolsonaro supporters behind Brazil's January 8th Insurrection; Plus the state of California's flood infrastructure appeared first on KPFA.

Host Dave Schlom visits with former Chico/Redding market TV meteorologist Kris Kuyper about his take on the winter's on again off again weather, then a visit with Jay Lund, co-Director of the UC Davis Center for Watershed Science.

Each year Lake Oroville helps water a quarter of the nation's crops, sustain endangered salmon beneath its massive earthen dam and anchor the tourism economy of a Northern California county that must rebuild seemingly every year after unrelenting wildfires. But the mighty lake — a linchpin in a system of aqueducts and reservoirs in the arid U.S. West that makes California possible — is shrinking with surprising speed amid a severe drought, with state officials predicting it will reach a record low later this summer. While droughts are common in California, this year's is much hotter and drier than others, evaporating water more quickly from the reservoirs and the sparse Sierra Nevada snowpack that feeds them. The state's more than 1,500 reservoirs are 50% lower than they should be this time of year, according to Jay Lund, co-director of the Center for Watershed Sciences at the University of California-Davis. Over Memorial Day weekend, dozens of houseboats sat on cinderblocks at Lake Oroville because there wasn't enough water to hold them. Blackened trees lined the reservoir's steep, parched banks. At nearby Folsom Lake, normally bustling boat docks rested on dry land, their buoys warning phantom boats to slow down. Campers occupied dusty riverbanks farther north at Shasta Lake. Droughts are a part of life in California, where a Mediterranean-style climate means the summers are always dry and the winters are not always wet. The state's reservoirs act as a savings account, storing water in the wet years to help the state survive during the dry ones. Last year was the third driest on record in terms of precipitation. Temperatures hit triple digits in much of California over the Memorial Day weekend, earlier than expected. State officials were surprised earlier this year when about 500,000 acre feet (61,674 hectare meters) of water they were expecting to flow into reservoirs never showed up. One acre-foot is enough water to supply up to two households for one year. “In the previous drought, it took (the reservoirs) three years to get this low as they are in the second year of this drought,” Lund said. Today on AirTalk, we're learning more about drought conditions and wildfire risks ahead of the summer. Questions? Give us a call at 866-893-5722. With files from the Associated Press Guest: Lauren Sommer, correspondent covering climate change for NPR; she tweets @lesommer

Features Dr. Renee McPherson of University of Oklahoma & SCIPP of NOAA and Dr. Jay Lund of UC Davis. Dr. Renee McPherson breaks down the technical definitions of meteorological drought, agricultural drought, hydrological drought and ecological drought, as well as the timelines and impacts of these droughts. Dr. McPherson expands the more newly defined ecological droughts impact on our environment and vegetation. Dr. McPherson notes the regions most prone to drought, nationally and internationally. The El Nino and La Nina weather patterns are connected to drought. The warming effects & decreased predictability of rainfall of global warming contribute to the impact and frequency of droughts. Dr. McPherson closes by reminding listeners that drought is the 2nd largest contributor to natural disaster & economical strife. Dr. Jay Lund explains how drought and public health intersect. Public water systems, although all are unique, are impacted by large droughts and as a result, water conservation ensues. Dr. Lund speaks about harmful algal blooms and the resulting pollution to our drinking and sanitation water. Dust and particulate matter as a result of drought, particularly in rural areas this causes problems for folks with allergies and asthma. Moreover, wildfires decrease air quality and affect our mental and economical health and security. Dr. Lund also explains Valley Fever and its connection to drought. To learn more about the health impacts of drought also read an article written for HLHP by the Center for Disease Control on Drought and Public Health. Click HERE to read. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/healthy-radio/support

This week we are talking with Jay Lund, an athlete who has taken on many impressive adventures and has stepped up to some intense challenges in his life. In this episode we talk about a bunch of different topics; everything from his recent race at the Yeti 100 in Virginia to the joys of east coast trail running to dodging alligators in Florida trail races. We also spend a bit of time talking about underwater cave diving which is an incredibly dangerous sport that Jay explored for quite a few years. The general idea is that you scuba dive into various cave systems. It sounds like the definition of extreme and requires some intense focus and preparation. Jay is really knowledgeable and his stories about cave diving will have you on the edge of your seat! Thanks for coming on the show Jay, I really appreciated hanging and am grateful that you shared your stories with the podcast. Hope you guys enjoy! We'll catch you next week. MORE FROM JAY LUND: Twitter: https://twitter.com/voodoo36?lang=en Desert RATS bio: https://geminiadventures.com/desert-rats-bio-2018-lay-lund/ How Cave Diving Works: https://adventure.howstuffworks.com/outdoor-activities/water-sports/cave-diving.htm Yeti 100: https://www.yetitrailrunners.com/races/2017/9/29/l15tjltymtozh89rqy4ntmapfc6nlb MORE LIKE A BIGFOOT: Subscribe and Review on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/like-a-bigfoot/id1160773293?mt=2 Soundcloud Archives: https://soundcloud.com/chris-ward-126531464 Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/likeabigfoot/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/likeabigfoot/

In 2014, California voters approved a water bond that allocated $2.7 billion to fund the public benefits of new water storage projects. The California Water Commission has been reviewing a list of potential projects and will be announcing how much funding eligible projects will receive. Will California get its first new dam in decades? Will groundwater storage projects receive a boost? And how are the “public benefits” of these projects being evaluated? Tara Lohan, Water Deeply’s managing editor, discusses these questions and more with Jay Lund, a professor of civil and environmental engineering and director of the Center for Watershed Sciences at the University of California, Davis, and Rachel Zwillinger, water policy adviser for Defenders of Wildlife.

In 2014, California voters approved a water bond that allocated $2.7 billion to fund the public benefits of new water storage projects. The California Water Commission has been reviewing a list of potential projects and will be announcing how much funding eligible projects will receive. Will California get its first new dam in decades? Will groundwater storage projects receive a boost? And how are the “public benefits” of these projects being evaluated? Tara Lohan, Water Deeply’s managing editor, discusses these questions and more with Jay Lund, a professor of civil and environmental engineering and director of the Center for Watershed Sciences at the University of California, Davis, and Rachel Zwillinger, water policy adviser for Defenders of Wildlife.

The Capitol Weekly Podcast crew crosses the Yolo Causeway to sit down with UC Davis prof. Jay Lund. One of the most respected voices in California water, Lund discusses the evolution of the Central Valley's water storage and delivery systems, and the state of our water infrastructure, including what to watch as storms and snowmelt continue to threaten the Oroville Dam.

This overview of water management in California -- its history, challenges and opportunities.is given by Jay Lund, professor of civil and environmental engineering at UC Davis. He has led development and application of a large-scale optimization modeling for California's water supply and is co-author of several books and reports on the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta.

Jay Lund, professor of civil and environmental engineering and director of the Center for Watershed Sciences, talks about climate change impacts on water resources and flood risk