Podcasts about San Joaquin

 Every year about this time there's a quick burst of blossom, a promise of renewal and that first pitch of the national pastime. I don't know about you but it's my favorite time of year, a time when winter's cold is shut down and we've got that Spring Fever. This week's show will take time out for a couple sets celebrating and remembering baseball's past through music with the likes of The Treniers, Danny Kaye, and Dr. John with some early rapping from Mel Allen of all people. And that's just the half of it because the fever goes beyond the diamond: we'll share songs of April love with Shirley Jones, Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White with Perez Prado, Nina Simone, Martha Tilton, and a run of classic country with Johnny Horton, Sons of the Pioneers and the Sons of the San Joaquin. From stickball to kite-flying to the first frisbees of the year in the local park. Let's get away from it all. 

When you imagine the tools of a guitar shredder, chances are you see a sharp-angled electric 6-string running into a smokin'-hot, fully saturated British halfstack of sorts—the type of thing that'll blow your hair back. You might not be picturing an acoustic steel-string or a banjo, and that's a mistake, because some of the most face-melting players to walk this earth work unplugged—like Molly Tuttle. The 31-year-old Californian has been performing live for roughly 20 years, following in a deep family tradition of roots-music players. Tuttle studied at Berklee College of Music, and has gone on to collaborate with some of the biggest names in bluegrass and folk, including Béla Fleck, Billy Strings, Buddy Miller, Sierra Hull, and Old Crow Medicine Show. Her 2023 record, City of Gold, won the Grammy for Best Bluegrass Album. The furious flatpicking solo on “San Joaquin,” off of that Grammy-winning record, is the subject of this unplugged episode of Shred With Shifty. Shiflett can shred on electric alright, but how does he hold up running leads on acoustic? It's a whole different ballgame. Thankfully, Tuttle is on hand, equipped with a Pre-War Guitars Co. 6-string, to demystify the techniques and gear that let her tear up the fretboard. Tune in to hear plenty of insider knowledge on how to amplify and EQ acoustics, what instruments can stand in for percussion in bluegrass groups, and how to improvise in bluegrass music. If you're able to help, here are some charities aimed at assisting musicians affected by the fires in L.A:  https://guitarcenterfoundation.org https://www.cciarts.org/relief.html https://www.musiciansfoundation.org https://fireaidla.org https://www.musicares.org https://www.sweetrelief.org Full Video Episodes: http://volume.com/shifty  Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/id1690423642 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4B8BSR0l78qwUKJ5gOGIWb iHeart: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/269-shred-with-shifty-116270551/ Pandora: https://www.pandora.com/podcast/shred-with-shifty/PC:1001071314 Follow Chris Shiflett: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/chrisshiflettmusic Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shifty71 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@chris.shiflett Twitter: https://twitter.com/chrisshiflett71 Website: http://www.chrisshiflettmusic.com Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/5tv5SsSRqR7uLtpKZgcRrg?si=26kWS1v2RYaE4sS7KnHpag Producer: Jason Shadrick Executive Producers: Brady Sadler and Jake Brennan for Double Elvis Engineering support by Matt Tahaney and Matt Beaudion Video Editor: Addison Sauvan Graphic Design: Megan Pralle Special thanks to Jon Romeo, Michelle Yoon, Chris Peterson, Greg Nacron, and the entire Volume.com crew.

A winter storm is forecasted across Northern California. Also, the student-made documentary “Fentanyl High” screens in San Joaquin and Sacramento counties. Finally, the Calaveras County town of Murphys hosts its annual “Irish Day” festival.  Storm Forecast

Last surviving member of The Sons of the San Joaquin, Lon Hannah joins the show. February 3rd 2025 --- Please Like, Comment and Follow 'The Ray Appleton Show' on all platforms: --- 'The Ray Appleton Show’ is available on the KMJNOW app, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube or wherever else you listen to podcasts. --- 'The Ray Appleton Show’ Weekdays 11 AM -2 PM Pacific on News/Talk 580 AM & 105.9 KMJ | Website | Facebook | Podcast | - Everything KMJ KMJNOW App | Podcasts | Facebook | X | Instagram See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week the COWboys are remembering the Sons of the San Joaquin. Along with some fun and lively conversation on the topic, you'll also hear some great music from The Sons of the San Joaquin (Runnin' Out of Roundups, Happy Cowboy, From Whence Came the Cowboy, Great American Cowboy, Timber Trail, and Wyoming on My Mind. There is also some great cowboy poetry this week from ​Waddie Mitchell (Who But the Horse). We'll have the ever popular Dick's Pick (Trilogy for Roy), Cowpoke Poetry, and a whole bunch of goofin' off too!

The dogs are helping to monitor the San Joaquin kit fox, which lives in a part of California where solar farms are growing rapidly. Learn more at https://www.yaleclimateconnections.org/ 

In this episode of the Becker's Healthcare Podcast, Joseph Izzo, MD, Chief Medical Information Officer at San Joaquin General Hospital, shares his journey from computer science to medicine and discusses the pivotal role of AI in reducing administrative burdens, improving clinical workflows, and fostering innovation in healthcare.

In today's podcast we cover four crucial cyber and technology topics, including: 1.        Housing Authority impacted by ransomware 2.        California court dealing with cyber incident3.        German arrests two, takes down cyber crime sites 4.        Disney, FBI investigate, arrest cyber insider I'd love feedback, feel free to send your comments and feedback to  | cyberandtechwithmike@gmail.com

The value of farmland in parts of the San Joaquin Valley, California's agricultural heartland, has fallen this year for a couple of different reasons, and RaboResearch Food & Agribusiness team announced the launch of its Frutonomía podcast, co-hosted by hort and fresh produce analysts David Magaña and Gonzalo Salinas.

Last time we spoke about the Return to the Philippines. Admiral Halsey, in preparation for the Leyte invasion, devised a strategic ploy to lure the Japanese forces by feigning vulnerability. Despite significant air engagements and the heavy damage to two cruisers, Halsey's forces maintained control. Meanwhile, a massive convoy approached Leyte, and the Japanese launched a desperate counterattack. The battle severely depleted Japan's air strength, leading to the birth of the Kamikaze Corps. As Davison's carrier aircraft attacked, Japanese forces struggled due to bad weather and underestimated the Americans. General Terauchi activated Sho-Go 1, targeting Leyte, despite disagreements with General Yamashita. Pre-landing operations saw U.S. Rangers secure islands, while heavy bombardments prepared Leyte for invasion. MacArthur's forces landed amidst fierce resistance, capturing key positions. Though logistics were disorganized, U.S. troops gained ground, marking the beginning of a decisive battle in the Philippines, with the Japanese struggling to counter. This episode is the Battle of Leyte Gulf Welcome to the Pacific War Podcast Week by Week, I am your dutiful host Craig Watson. But, before we start I want to also remind you this podcast is only made possible through the efforts of Kings and Generals over at Youtube. Perhaps you want to learn more about world war two? Kings and Generals have an assortment of episodes on world war two and much more  so go give them a look over on Youtube. So please subscribe to Kings and Generals over at Youtube and to continue helping us produce this content please check out www.patreon.com/kingsandgenerals. If you are still hungry for some more history related content, over on my channel, the Pacific War Channel you can find a few videos all the way from the Opium Wars of the 1800's until the end of the Pacific War in 1945.  As previously mentioned, General MacArthur's forces successfully landed on Leyte, with General Sibert's 10th Corps landing in the Palo-Tacloban sector and General Hodge's 24th Corps at Dulag. In response, Admiral Toyoda activated Operation Sho-Go, ordering Admiral Kurita's 1st Striking Force to move to Brunei Bay and destroy enemy warships and transports in Leyte Gulf. Meanwhile, Admiral Shima's 2nd Striking Force prepared to support counter-landings led by Vice-Admiral Mikawa Gunichi's Southwest Area Fleet. The planning for Admiral Shima's small force was emblematic of the shambolic state of the IJN organization for the battle. His force was originally assigned to Ozawa as part of the Main Body. Then it was detached to go down to Formosa to mop-up Halsey's Third Fleet in the aftermath of the Battle off Formosa. Then it was assigned to the Southwest Area Fleet based in Manila to spearhead an envisioned counter-landing on Leyte. The commander of the Southwest Area Fleet, Admiral Mikawa, determined that the Shima force was not required to accomplish the counter-landing mission. On October 19 Toyoda rejected this and instructed Mikawa to use the Shima force as part of the counter-landing force. In spite of this and after confirming that the counter-landing operation did not require Shima's force, Mikawa sent orders to Shima on the afternoon of the 19th that he was not required to stand by to support the counter-landing. Early in the afternoon on October 21, the Combined Fleet again ordered Shima to take part in the transport mission and ordered his force to Manila. At this point, two forces were assigned to the counter-landing operation with a total of five cruisers and eight destroyers. This was a very questionable use of the Combined Fleet's limited resources.  Kurita's 16th Cruiser Division was detached to reinforce the effort, and Admiral Ozawa's depleted Main Body was tasked with luring the enemy north, allowing Kurita to break through to the landing zone. Vice Adm. Ozawa's Task Force Main Body sortied from the Bungo Channel, at the southern entrance to the Inland Sea, on the afternoon of October 20, immediately after receiving the Combined Fleet battle order. To heighten its effectiveness as a lure, the Ozawa Force sortied with all of the 3d Carrier Division, made up of the regular carrier Zuikaku and the light carriers Zuiho, Chitose, and Chiyoda. The total number of aircraft available to put aboard these ships, however, was only 108. These belonged to the poorly trained air groups of the 1st Carrier Division and represented about half the normal complement. In addition to the half-empty carriers, the force comprised two battleships (Ise, Hyuga), three light cruisers(Oyodo, Tama, Isuzu) and eight destroyers (31st Destroyer Squadron). At around 06:00 on 21 October, Japanese aircraft attempted to bomb the Allied ships in Leyte Bay. An Aichi D3A dive-bomber dove for Shropshire, but broke away after heavy anti-aircraft fire was directed at it. The Aichi, damaged by Bofors fire, turned and flew at low level up the port side of the nearby Australia, before striking the cruiser's foremast with its wingroot. Although the bulk of the aircraft fell overboard, the bridge and forward superstructure were showered with debris and burning fuel. Seven officers (including Captain Dechaineux) and twenty-three sailors were killed by the collision, while another nine officers (including Commodore Collins), fifty-two sailors, and an AIF gunner were wounded. Observers aboard Australia and nearby Allied ships differed in their opinions of the collision; some thought that it was an accident, while the majority considered it to be a deliberate ramming aimed at the bridge. Following the attack, commander Harley C. Wright assumed temporary control of the ship. Since Kurita lacked air cover, Tominaga's forces were regrouping in the Philippines to bolster Japanese air strength for Operation Sho-Go, while Admiral Fukudome's 2nd Air Fleet was assembling in the Manila area. At the same time, with communication lost with General Makino's 16th Division.Because of the typhoon of October 17-18, signal communications were impossible. Roads were washed out and impassable. Bridges were down; and for about a week from the time the storm first hit the island, elements of the 16th Division were scattered and out of contact with one another. While trying to assemble its forces for operations, the Japanese were then hit by enemy bombardment, which further severely disrupted General Makino's radio-telegraphic communications. Additionally, the evacuation of Tacloban by the division rear echelon, which began early on October 20, necessitated the abandonment of permanent wireless installations and resulted in complete severance for 48 hours of all contact between the 16th Division and higher headquarters at Cebu and Manila. During this critical period, 14th Area Army and 35th Army were completely without knowledge of developments on Leyte. General Suzuki initiated the Suzu Plan, preparing the 41st Regiment and two battalions of the 102nd Division to move toward Ormoc. General Terauchi, having decided that the decisive battle would be fought at Leyte, directed General Yamashita to place the provisional Tempei Battalion and the 20th Antitank Battalion under Suzuki's command and ordered Lieutenant-General Yamagata Tsuyuo's 26th Division to prepare for early deployment to Leyte. Additionally, reinforcements from the 1st Division and the 68th Brigade, soon to arrive in the Philippines, were assigned to the 35th Army. The Japanese anticipated that the enemy would not move inland until the beachheads at Tacloban and Dulag were connected, so they aimed to gather reinforcements in the Carigara area before launching a major counteroffensive to crush the invading forces. In the meantime, Makino's 16th Division was tasked with holding off the enemy advance in eastern Leyte long enough to allow reinforcements to assemble. Reacting swiftly to the enemy landings, Makino sent the reserve 1st Battalion, 20th Regiment, and the 7th Independent Tank Company to strengthen the defenses at Palo and Dulag, respectively. General Krueger, however, intended to move quickly through Leyte Valley, aiming to secure key roads and airfields before the Japanese could regroup and mount a solid defense. The 1st Striking Force departed Lingga at 01:00 on October 18 and headed to Brunei Bay on the north coast of Borneo. At Brunei, Kurita's ships refuelled, and Kurita took the opportunity to confer with his officers. The details of Sho-1 reached Kurita's force during the day on October 18. This made for a dramatic conference and reflected the unease many felt about the plan. Many officers at the conference were appalled that the fleet was being risked attacking empty transports and doubted that they would ever get close to Leyte Gulf. Kurita probably had his own doubts about the plan, but after many of those present expressed their doubts, Kurita reminded them of the “glorious opportunity” they had been given. “Would it not be a shame to have the fleet remain intact while the nation perishes?” posed Kurita, and followed with the plea: “What man can say that there is no chance for our fleet to turn the tide of war in a decisive battle?” Whatever their doubts, the crews and ships of the 1st Striking Force departed Brunei at 08:00 on October 22 and headed northeast through the Palawan Passage. Kurita's 3rd Section—consisting of the old battleships Fuso and Yamashiro, heavy cruiser Mogami, and four destroyers—stayed behind. These ships departed at 15:00 and headed to the Balabac Strait and then into the Sulu Sea. If all went according to plan, they would storm Leyte Gulf through the Surigao Strait and meet Kurita's ships inside the gulf on the morning of October 25. To the north, General Mudge's 1st Cavalry Division continued advancing northwest along San Juanico Strait, with the 7th Cavalry liberating Tacloban with minimal resistance. The 5th and 12th Cavalry Regiments faced tougher opposition in the southwestern foothills, where Colonel Royce Drake was killed by enemy machine-gun fire, but they managed to secure Utap and Caibaan despite the swampy terrain. To the south, Colonel Aubrey Newman's 34th Regiment repelled a strong enemy counterattack, resulting in 600 Japanese casualties, before launching an assault on Hill 332. Although only the northern knoll was captured by nightfall, the 1st Battalion, 19th Regiment consolidated its position on Hill 522, while the 2nd and 3rd Battalions advanced towards Palo, with the 2nd successfully entering the town. Further south, Japanese artillery positioned on Catmon Hill targeted the beachhead area while General Bradley's 96th Division advanced. Colonel May's 1st Battalion attacked the Japanese positions at Labiranan Head, the remaining forces of the 383rd Regiment moved west to a point north of Tigbao, and Colonel Dill's 382nd Regiment made slow progress towards Tigbao. At the same time, General Arnold's 7th Division, after repelling two minor tank attacks, began advancing west toward the Burauen airstrips, with the 32nd and 184th Regiments moving side by side. The 184th faced minimal opposition as it captured the Dulag airstrip and continued moving forward about 1000 yards beyond the beachhead, whereas the 32nd had to overcome several bunkers and pillboxes to reach its objective. The next day, both regiments continued their westward advance, with the 184th stopping after 2800 yards due to increased enemy resistance, waiting for the 32nd to close the gap. To the north, May's 1st Battalion secured Labiranan Hill and San Roque, while the rest of the 383rd Regiment advanced to Anibung to surround Catmon Hill, and the 382nd Regiment pushed through Tigbao and Canmangui. In response to these developments, Makino decided to reorganize his southern forces to better defend Catmon Hill and Burauen, with the 20th Regiment largely disengaging and retreating towards Hindang. Simultaneously, the 34th Regiment captured Hill 332, while Lieutenant-Colonel George Chapman's 19th Regiment defended Palo from strong enemy counterattacks. The 3rd Battalion managed to reach the town, allowing the 2nd Battalion to launch an attack towards Hill B, though it was unable to capture its crest. Further north, while the 7th Cavalry secured the hills around Tacloban, Brigadier-General William Chase's 1st Cavalry Brigade continued to face challenges advancing up the western foothills. In the morning, Kurita set sail from Brunei and headed northeast through the Palawan Passage, leaving Vice-Admiral Nishimura Shoji's Force C behind to advance through the Surigao Strait into Leyte Gulf. Taking the direct route along the west coast of Palawan, the 1st Striking Force was detected by submarines Darter and Dace in the early hours of October 23. After reporting the enemy task force to Admirals Halsey and Kinkaid, the submarines executed a coordinated attack at 06:10. The first torpedoes struck Atago just as Kurita was having morning tea with his chief of staff. In total, four torpedoes hit the cruiser, dooming her instantly. Nineteen officers and 341 sailors went down with the ship. Kurita and his staff were thrown into the water and had to swim for their lives. The second salvo from Darter hit cruiser Takao, steaming behind Atago. Two torpedoes hit the cruiser, killing 32 crewmen and wounding another 30. Takao was not only out of the battle, but her heavy damage put her out of the war. After eventually reaching Singapore, she was deemed unrepairable.On Dace, Claggett observed Darter's devastating attack. Claggett identified a Kongo-class battleship for attack and began his approach. Six torpedoes were fired from a range of 1,800 yards toward the target, which was actually heavy cruiser Maya. The cruiser took four hits on her port side and sank in a mere eight minutes, taking with her 16 officers and 320 men. Kurita narrowly escaped the sinking of the Atago, later transferring to the battleship Yamato after sending two destroyers to escort the damaged Takao back to Brunei. The submarines then endured ineffective counterattacks from Japanese destroyers, although Darter ran aground on a reef while pursuing Takao. This successful submarine attack not only diminished Kurita's force by three powerful cruisers but also provided the Americans with the location of the 1st Striking Force. In response, Admiral Oldendorf's fire support group established a battle line across the mouth of Surigao Strait, and Halsey ordered his dispersed carrier groups to prepare for battle, recalling Task Group 38.4 immediately. Additionally, Vice-Admiral Sakonju Naomasa's 16th Cruiser Division, en route to Mindanao with the 41st Regiment for Ormoc, was tracked by submarine Bream near Manila Bay early on October 23. This led to a torpedo attack that critically damaged the heavy cruiser Aoba, forcing her to return to Japan, where she would never be operational again. Despite these challenges, the first reinforcement successfully arrived in Ormoc on the same day after an uneventful voyage. At the same time, the IJA and IJN air forces were rapidly assembling their resources in the Philippines in preparation for a coordinated air offensive set to begin on October 24, a day before the scheduled fleet attack. To the north, Ozawa's substantial but ineffective decoy force was positioned due east of Okinawa, moving south into the Philippine Sea, while Shima's 2nd Striking Force neared the Coron Islands. Back in Leyte, Krueger's offensive was advancing as well. In the north, the 8th Cavalry had moved through the 7th and successfully captured a bridge over the Diit River. On October 22, elements of the 5th Cavalry were sent to Tacloban to act as a guard of honor for General MacArthur. The guard of honor, consisting of 1st Lt. John Gregory and thirty enlisted men of the 5th Cavalry, arrived at Tacloban later on October 23. President Osmeña of the Philippine Commonwealth was also present, having come ashore for the occasion. A simple but impressive ceremony was held in front of the municipal building of Tacloban, though the interior of the edifice was a shambles of broken furniture and scattered papers. A guard of honor of "dirty and tired but efficient-looking soldiers" was drawn up in front of the government building. General MacArthur broadcasted an address announcing the establishment of the Philippine Civil Government with President Osmeña as its head. Lt. Gen. Richard K. Sutherland then read the official proclamation. President Osmeña spoke appreciatively of American support and of the determination of the Filipinos to expel the enemy. "To the Color" was sounded on the bugle, and the national flags of the United States and the Philippines were simultaneously hoisted on the sides of the building. Colonel Kangleon of the guerrilla forces was then decorated with the Distinguished Service Cross. Few Filipinos except representatives of the local government were present for the ceremony. Apparently the inhabitants had not heard of it, or did not know that they were permitted to attend. Information quickly spread, however, that the civil government had assumed control, and as General MacArthur and his party left town the civil population cheered them. The 1st Cavalry Brigade continued its slow advance through challenging terrain before being reassigned to support the overstretched 24th Division in its rear. Newman's 1st Battalion made an unsuccessful attempt to capture Hill Nan, and the 19th Regiment similarly failed to take Hill B. On the night of October 23 Col. Suzuki Tatsunosuke, the commanding officer of the 33rd Regiment, led a raiding detachment, armed with rifles, sabres, grenades, and mines, into Palo from the southwest. Using Filipino civilians in front of them, the men of the detachment tricked the guards at the outpost into believing that they were guerrillas. The Japanese were thus able to capture two machine guns and a 37-mm. gun. They penetrated to the town square and charged, throwing explosives into houses, trucks, and a tank, and broke into an evacuation hospital where they killed some wounded. They then moved toward the bridge and mounted the captured machine guns on it, firing until their ammunition was exhausted and then abandoning the guns. The American guards on the other side of the bridge, however, were able to fire upon the bridge and its approaches so effectively that they killed fifty Japanese, according to a count made the next morning. The raid was completely broken up, and sixty Japanese, including Colonel Suzuki, were killed. The American casualties were fourteen killed and twenty wounded. To the south, the 383rd Regiment secured the Guinarona River, while the 382nd conducted patrols. Even farther south, Arnold deployed the 17th Regiment, reinforced by the 2nd Battalion of the 184th Regiment and the 767th Tank Battalion, to push through his advance elements and continue the assault westward, with the other two regiments trailing 1000 yards behind. This "flying wedge" maneuver proved highly effective, with the infantry securing San Pablo airfield and the tanks advancing to the western edge of Burauen. They disrupted the disorganized enemy forces and killed Colonel Hokota Keijiro, commander of the 20th Regiment. Meanwhile, at sea, Kurita's intact warships advanced into Mindoro Strait by nightfall, while Nishimura's force was crossing the Sulu Sea. To the north, Ozawa's decoy force was deliberately broadcasting messages to draw enemy attention. Shima was also directed to penetrate Surigao Strait to support Nishimura's assault, as Mikawa had determined that the 2nd Striking Force was not needed for the counter-landing mission. On Leyte, the troops continued their engagement on October 24, unaware of the impending major naval battle. In the northern region, to secure San Juanico Strait and prevent Japanese reinforcements from Samar, the 1st Squadron, 7th Cavalry landed successfully at Babatngon; Troop C of the 8th Cavalry did the same at La Paz; and the rest of the 1st Squadron advanced to Guintiguian. By nightfall, these cavalry units had to repel a strong counterattack from the 2nd Battalion, 9th Regiment, which was stationed in Samar. To the south, Newman's 1st Battalion secured Hills Nan and Mike; his 2nd Battalion fought its way to a small hill southeast of Hill C; Chapman's 2nd Battalion continued its unsuccessful assault on Hill B; and his Company K captured San Joaquin south of Palo. Further south, the 382nd Regiment pushed through Hindang, causing the 20th Regiment units to retreat, and also secured Anibung, while the 383rd Regiment began patrolling its area. Meanwhile, the 17th Regiment, supported by the 184th, advanced along the road to Burauen, fought through the town, and began preparing for a push north to Dagami. Additionally, the 32nd Regiment attacked toward the Buri airstrip but was eventually forced to withdraw. At dawn on October 24, the crucial air phase of the Sho-Go plan began, with 200 aircraft of the 1st and 2nd Air Fleets taking off from Clark Field to patrol the waters east of Luzon. At 08:20, Admiral Sherman's carriers were finally spotted, prompting the launch of three waves of Japanese aircraft for an attack. The first attack in the morning was intercepted by seven Hellcats from Essex led by Commander David McCampbell, the air group commander. The quality of the Japanese air crews was very low. McCampbell methodically proceeded to shoot down nine Japanese aircraft, for which he was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor, and his wingman claimed six more. After the record action, he managed to return and land in extremis on Langley because the Essex's deck was too busy to accommodate him although he had run short of fuel. Altogether, aviators from Essex were credited with 24 downed enemy aircraft, and fighters from Lexington 13. Despite the Hellcats' rough handling of the incoming Japanese strike, fleet air defense was never airtight. At 0938hrs, one Judy divebomber used clouds for cover and then made a skillful attack against light carrier Princeton. The aircraft's 551lb bomb hit in the middle of the flight deck some 75ft forward of the aft elevator. It penetrated several decks to the ship's bakery, where it exploded. The resulting blast reached into the hangar deck where it engulfed six fully armed and fully fueled Avengers. These aircraft caught fire and soon exploded with a blast so powerful both ship's elevators were thrown into the air. Water pressure was knocked out, which allowed the flames to spread quickly. All non-essential personnel were ordered off the ship at 1010hrs, followed by all but the fire-fighting personnel ten minutes later. In response, the cruiser Birmingham came to Princeton's aid but sustained severe damage from a major explosion and had to retreat to Ulithi, leading to Princeton being scuttled later in the afternoon. The subsequent two waves of Japanese aircraft were successfully intercepted, resulting in the loss of 67 Japanese planes by the end of the day. Meanwhile, Tominaga launched full-scale attacks on enemy invasion shipping in Leyte Gulf with minimal results. The failure to neutralize Halsey's carriers and Ozawa's undetected diversion mission allowed Admiral Mitscher to conduct a series of strikes against Kurita's force. That morning, American reconnaissance aircraft detected Kurita's 1st Striking Force south of Mindoro, prompting Admiral Bogan to dispatch 45 aircraft under Commander William Ellis to attack the battleships Yamato and Musashi as they neared the Sibuyan Sea. At approximately 10:30, aircraft from the Intrepid and Cabot began their attack. The lead group of Japanese ships included the huge Yamato and Musashi. Of these two, Musashi was nearest, so Commander Ellis selected her as the main target. He split the 12 Helldivers into two six-aircraft divisions to attack both battleships with their 1000lb bombs. The two nearest large ships were the subject of the Avengers' attack. Two were ordered to go after heavy cruiser Myoko and the other six were directed against Musashi. These were divided into two three-plane sections in order to execute an anvil attack. The four Avengers from Cabot were allocated against Yamato in the center of the formation. American pilots all remarked on the ferocity of the antiaircraft fire from the multi-colored 5in. bursts to the streams of tracers from the 25mm guns. The Japanese also used Type 3 incendiary shells from 18.1in. and 16in. main battery guns. Despite the spectacular appearances of this barrage, Japanese anti-aircraft fire was generally ineffective. The giant Type 3 shells proved totally ineffective, and Japanese records indicate that the battleships fired a relatively low number of 6in. and 5in. shells during each attack, indicating that the fire-control systems were taking too long to generate a targeting solution. These and the ubiquitous 25mm guns damaged many aircraft, but of the over 250 aircraft that attacked during the day, only 18 were shot down. Though the numbers confirm the ineffectiveness of IJN anti-aircraft fire, the American aviators displayed great courage pressing home their attacks through what was described as an impenetrable wall of flak. Musashi was hit with one torpedo, leading to flooding and listing, and another torpedo struck the cruiser Myoko, which had to return to Singapore. For most of the day, Musashi was the center of attention. Due to a fault in the design of her side belt, slow flooding entered the adjacent boiler room. The effect of some 3,000 tons of water was a 5.5° list, which was quickly reduced to a single degree by pumps in the affected boiler room and counterflooding on the opposite. Facing Musashi's intact antiaircraft batteries, one Avenger was shot down before it launched its torpedo and a second went down after deploying its weapon. The two Avengers that attacked Myoko were even more successful. At 1029hrs, one torpedo hit the heavy cruiser on her starboard side aft. Her propulsion system was damaged, and her top speed reduced to 15 knots. The cruiser fell astern of the formation. Kurita was forced to send her back to Singapore for repairs without destroyer escort. Since Myoko was the flagship of Sentai 5, at 1100hrs the commander transferred to cruiser Haguro. Myoko limped back to Singapore but was out of the war. Four of Kurita's heavy cruisers were out of the battle before they had a chance to engage an enemy ship. Cabot's small group of torpedo aircraft attacked Yamato, but the battleship dodged all torpedoes directed at her. Concurrently, Nishimura's fleet was located by an enhanced search operation from Admiral Davison's carriers. At 09:18, 16 Hellcats and 12 Avengers from the Enterprise attacked the Yamashiro and Fuso battleships, hitting the latter with two bombs, though the damage was minimal. Operating to the west of Nishimura was Shima's Second Striking Force and also in the area was Shima's detached Destroyer Division 21 with three ships, which was hurrying to rejoin Shima's main force after having completed a transport mission to Manila. Franklin's air group was assigned the northern sector of the Sulu Sea. It spotted the three ships of Shima's Destroyer Division 21 off Panay. Attacking high-speed destroyers was a challenge for any airman, but at 0813hrs Wakaba was hit by a bomb and several near misses. The damage proved fatal—45 minutes later, Wakaba sank with the loss of 30 men. Franklin launched a follow-up strike of 12 Hellcats and 11 bombers that reached the two remaining destroyers just before noon. Only one bomb hit was scored against Hatsushimo, which did little damage. The Japanese commander decided to head back to Manila with the survivors of Wakaba. Inexplicably, he failed to notify Shima of his decision. Destroyer Division 21 was out of the battle.  After this initial strike, Bogan sent a second wave of 42 aircraft, which targeted Musashi between 12:07 and 12:15. Again, Helldivers opened the attack. The 12 bombers scored at least two direct hits and five near misses. One 1,000lb hit forward and passed through Musashi's bow without exploding. The second hit just to the port side of the stack and penetrated two decks before exploding. The resulting damage forced the abandonment of the port-side inboard engine room, which reduced the ship to three shafts. A fire near one of the boiler rooms was quickly extinguished. Adding to the chaos, Musashi's steam siren was damaged, and it continued to sound off and on for the remainder of the action. Once again Intrepid's Avengers deployed to conduct an anvil attack. Of the nine aircraft, eight got their torpedoes in the water and headed toward the huge battleship. As was the case for the entire series of attacks, it is impossible to precisely trace the number of hits suffered by Musashi; American and Japanese records do not even coincide on the overall number of attacks during the day. It is probable that the second wave of Avengers put three torpedoes into Musashi's port side. One hit near the stack on the junction of the outboard port engine room and the port hydraulic machinery space; it caused slow flooding but little else. Another hit forward of the armored citadel and caused massive flooding into several large spaces. The last confirmed hit occurred abaft Turret No. 2. Despite these three additional hits, Musashi remained on an even keel, but was noticeably down by the bow. In exchange, Musashi antiaircraft gunners forced one Avenger to ditch some 15 miles away and shot down two Helldivers. During this attack, Japanese records indicate nine Type 3 shells were fired. American pilots were impressed that they were engaged at 25,000–30,000 yards, but no aircraft were damaged. This damage reduced Musashi's speed to 22 knots, prompting Kurita to slow his formation. Despite taking four torpedoes, Musashi's skilled damage-control teams managed to keep it afloat throughout the day. At 10:50, Sherman launched 58 aircraft from the Essex and Lexington, focusing on Musashi again at 13:30. With her speed reduced and unable to fully maneuver, she was a much easier target. Despite the heavy fire directed against them, the Helldivers performed their mission of preparing the way for the torpedo bombers. At least four 1,000lb bombs hit Musashi. Three hits caused minimal damage as they impacted near the forward 18in. turret and exploded in the unoccupied crew accommodation spaces below. Damage from the final hit that exploded on contact when it hit the starboard side of the stack was not serious, but the explosion devastated many nearby 25mm triple mounts and caused heavy casualties among the gun crews. While the Helldivers added to the topside carnage, damage from the Avengers was much more serious. Three more torpedo hits were confirmed in the third attack, bringing the total to seven. Two struck forward of the armored citadel on either side of the bow. The design flaw of having comparatively little compartmentation in the unarmored forward section of the ship led to massive flooding. In addition, the explosions forced the hull plating outward creating what looked like a huge plow throwing water up as the ship moved forward. Another torpedo struck the starboard side close to the previous starboard side hit. This increased flooding and forced the abandonment of the starboard hydraulic machinery room. A possible fourth hit was reported by some witnesses near the forward 6.1in. triple turret on the starboard side. This assault resulted in at least four bomb hits and three torpedo hits, causing severe flooding. Despite this, Musashi continued to fight, but with its speed reduced to 12 knots, Kurita ordered it to move west with destroyers Shimakaze and Kiyoshimo. Additionally, the cruiser Tone was struck by two bombs during this attack, sustaining only light damage. At 14:26, 12 Helldivers and 8 Hellcats from the Essex launched an assault on the Yamato and Nagato, delivering three bomb hits to the Yamato and two to the Nagato, though the damage was not severe. The fifth air attack of the day was the most intense, with 65 aircraft from the Enterprise and Franklin taking off at 13:15 to strike the heavily damaged Musashi at 15:10. The results against the near-defenseless battleship were devastating. Of the 18 Helldivers that dove on Musashi, 11 claimed hits. On this occasion, the aviators' claims were not inflated. Japanese sources agreed that within minutes, Musashi was pounded by ten 1,000lb bombs. This barrage can be detailed with some degree of certainty. One bomb hit forward of Turret No. 1 and added to the damage there from earlier bombs. Another bomb hit the roof of the same turret and failed to penetrate its thick roof armor. Another hit to the starboard side of the turret and penetrated two decks before exploding against the main armored deck. Two bombs hit together between the forward 6.1in. turret and the superstructure, exploded on contact, and did minimal damage. Another two hit just to port in the same general area, penetrated two decks, and exploded on the main armored deck without penetrating. The eighth bomb hit the port side of the massive superstructure and exploded on contact, causing devastation to nearby 25mm mounts and their crews. Another projectile hit the top of the superstructure and destroyed the main battery fire-control director and its rangefinder. The resulting explosion caused significant personnel casualties on the bridge and operations room totaling 78 killed and wounded. Among the wounded was the ship's captain. The final hit landed abaft the superstructure but caused only minor damage. Musashi was equally helpless against the Avengers. The eight Enterprise Avengers conducted an anvil attack, and all claimed hits. At this point in the action, the accounts of Musashi's surviving crewmembers are not reliable. It is certain that four more torpedoes hit the ship. The first was on the port side in the area of the magazine for Turret No. 1. Another hit on the port side was recorded abeam the superstructure, flooding one boiler room. The third hit to port was placed just aft of the stack. It was in the same area of an earlier hit, and it immediately flooded the outboard engine room. The only confirmed hit on the starboard side occurred in the area of Turret No. 2. On top of the four confirmed hits, some Japanese accounts mention as many as six more. Two of these struck amidships on the port side but did not explode. All attacking aircraft returned safely, confirming the ineffectiveness of Musashi's defenses at this point. At 15:21, Helldivers targeted the Haruna, but only managed five near misses. The increasing intensity of the air attacks throughout the day indicated that Japanese land-based air forces had failed to neutralize Halsey's carriers. Consequently, at 15:30, Kurita ordered his fleet to change course westward, away from the San Bernardino Strait, hoping that this maneuver would reduce the pressure from air attacks and allow Japanese air forces to achieve better results. Meanwhile, Bogan launched his third strike of the day at 15:50, with 31 aircraft under Ellis targeting the Musashi one final time. However, due to fatigue, the attack was ineffective. After this last air strike, Kurita decided to head back towards the San Bernardino Strait and instructed the sinking Musashi to beach itself on Sibuyan Island at 17:15. Before this could be executed, the battleship sank at 19:36, resulting in the loss of 1,023 lives. Thus, the Musashi became the largest ship ever sunk by air attack in what was the largest air-sea battle in history up to that point. Despite losing 18 aircraft, the Americans succeeded in sinking the Musashi, torpedoing the Myoko, and damaging three other battleships to varying extents. Nevertheless, the 1st Striking Force emerged in better condition than anticipated, with the Musashi absorbing much of the torpedo and bomb damage and allowing the other ships to weather the attack. Kurita planned to navigate San Bernardino Strait during the night, proceed down the east coast of Samar, and reach Leyte Gulf around 11:00. Meanwhile, Admiral Mitscher's search planes had located Ozawa's carriers at 16:40. By afternoon, Ozawa had launched most of his aircraft in an attack on Sherman, but the final assault by the once formidable IJN carrier force achieved only limited success, with 28 planes lost before retreating to the Philippines. Remaining undetected, Ozawa then dispatched two battleship carriers and four destroyers under Rear-Admiral Matsuda Chiaki southward, drawing American attention to his position.  In the aftermath of the Battle of the Philippine Sea, the Americans did not know that the IJN had no prospects of replacing its lost aviators. Because the majority of the carriers themselves survived the battle, and the Americans knew other carriers were being added to the force, the IJN's carrier force was still a threat. The intelligence Halsey received on the IJN's carrier force indicated that it was fully capable. In every other major battle of the war, the IJN carrier fleet was the main threat. The Pacific War had become a carrier war and surface forces had been firmly supplanted as the primary striking force. The Americans had no way of knowing that the Japanese had turned this thinking on its head in their planning for Leyte Gulf. Nimitz wanted to destroy the Combined Fleet and thus gain an increased measure of operational freedom for future operations. He was disappointed that this did not occur at Philippine Sea and thus had inserted the instruction to Halsey that the destruction of the Japanese fleet would be his primary objective if the opportunity was presented. Achieving this not only would eliminate the main threat to the invasion, but it would cripple the IJN's ability to interfere with future operations. As the assessment from the aviators was that Kurita's force no longer posed a threat, at 19:50 Halsey ordered his entire force north to crush what he assessed as the primary threat: Ozawa's carrier force. He decided to do so with the entirety of his force. By doing so, he decided to ignore the threat posed by the Kurita force, which was headed toward San Bernardino Strait. He kept his whole force together, because that was how TF 38 fought and because, as he stated after the war, he did not want to divide his force in the face of the enemy. A decisive victory was most likely if the carriers of TF 38 worked with the battleships of TF 34. This was USN doctrine and Halsey fully supported it.  At 20:22, Task Force 38 set course north, with the three carrier groups in the area meeting just before midnight. Earlier, at 20:05, a night reconnaissance aircraft from Independence had reported that Kurita's formidable surface force was heading back toward the San Bernardino Strait. This news raised concerns among several of Halsey's subordinates, including Bogan and Lee, but they were dismissed by the resolute Halsey. As a result, the 3rd Fleet's full strength continued northward toward Ozawa's decoy force, leaving the San Bernardino Strait completely unprotected. This left Kurita's battleships unopposed between themselves and the American landing vessels, except for Kinkaid's vulnerable escort carriers off Samar's coast. Meanwhile, the detection of Nishimura's force on October 24 gave Kinkaid enough time to prepare for a battle at Surigao Strait. Oldendorf set up his battle line under Rear-Admiral George Weyler near Hingatungan Point in the northern part of the strait, providing maximum sea space while still constraining Japanese movement. Eight cruisers in two groups were positioned south of this line, with 24 destroyers stationed to screen the battleships and cruisers and positioned on both flanks to launch torpedo attacks against the approaching Japanese. Additionally, 39 PT boats were deployed in the southern approaches to the strait and into the Mindanao Sea to provide early warning and execute torpedo attacks when possible. The main issue was that the battleships were primarily equipped with high-explosive shells and would only engage once the Japanese forces were about 20,000 yards away. Moreover, Kinkaid had intercepted an order from Halsey to assemble a powerful task force of fast battleships. Misinterpreting the order's unclear wording, Kinkaid mistakenly believed Task Force 34 was coming to defend San Bernardino Strait, allowing his forces to concentrate on Surigao Strait instead. Despite Kurita's delays, Nishimura pressed on to breach the strait, advancing with the heavy cruiser Mogami and three destroyers. Little is known about Nishimura's precise thinking as he approached the strait. He was planning on arriving off Tacloban at 0430hrs on October 25 in accordance with Toyoda's master plan that had Kurita's force arriving off Leyte a short time later. This schedule fell apart after Kurita's advance was thrown off schedule on the afternoon of October 24 when he temporarily turned around in the face of intensive air attack in the Sibuyan Sea. At 2013hrs Nishimura sent a message to Toyoda and Kurita that he planned to arrive off Dulag at 0400hrs the next morning, a half hour later than planned. This was only a minor change; much more important was the receipt at 2200hrs of Kurita's message that he would not be in the gulf until 1100hrs. This meant that Nishimura's force was on its own when it executed its attack into the gulf. However, Nishimura did not change his plan after learning of Kurita's revised intentions. He was determined to force the strait in darkness and in so doing draw forces away from Kurita's main attack. The battle began at 2236hrs when PT-131 gained radar contact on Nishimura's main force. The three boats of the section headed toward the contact to make a torpedo attack. Two of the boats were slightly damaged, but one was able to close within torpedo range. News of the contact did not reach Oldendorf until 0026hrs on October 25. Another section sighted the advance group built around Mogami at 2350hrs and two of the boats fired a torpedo at the cruiser. Neither hit its target. Demonstrating the confusion in any night battle, at about 0100hrs Mogami was hit by a 6in. shell from Fuso. Though a dud, it killed three men. About an hour later, PT134 closed to within 3,000 yards of Fuso and fired three torpedoes. Again, all missed. This running series of encounters continued up until 0213hrs. Of the 39 boats, 30 contacted the Japanese and launched 34 torpedoes. None of Nishimura's ships was hit. While Nishimura's force was successfully fighting its way up the strait in good order, he kept Kurita and Shima informed of his progress. At 0040hrs, the two parts of Nishimura's force reunited. First blood went to the Japanese, since ten PTs were hit, and one (PT-493) sank, with a total of three dead and 20 wounded. Though unable to exact any attrition on the Japanese, the PTs had provided an invaluable service informing Oldendorf of Nishimura's location and strength. Based on an earlier report from one of Mogami's scout aircraft on the location and numbers of USN ships in Leyte Gulf, Nishimura appeared to believe that the battle would occur inside Leyte Gulf and not in Surigao Strait. If he really believed that Oldendorf would not use favorable geography to his advantage, he was sorely mistaken. Having survived the PT boat attacks with no damage, Nishimura now faced a much more deadly threat. This came in the form of five Fletcher-class destroyers under the command of the aggressive Captain Coward. Two other destroyers from Coward's Destroyer Squadron 54 were left on picket duty and did not take part in the torpedo attack. The five destroyers assigned to the attack were arrayed to conduct an anvil attack (with torpedoes coming in from both bows of the enemy target), with McDermut and Monssen from the west and Remey, McGowan, and Melvin from the east. Approaching at 30 knots, Coward's ships would launch torpedoes guided by radar, and refrain from using their 5in. guns so as not to give their positions away. Once the torpedoes were on their way, the destroyers would break off and head north along the coast to clear the area and reduce the possibility of a friendly fire incident. What ensued was one of the most successful attacks of the entire war. Shortly after 03:00, Coward's three eastern destroyers launched 27 torpedoes from a range of 8200 to 9300 yards at the advancing Japanese ships. They scored two critical hits on the Fuso at 03:08, causing flooding and fires. The battleship, unaware of the severity of the damage, veered off course and headed south, ultimately sinking at about 03:45 with 1620 lives lost. The Americans claimed that the torpedoes had split the Fuso in two. Meanwhile, Coward's two western destroyers fired a full salvo of 20 torpedoes at 03:10. In response, Nishimura changed course, exposing his screen to danger. By 03:19, three torpedoes from McDermut struck the Yamagumo, which exploded and sank within two minutes; another torpedo hit the Michishio amidships, causing it to sink 15 minutes later after coming to a halt; and a final torpedo hit the Asagumo, damaging its bow and reducing its speed, forcing it to withdraw from the battle. McDermut's ten torpedoes were the most effective salvo of the war from any American destroyer. Monssen's torpedo attack resulted in a single hit on the battleship Yamashiro, causing some flooding and reducing her firepower by a third. Following Coward's devastating torpedo strike, six more destroyers, divided into two groups of three, approached Nishimura's force from the west along the coast of Leyte. The first group commenced their attack at 03:23, launching 14 torpedoes from a range of 6500 to 6800 yards, but only one torpedo struck the Yamashiro, temporarily slowing her to 5 knots. The second group of destroyers fired 15 torpedoes at 03:29, but none of their torpedoes hit their targets, and the gunfire from both sides proved ineffective. After this failed assault, nine destroyers in three sections of three approached Nishimura's weakened column from both flanks. The first two sections, attacking from either side, fired a half-salvo of five torpedoes from each destroyer, but none hit. Before the final section could launch its attack, a fierce gunnery battle was underway.  The gunnery battle began at 0351hrs when the first American cruiser opened up. Two minutes later, West Virginia commenced fire from 22,800 yards. All ships fired at the largest radar return of the three Japanese ships, which was Yamashiro. The American barrage grew as each battleship gained a fire control solution. The three ships with the most modern fire control systems did most of the work. California joined in at 0355hrs from 20,400 yards followed by Tennessee one minute later. The three battleships with the less capable Mk 3 fire control radar struggled to gain a firing solution. Maryland opened fire at 0359hrs by ranging her Mk 3 radar on the shell splashes from the other battleships. Mississippi took until 0412hrs when she fired a full salvo at Yamashiro from 19,790 yards. Pennsylvania never gained a good solution for her 14in. main battery and failed to fire a single salvo. Unbeknownst to Nishimura, the Americans had executed a "T" maneuver, leaving his ships able to fire only their forward guns while the enemy could unleash full broadsides. Concentrating their fire on the Yamashiro, Oldendorf's cruisers and battleships landed several hits during the 18-minute engagement. By 03:56, the Yamashiro was seen burning amidships, aft, and in the bridge area. Despite this, the battleship fought back fiercely, targeting the cruisers Phoenix, Columbia, Shropshire, and Denver, though no hits were achieved. The Mogami endured severe damage during this engagement, with the cruiser Portland focusing its fire on her and inflicting heavy harm. In the early phase of the battle, she took several 5in. hits from American destroyers. In the first minutes of the withering barrage from Oldendorf's cruisers and battleships, Mogami sustained more damage, including a hit on one of her 8in. turrets. After firing four Type 93 torpedoes at 0401hrs against the gun flashes from enemy ships to the north, she came under fire from heavy cruiser Portland. Two 8in. shells hit Mogami's bridge at 0402hrs, killing her commanding officer, and other shells disabled two engine rooms. The new commanding officer decided to break off the action and head south at slow speed. While headed south, she encountered the Second Diversion Attack Force.  As American gunfire pummeled Yamashiro's superstructure, the last destroyer group approached head-on, closing to within 6200 yards before launching 13 torpedoes. Before the torpedoes could reach their targets, the destroyers came under friendly fire and further assault from Yamashiro's guns, resulting in the Albert W. Grant taking 18 hits before being withdrawn. Observing the friendly fire, Oldendorf ordered a ceasefire at 04:09, allowing Nishimura to begin a retreat south. However, by 04:11, the Yamashiro had been hit by three torpedoes from the final destroyer salvo, causing a severe list and bringing the battleship to a halt. Yamashiro's valiant yet ultimately futile resistance ended at 04:19 when she capsized to port, taking Nishimura and 1625 others with her. I would like to take this time to remind you all that this podcast is only made possible through the efforts of Kings and Generals over at Youtube. Please go subscribe to Kings and Generals over at Youtube and to continue helping us produce this content please check out www.patreon.com/kingsandgenerals. If you are still hungry after that, give my personal channel a look over at The Pacific War Channel at Youtube, it would mean a lot to me. The largest naval battle in human history had only just begun. As many historians argue, given the fateful decision of Halsey to try and knock out the IJN combined fleet, the transports had been left completely open to an attack. Absolute carnage could unfold on an unprecedented scale…perhaps enough to cause America to rethink continuing the war?

Political Breakdown continues their series examining the key California congressional races that could determine which party controls the House of Representatives next year. Today, Marisa and Scott have conversations with the candidates in the 13th congressional district — a Central Valley district including all of Merced County and parts of Madera, Stanislaus, Fresno and San Joaquin counties. The Republican incumbent John Duarte faces a rematch against Democrat and former state Assemblyman Adam Gray. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Spurred by moisture and warm soil temperatures, the fungal disease southern blight is moving north from tomatoes in southern San Joaquin Valley to the Sacramento Valley, and temps are soaring across much of the country this final week of August with rain and severe weather from Texas to the Carolinas.

Southeast citrus growers are invited to attend the 2024 UF/IFAS Cold Hardy Citrus Field Day, on October 30th, and temps are soaring across much of the country this final week of August with rain and severe weather from Texas to the Carolinas.

Spurred by moisture and warm soil temperatures, the fungal disease southern blight is moving north from tomatoes in southern San Joaquin Valley to the Sacramento Valley, and temps are soaring across much of the country this final week of August with rain and severe weather from Texas to the Carolinas.

In this episode Justin Flores joints me to talk about his intense hike into San Joaquin, mental strength, his journey through nursing school, and than we have an amazing conversation about experiencing God. Link for Muller chokes website: https://mullerchokes.com/mvm Code for 10% OFF Muller Choke Tubes: MVM2024 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week on Fresh From The Field Fridays, Ross The Produce Boss co-hosts with Dan The Produce Man for an unmissable episode packed with August's freshest picks. Ross's recent journey from Fresno down to Brawley in California's San Joaquin and Imperial Valleys takes you to the heart of Honeydew and Cantaloupe fields, Table Grape Vineyards, and pomegranate groves. Discover why some of our California fruit is ripening early this year and what that means for the season's end. Plus, Dan and Ross share nostalgic memories of the scents of fresh fruit in the early mornings, explore fascinating avocado varieties, and discuss what's happening in the Midwest. It's all right here in your ear, so Tune in and Turn on!

This week on Fresh From The Field Fridays, Ross The Produce Boss co-hosts with Dan The Produce Man for an unmissable episode packed with August's freshest picks. Ross's recent journey from Fresno down to Brawley in California's San Joaquin and Imperial Valleys takes you to the heart of Honeydew and Cantaloupe fields, Table Grape Vineyards, and pomegranate groves. Discover why some of our California fruit is ripening early this year and what that means for the season's end. Plus, Dan and Ross share nostalgic memories of the scents of fresh fruit in the early mornings, explore fascinating avocado varieties, and discuss what's happening in the Midwest. It's all right here in your ear, so Tune in and Turn on!

Paggunita kina San Joaquin at Santa Ana, mga magulang ng Mahal na Birheng Maria Jeremias 3, 14-17 Jeremias 31, 10. 11-12ab. 13 Pumapatnubay na Diyos ang Pastol na kumukupkop. Mateo 13, 18-23

Dangerous heatwave to impact much of the West, while oppressive heatand humidity also swelter areas from the Southern Plains to theMid-Atlantic......Flash flooding and severe thunderstorms possible over the next few daysacross portions of the Plains, Midwest, and Ohio Valley...Record-breaking and dangerous heat is forecast to make this Fourth of Julyweek a scorcher across much of the West and from the southern Plains tothe Mid-Atlantic. Nearly 150 million residents are currently underheat-related watches, warnings, and advisories throughout 21 states as ofthis afternoon. An upper-level high situated just off the West Coast todayis forecast to strengthen and reorient directly over the western U.S. bythe end of the week. This pattern will support well above averagetemperatures over California today before heat spreads further along theWest Coast by the end of the week. High temperatures are forecast to reachinto the 105-115F range throughout interior California away from theimmediate coastline, as well as into much of the Desert Southwest.Afternoon temperatures will also begin to increase across much of Oregonand Washington by Thursday and Friday, with widespread highs soaring intothe 90s. Dozens of record highs are possible, expressing the rarity ofthis early-July heatwave. The duration of this heat is also concerning asscorching above average temperatures are forecast to linger into nextweek. Heat impacts can compound over time, therefore it is important toremain weather aware and follow the advice of local officials. This levelof heat throughout the Sacramento and San Joaquin valleys of Californiacould pose a risk to anyone if proper heat safety is not followed. Thisincludes staying hydrated, out of direct sunlight, and in buildings withsufficient air-conditioning. It is also very important to check on thesafety of vulnerable friends, family, and neighbors.Oppressive heat and humidity will also be found throughout the southernPlains and lower Mississippi Valley into the Independence Day holidaywhile also expanding eastward to the Mid-Atlantic for the end of the week.High temperatures rising into the upper 90s and low 100s are expected,with heat indices soaring into the 110s across the lower MississippiValley. Warm overnight conditions in the upper 70s and low 80s will offerlittle relief, leading to a dangerous situation for those without accessto adequate cooling. A cold front entering the southern Plains isanticipated to offer cooler and below average temperatures to Oklahoma andmuch of northern/western Texas by Friday.An active and stormy weather pattern over the central U.S. is expected tocreate chances for severe thunderstorms and heavy rainfall, which couldimpact holiday gatherings this week. A developing area of low pressureover the central High Plains forecast to progress into the upper Midwestby Thursday along with a lingering frontal boundary stretching from thelower Great Lakes to the central Plains are anticipated to be the triggersfor some meteorological fireworks. For this evening, the best chances forscattered flash flooding due to thunderstorms capable of producing intenserainfall rates is forecast between eastern Kansas and the Ohio Valleyalong the aforementioned frontal boundary. Instances of severe weather(mainly damaging wind gusts) are also possible, with chances for severestorms also located in parts of the northern/central High Plains closer tothe developing low pressure system. By Independence Day, thunderstormchances span from the southern Plains/Rockies to the middle/upperMississippi Valley and also eastward to the Ohio Valley and Mid-Atlantic.However, the greatest threat for strong to severe thunderstorms will be

Ready for a week of fantastic weather or curious about where you might need an umbrella? Meteorologist Steve Pelletier brings you the latest forecast for the second day of July, covering everything from the sunny skies in the Northeast to potential thunderstorms in South Florida. With highs ranging from the 80s to lower 90s, it's the perfect time to plan your outdoor Fourth of July celebrations. But beware, a few isolated thunderstorms could make an appearance later in the week. Steve provides a seamless guide through various regions, ensuring you're prepared for whatever Mother Nature has in store.Travelers, this episode is especially for you! Steve breaks down the weather conditions in key aviation hubs like Atlanta, Charlotte, and Nashville, giving you peace of mind as you plan your journey. From the scorching heat in Texas to the mild, foggy mornings along the West Coast, every detail is covered. Hear about severe weather possibilities in the Midwest and understand the impact of the stationary front from New Mexico to Missouri. Tune in to get the full scoop on how to navigate your week with our comprehensive weather forecast.alsoDangerously hot conditions will continue across the Southern Plains andLower Mississippi Valley, while simmering heat builds throughoutCalifornia's Central Valley starting Tuesday......Severe thunderstorms and heavy to Excessive Rainfall expected overportions of the Northern Plains and Upper Midwest through Tuesday night...July kicks off with anomalous and potentially dangerous heat impacting thesouth-central U.S. and portions of the West Coast. As of this afternoon,over 60 million residents are under heat-related watches, warnings, andadvisories. Upper-level troughing remains situated over the NorthernRockies/Plains while ridging expands across the southern tier states. Forthe Central U.S., high temperatures are forecast to soar into the upper90s and low 100s across the southern Plains through midweek. When combinedwith elevated humidity levels, heat indices are forecast to rise into the110s across the Lower Mississippi Valley and Gulf Coast. Excessive HeatWarnings and Heat Advisories currently span from Kansas to the Gulf CoastStates. After enjoying a refreshing start to the workweek, the Midwest andEast Coast can expect a gradual return to muggy summer warmth by Wednesdayas surface high pressure reorients itself off the East Coast and ushers insoutherly flow. Extreme heat building throughout the West Coast and morespecifically interior California this week will also be particularlydangerous for those without effective cooling. High temperatures away fromthe immediate coastline are forecast to reach into the 100-110F range,which could break numerous daily records in the San Joaquin and SacramentoValleys on Tuesday and Wednesday. Excessive Heat Warnings, Watches, andHeat Advisories go into effect as early as Tuesday and stretch fromsouthern Oregon to the low desert of southeast California. The duration ofthis heat wave is concerning as the current forecast keeps scorchingconditions in place through at least the end of the week. This level ofheat could pose a danger to the public if proper heat safety is notfollowed. This includes staying hydrated, out of direct sunlight, and inproperly air-conditioned buildings. Additionally, it is very important tocheck on vulnerable friends, family, and neighbors to confirm their safety.Additionally, a storm system exiting the Northern Rockies this morning isanticipated to create some pre-Independence Day fireworks across theNorthern Plains and Midwest through Tuesday as the threat of heavy rainand severe weather slides eastward with time. Severe thunderstorm chancesare centered over Nebraska South Dakota tonight, with neighboring st

The South Yuba River Citizens League discusses summer river safety. Also, what people can do to minimize interactions with urbanized black bears. Finally, a groundbreaking coffee research center opens at UC Davis. River Dangers , Executive Director at the South Yuba River Citizens League (SYRCL), discusses the dangers of the South Yuba River in Nevada County, what makes this year different than most years, and tips for visitors this summer. Tahoe Bears The Lake Tahoe basin is a prime habitat for black bears. They often make their presence known by rummaging through trash cans and breaking into homes and vehicles. Which means that bear encounters with people are pretty common - and in rare cases can be deadly. Last week, a young bear was shot and killed by a homeowner in South Lake Tahoe. Toogee Sielsch is an urbanized black bear expert and discusses what people can do to minimize these negative wildlife experiences. We're also joined by Alexia Ronning and Eric Kleinfelter. Alexia is a Tahoe Bear Specialist and Eric is a Senior Environmental Scientist and Supervisor for CDFW North Central Region, which includes 17 counties - including San Joaquin, Calaveras, El Dorado, Plumas, Butte, Glenn and Yolo counties. New UC Davis Coffee Center A new center at UC Davis is the first academic research and teaching facility in the country dedicated to studying coffee. The Coffee Center opened last month, and offers a variety of research opportunities in roasting, brewing, bean storage and more. Bill Ristenpart, a professor of Chemical Engineering at UC Davis and the Director of the Coffee Center, talks about the science behind coffee, as well as the social and cultural aspects of this popular morning brew.

Dubbed "The Speed Freak Killers", Wesley Shermantine and Loren Herzog committed numerous murders throughout the 80's and 90's in the San Joaquin area. Coni takes you through the case this week.

Dubbed "The Speed Freak Killers", Wesley Shermantine and Loren Herzog committed numerous murders throughout the 80's and 90's in the San Joaquin area. Coni takes you through the case this week.

California's newest state park is named Dos Rios in Stanislaus County. Also, the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments in a pivotal case about homelessness. Finally, an exhibit about the unique history of women and tattoos in Old Sacramento. New State Park ‘Dos Rios' in Stanislaus County California's newest state park Dos Rios will open on June 12 in Stanislaus County.  Located along the Tuolumne and San Joaquin rivers about eight miles west of Modesto in the Central Valley, it's the first state park acquired since 2014. California State Parks Director Armando Quintero joins Insight with more about what the public can expect to see, what is still being developed, the input from tribal communities, as well as how this floodplain restoration project will restore habitat for threatened and endangered wildlife. Supreme Court Hears Landmark Homelessness Case The U.S. Supreme Court is expected to hear arguments Monday on what some are calling the most important case about homelessness in decades: Johnson v. Grants Pass. The case comes from a 2018 lawsuit challenging an ordinance approved by the small city in Southern Oregon that made it illegal for unhoused residents to camp on public property in the city. A ruling is not expected until June, but the case could have wide-ranging implications. Leslie Gielow Jacobs is an Anthony Kennedy Professor at McGeorge School of Law and joins us with a breakdown of Monday's oral arguments.  Marisa Kendall is a Homelessness Reporter for CalMatters and explains the arguments on both sides. Marisa also provides a breakdown of a recent state audit which found that California fails to track its homelessness spending or results. Women Tattoo Exhibit at Sac History Museum An ongoing exhibit at the Sacramento History Museum called Tattooed & Tenacious chronicles the stories of tattooed women throughout California's history. The museum's Executive Director Delta Pick Mello and Experience Manager Alexandra Kowalski talk about the exhibit - which continues until July 28 - as well as how it coincides with Photography Month Sacramento.

Show SummaryOn today's episode, we feature a conversation with Deputy Secretary for Women Veterans of the California Department of Veterans Affairs, Air Force Retiree Virginia Wimmer, in which we discuss the importance of supporting women veterans and the services available in CaliforniaAbout Today's GuestVirginia Wimmer was appointed on August 24, 2021, by Governor Gavin Newsom as Deputy Secretary for Women Veterans Affairs at the California Department of Veterans Affairs. Prior to her appointment, Wimmer was the Deputy Director of Veterans Services and the County Veterans Service Officer at the San Joaquin County Health Care Services Agency since 2014.While serving veterans in San Joaquin, she worked with Superior Court Judge Barbara A. Kronlund, CalVet, and other veterans support groups to establish the county's first Veterans Treatment Court, which debuted in 2015. It identifies veterans in the criminal justice system who are eligible for treatment and court supervision instead of jail or prison.​Wimmer served 26 years in the U.S. Air Force as Security Forces, cross-trained to Health Care Services Manager, and finally retired as a Senior Master Sergeant (E-8) in 2012. She did tours in South Korea and Italy, and deployed to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.​ Wimmer earned a master's degree in Social Work from the University of Southern California. She has been the education and training chair at the California Association of County Veterans Services Officers. She currently resides in Vacaville with her husband, Mike, and two dogs. She has two children.​Links Mentioned In This EpisodeDeputy Secretary Wimmer's Email: Virginia.wimmer@calvet.ca.govCalVet Women Veteran Services DivisionCalVet WebsitePsychArmor Resource of the WeekThis week's PsychArmor resource of the week is the PsychArmor course Communicating With Veterans. This course discusses how to communicate effectively with Veterans using communication tools, such as open-ended questions, affirmations, and reflections. You can see find the course here: https://learn.psycharmor.org/courses/Hiring-and-Retaining-Women-Veterans  This Episode Sponsored By: This episode is sponsored by PsychArmor. PsychArmor is the premier education and learning ecosystems specializing in military culture content PsychArmor offers an. Online e-learning laboratory that is free to individual learners as well as custom training options for organizations. Contact Us and Join Us on Social Media Email PsychArmorPsychArmor on TwitterPsychArmor on FacebookPsychArmor on YouTubePsychArmor on LinkedInPsychArmor on InstagramTheme MusicOur theme music Don't Kill the Messenger was written and performed by Navy Veteran Jerry Maniscalco, in cooperation with Operation Encore, a non profit committed to supporting singer/songwriter and musicians across the military and Veteran communities.Producer and Host Duane France is a retired Army Noncommissioned Officer, combat veteran, and clinical mental health counselor for service members, veterans, and their families.  You can find more about the work that he is doing at www.veteranmentalhealth.com  

Benjamin Reigle, founder and host of the Revenue Cycle podcast "My Good Friends," shares his extensive experience in the healthcare industry, including co-founding Health Rise Consulting Firm and leading initiatives at companies like McKinsey & Company and Accredited Health (now R1). He is also the CEO of Tarpon Health, a community driving automation for healthcare providers. In this episode, Benjamin dives into the topic of healthcare change, emphasizing the importance of understanding industry shifts. Stay tuned to gain insights into the evolving landscape of healthcare. The Change Healthcare breach, as discussed in the podcast episode with Benjamin Reigle, has had a profound impact on the healthcare industry. The breach resulted in challenges with claim submission, cash flow, and data security, affecting not only the operations of Change Healthcare but also having a ripple effect on healthcare providers, payers, and patients. The breach led to issues with claim submission, as some payers who relied solely on Change as their intermediary were unable to process claims. This created a backlog of claims and disrupted the revenue cycle for many healthcare organizations. Some providers resorted to manual processes, such as printing and mailing claims, which added complexity and delays to the billing process. Cash flow was significantly impacted by the breach, especially for smaller healthcare entities like physician groups and community hospitals. With claims not being processed efficiently, these organizations faced financial strain due to delayed payments and uncertainty about when the situation would be resolved. The lack of cash flow threatened the financial stability of these smaller entities, highlighting the importance of having contingency plans and backup systems in place. Data security concerns arose as a result of the breach, with questions about the extent of the data compromised and the potential implications for patient privacy. The breach raised questions about the adequacy of security measures in place and the vulnerability of healthcare systems to cyber threats. The need for enhanced data security protocols and proactive measures to prevent future breaches became a pressing issue for healthcare organizations. Experian Health Client Communication February 23, 2024 Experian Health is aware of Change Healthcare's (Optum's) announcement on February 21 about a cybersecurity incident affecting its systems. Experian's Cyber Incident Response team and Cyber Threat Intelligence teams have been engaged and are closely monitoring the situation. We have not seen evidence of a threat to Experian. Out of an abundance of caution and consistent with Experian's security practices, Experian has temporarily severed connectivity to Change Healthcare. During the period of this severed connectivity, there will be an impact to batch and EDI authorizations, claims and remits, claim status, eligibility, and notice of care transactions that Experian Health sends to Change Healthcare. Experian will resume connectivity to Change when it receives assurances from Change Healthcare that it has adequately contained the threat. Payers work with a variety of clearinghouses to process data. In many cases, multiple payer connections are available although sometimes payer connectivity may be limited or even exclusive to a single clearinghouse. In the majority of cases, transactions from Experian Health route directly to the requestedpayer. When connectivity is limited or certain routes are unavailable, however, it is common to route traffic through another clearinghouse. Below is a list of potentially impacted payers. Our teams are actively evaluating and rerouting transactions when an alternative route is available and will provide an update to this list as soon as possible. BCBS-MA Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Claims 13162 1199 National Benefit Fund 93044 A & I Benefit Plan Administrators 37283 AAG-American Administravie Group 72467 ACS Benefit Services Inc. © Experian Health, Inc. Experian Confidential Information Page 2 of 28 83077 Advantek Benefit Administrators CB159 Advisory Health Administrators 65093 Advocate Physician Partners CB637 Aegis Administrative Services 128CA Aetna Better Health of California 128FL Aetna Better Health of Florida 68024 Aetna Better Health of Illinois 128KS Aetna Better Health of Kansas 128KY Aetna Better Health of Kentucky 128LA Aetna Better Health of Louisiana 128MD Aetna Better Health of Maryland 128MI Aetna Better Health of Michigan 46320 Aetna Better Health of New Jersey 34734 Aetna Better Health of New York 50023 Aetna Better Health of Ohio 23228 Aetna Better Health of Pennsylvania 38692 Aetna Better Health of Texas (Medicaid & CHIP) 128VA Aetna Better Health of Virginia 128WV Aetna Better Health of West Virginia 26337 Aetna Better Health Premier Plan MMAI 45221 Aetna OhioRISE 13334 Affinity Health Plan 46594 AFFINITY MEDICAL GROUP 37280 AGA 20048 Agate Resources Inc. (LIPA) 64158 Agency Services Inc ARA01 AgeRight Advantage AWNY6 Agewell New York 95422 AIDS Healthcare Foundation 12K01 Alabama Medicaid 91136 Alaska Carpenters Trust 44423 Alexian Brothers Community Services of TN 13550 ALICARE AHCA1 Alignment Healthcare 26160 AllCare Advantage 58234 Alliant Health Plans of Georgia 50749 Allianz Global Assistance 37308 Allied Benefit Systems A0701 Alta Bates Medical Group RP016 Alterwood Advantage 13343 Amalgamated Life - PA / Alicare 75137 AmeriBen Solutions Inc. TH095 American Family Insurance 62030 American General © Experian Health, Inc. Experian Confidential Information Page 3 of 28 31135 American Health Advantage of Mississippi 31125 American Health Advantage of Oklahoma 31130 American Health Advantage of Tennessee 31155 American Health Advantage of Texas 1066 American Healthcare Alliance 74048 American National Ins. Co. (ANICO) 44444 American Postal Workers Union Health Plan 48055 American Progressive Life and Health Insurance Company 56195 American Trust Administrators Inc. 54763 AmeriHealth Administrators 77799 AmeriHealth Caritas Delaware 77003 AmeriHealth Caritas Florida 27357 Amerihealth Caritas Louisiana (LACare) 47073 AmeriHealth Caritas Next - A Product of AmeriHealth Caritas VIP Next, Inc. 45408 AmeriHealth Caritas Next A Product of AmeriHealth Caritas Florida, Inc. 83148 AmeriHealth Caritas Next North Carolina 81671 AmeriHealth Caritas North Carolina 84243 AmeriHealth Caritas Ohio 22248 AmeriHealth Caritas Pennsylvania 77062 AmeriHealth Caritas VIP Care 87406 AmeriHealth Caritas VIP Care - Delaware DSNP 77013 AmeriHealth Caritus VIP Care Plus (Michigan) 77002 Amerihealth District of Columbia 77001 AmeriHealth NorthEast 64090 AmFirst Insurance Company (payer only accepts Secondary claims) 24818 Amida Care 79966 Amida Care Medicare 37105 Amita Health Medical Care Group 34192 Antares Management Solutions 29370 Anthem Ohio Medicaid 34196 Apex Benefit Services 83112 Apex Health 11081 Arcadia Healthcare Solutions - IPG 36364 Arcadia Healthcare Solutions - NPA 39185 ARISE 61184 Arkansas Superior Select 6603 ASAGEHA AAMG1 Asian American Medical Group 46156 Aspire Health Plan 36483 Aspirus Medicare Advantage 75068 Assurant Health Self Funded 74240 Assured Benefits Administrators 84320 Astiva Health 87020 Atlantic Coast Life © Experian Health, Inc. Experian Confidential Information Page 4 of 28 AVA01 Avalon Administrative Services 46045 Avera Health Plans 87098 Avesis (Vision) 59274 AvMed Inc. 65101 AXA Assistance_USA 77005 Bakersfield Family Medical Group 12X42 Banner Health SX145 Banner Health AZ 84323 Banner Medicare Advantage Prime HMO 81079 BayCare Select Health Plans 63100 Behavioral Health Systems 99320 Benefit & Risk Management Services 48611 Benefit Management Inc. of KS 37212 Benefit Management Systems Inc 88052 Benefit Plan Administrators 39081 Benefit Plan Administrators Co. (Eau Claire WI) 38238 BeneSys, Inc. 95606 Berkshire Lehigh Partners 62183 Better Health Plans Inc. CB987 Black Hawk 3036 Blue Benefit Administrators of MA 12B54 Blue Cross Blue Shield of Alabama 77078 Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Advantage SB580 Blue Cross Blue Shield of District of Columbia (Carefirst) 12000 Blue Cross Blue Shield of District of Columbia (Carefirst) SB971 Blue Cross Blue Shield of Hawaii (HMSA) SB690 Blue Cross Blue Shield of Maryland (Carefirst) 12011 Blue Cross Blue Shield of Maryland (Carefirst) 12B15 Blue Cross Blue Shield of Missouri (Blue Cross) BCSVT Blue Cross Blue Shield of Vermont BOONG Boon Administrative Services 22286 BritCay 35182 Brodart 51037 Brokerage Concepts 94316 Brown & Toland Medical Group BTHS1 Brown and Toland Health Services 42020 Buckeye Ohio Medicaid 42150 Butler Benefit 23708 C&O Employees Hospital Association CAIPA California IPA 71057 Cannon Cochran Management Services Inc. Metairie LA 95399 CAP Management Systems 12X03 Capital District Physicians Health Plan 95112 Capital Health Plan © Experian Health, Inc. Experian Confidential Information Page 5 of 28 68011 Capitol Administrators 12K89 Care Access Health Plan (CAHP) 77082 Care Improvement Plus 66010 Care N' Care 57116 Care1st Health Plan of Arizona - Medicaid (DOS < 11/30/22) 11345 CareCentrix 14182 CareCore National 14180 CareCore National LLC (Oxford Radiology Claims) 14188 CareCore/WCNY RAD 75191 CareFirst Administrators/NCAS (Charlotte, NC) 75190 CareFirst Administrators/NCAS (Fairfax, VA) 93975 CareOregon Inc. 16307 CarePartners of Connecticut 31500 CareSource Ohio Medicaid 65391 CBHNP - HealthChoices 95167 Cedars-Sinai Medical Network Services 68063 Celtic Insurance 99111 Cencal Health 94312 Center for Elders Independence 13360 CenterLight Healthcare 23626 Central Pennsylvania Teamsters Fund 13193 Central Reserve Life Ins Co-Medicare Supplement 36215 Central States Health & Welfare Funds 84146 CHAMPVA - HAC CHERO Cherokee Nation Comprehensive Care Agency 34154 Chesterfield Resources Inc. 80141 Childhealth Plus by Healthfirst (CHP) 94321 Children First Medical Group 33065 CHOC - Children's Hospital Of Orange County Health Alliance 38308 Christian Brothers Services 59355 Christian Care Ministries 10629 Christus Health Medicare Advantage 52106 Christus Health TX HIX 38219 ClaimChoice Administrators (DOS >1.1.21) 11752 ClaimsBridge HPN 85468 Clear Spring Heath 13285 Clover Health 51579 Coastal Communities Physician Network 42049 Cofinity - Group Resources 22284 Colonial Medical 88091 Commercial Travelers/PHX 14315 Commonwealth Care Alliance 14316 Commonwealth Care Alliance - Medicare Advantage 60995 Community Care Inc. - Family Care (Wisconsin) © Experian Health, Inc. Experian Confidential Information Page 6 of 28 73143 Community Care Managed Health Care Plans of Oklahoma 35193 Community Health Alliance 48145 Community Health Choice 75261 Community Health Electronic Claims/CHEC/webTPA 37322 Companion Life 37363 Compsych 6105 ConnectiCare Inc 75284 Consolidated Associates Railroad 87843 Consolidated Health Plans 45321 Consumers Choice Health SC 99433 Contessa Health 46478 Continuum (formerly Marrick WRx) 55544 Conversion Plan-APWU THCP9 Cook Children STAR Plan 58231 Core Administrative Services 43160 Corizon Inc. 35202 Cornerstone Benefit Adminstrators CB268 Cornerstone Preferred Resources CMSP1 County Services Medical Program 58102 Covenant Administrators, Inc. 64068 Creative Medical Systems CC304 Curaechoice 38261 Dell Children's Health Plan (DCHP) 63740 DentaQuest Vision 84133 Denver Health and Hospital Authority DESRT Desert Medical Group 44006 Desert Oasis Healthcare 27133 Dignity Health MSO 12001 District of Columbia Medicaid 6102 Diversified Administration Corporation 74284 Driscoll Children's Health Plan 35186 Dunn and Associates Benefits Administrators Inc. TH084 Early Intervention Central 66122 Eastland Medical Group 31074 EBMC 31625 ElderPlan Inc. 4326 Element Care Inc. EMP01 Empire Physician's Medical Group 42149 Employee Benefit Systems 35112 Employee Plans LLC 20818 Essence Healthcare RP037 Eternal Health 35605 Everence I & P 32052 Everpointe © Experian Health, Inc. Experian Confidential Information Page 7 of 28 62160 eviCore 59313 Evolutions Healthcare Systems (New Port Richey FL) 22344 Exceedent LLC 12B38 Excellus - BCBS Utica Watertown 12B40 Excellus - Blue Cross Blue Shield Rochester Area 71412 ExclusiCare 22254 Fallon Community Health Plan 88055 First Agency FCC01 First Carolina Care 91131 First Choice Health Administrators 57103 First Choice Next (SC) 32456 First Choice VIP Care (SC - DSNP) 77009 First Choice VIP Care Plus by Select Health of South Carolina 59322 Florida Health Care Plan 48116 Florida Hospital Waterman 48117 FMH Benefit Services Inc. 64069 Fox-Everett Inc. 99660 Fresno PACE 34171 FrontPath Health Coalition 25169 Gateway Health Plan Medicaid PA 75273 Geisinger Health Plan 31140 Georgia Health Advantage 7205 Gilsbar Inc. 7689 Global Care Inc. GEM01 Global Excel Management GHOKC Global Health GMICC Global Medical Management 47083 GMS Inc. 76923 Good Shephard Hospice Inc. 45235 Government Employees Health Association (Multiplan) GRV01 Gravie Inc. 36338 Group Administrators Ltd. CB951 Group Benefit Services Inc. 39167 Group Health Cooperative of South Central Wisconsin 64246 Guardian Life Insurance Company of America 47738 Hamaspik Choice 59143 Harrington Health Non-EPO 62061 Harrington Health-Kansas (formerly known as Fiserv Health-Kansas) 4245 Harvard Community Health Plan 4271 Harvard Pilgrim 12K62 Hawaii Medicaid 62180 Health Change Pathway 62179 Health Choice Arizona 46221 Health Choice Insurance Co © Experian Health, Inc. Experian Confidential Information Page 8 of 28 62111 Health Cost Solutions 34158 Health Design Plus (Hudson OH) RP039 Health First Health Plans TH049 Health Management Administrators (HMA) 4286 Health New England SX030 Health Options Inc (FL - BCBS HMO) 80142 Health Partners of Philadelphia 20270 Health Payment Systems Inc. 83253 Health Plan of Michigan 68035 Health Plan of San Joaquin 44273 Health Plans Inc. 37290 Health Services for Children with Special Needs HCH01 Healthcare Highways 56731 Healthcare Resources NW 73147 Healthcare Solutions Group 71064 HealthChoice Oklahoma 85729 Healthcomp Inc. 56144 Healthgram Inc. 55204 Healthnow Division 94267 Healthpartners 59140 HealthPlan Services 75237 Healthsmart Accel 37272 HealthSmart Benefit Solutions 87815 HealthSmart Benefit Solutions fka Wells Fargo TPA.Inc. 75250 HealthSmart Preferred Care Inc. 60058 Hennepin Health 30862 Heritage Victor Valley Medical Group 95393 High Desert Medical Group 95461 Highmark Senior Solutions (WV) 46 Hill Physicians Medical Group HPIPA Hispanic Physicians IPA (Encounters Only) 12T11 HMA - Health Management Admin 86066 HMA Hawaii 75318 HMC HealthWorks aka Health Management Co 84555 HMO Louisiana Inc 91164 HMSO-Highline Medical Service Organization HLSTA Holista (Novant Health Direct to Employer) 88023 Hometown Health Plan Nevada 37224 HSBS Memphis 37256 HSBS Oklahoma City 31172 HSBS World Trade Center Health Program 37137 HSHS Medical Group IPA 61103 Humana Ohio Medicaid 94154 Humboldt-Del Norte Foundation for Medical Care © Experian Health, Inc. Experian Confidential Information Page 9 of 28 54750 Huron PACE 37279 IAA 19028 IBM Business Transformation Outsourcing Insurance Services Corporate 26054 iCare Health Solutions 97661 IEC Group - AmeriBen 41600 I'Mcare 40585 INDECS Corporation TA720 Independence Administrators MHM01 Independence Medical Group 12X01 Independent Health SX073 Independent Health INDPM Independent Physicians at Mercy 12X75 Indian Health Services SX171 Indian Health Services 35600 Indiana Childrens Special Health Care Services 35107 Indiana Teamsters Health Benefits Fund (Indianapolis IN) 95444 Indiana University Health Plan 26212 Indiana University Health Plan (Commercial) 30360 Individual Assurance Company 31053 Individual Health Insurance Companies 43471 Inetico Inc. 52196 Informed LLC 38343 Ingham Health Plan Corporation 31182 InnovAge TH012 Insurance Services of Lubbock 39182 InsuranceTPA.com 86304 Insurers Administrative Corp. 51020 Integra Administrative Group (Seaford DE) 31127 Integra Group 20050 Integrated Medical Solutions LLC 23287 Intergroup Services Corporation 93116 Interlink 11329 International Benefit Administrator RP075 Iowa Health Advantage 47262 IU Health Transplant Evaluation Program JLSFE JLS Family Enterprises 38310 JOHN MORRELL COMPANY CO. - AHPBA 68036 John Muir Mt. Diablo Health System 66003 Johns Hopkins Health Advantage 52189 Johns Hopkins Healthcare (EHP/PP) 52123 Johns Hopkins Healthcare (USFHP) 43178 Joplin Claims / Benefit Management Inc 34136 JP Farley Corporation 91617 Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Colorado © Experian Health, Inc. Experian Confidential Information Page 10 of 28 94123 Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Hawaii 94135 Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Northern CA Region 52095 Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of the Mid-Atlantic States Inc. 21313 Kaiser Permanente of Georgia 94320 Kaiser Self Funded 40137 Kalos Heath KCIPA Kane County BCBS 71066 Kansas Superior Select 95279 Keenan Associates (CA) 73100 Kempton Company 77039 Kern Health Systems 37217 Key Benefit Administrators (Indianapolis IN) 37321 Key Select 37323 Key Solution 23284 Keystone First 42344 Keystone First Community HealthChoices 77741 Keystone First VIP Choice 34145 Klais & Company KPS01 KPS-Kitsap Physician Services 72107 LA Blue Advantage Louisiana LACAR LA Care Health Plan 37116 Lake County Physicians Association 66125 Lakeside Medical Group LNDMK Landmark Healthcare Inc 52193 LBA Health Plans 37316 Leon Medical Center Health Plan LIB01 Liberty Advantage Health Plan (HMO SNP) 87071 Liberty Health Advantage 37281 Liberty Union 25181 LIFE Pittsburgh 41136 Life Trac 71498 LifeCircles PACE 76870 LifePath Hospice Inc LWA01 Lifeworks Advantage CB752 Lockard & Williams 37267 Loma Linda University Adventist Health Sciences Center Employee Health Plan 33036 Loma Linda University Healthcare SKLA2 Louisiana Medicaid - Ambulance claims 37175 Loyola Physician Partners 88056 Lucent Health Solutions 82694 Lucentis Copay Program 35183 Luminare Health (CoreSource OH) 35187 Luminare Health Internal (CoreSource-Internal) © Experian Health, Inc. Experian Confidential Information Page 11 of 28 75136 Luminare Health Little Rock (CoreSource Little Rock) 36334 MacNeal Health Providers- CHS 56139 Maestro Health Plan MCC01 Magellan Complete Care of Arizona MCC02 Magellan Complete Care of Virginia 1260 Magellan Health Services 11303 Magnacare 45341 Maine Community Health Options 35162 Managed Care Services LLC 52461 March Vision Care Inc. 53275 MARTINS POINT HEALTH CARE 83269 Mary Washington Health Plan 37121 Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation 86220 Mass Advantage 12T52 Masters Mates and Pilots Program TH111 Masters Mates and Pilots Program 88090 Mayo Clinic FL/GA 83028 MBA Benefit Administrators Inc (Salt Lake UT) 25160 MCA ADMINISTRATORS 88058 MED PAY 74323 MedBen (Newark OH) 56821 Medcost Benefit Services Bundled Billing 78857 Medica HealthCare Plan of Florida MAHC1 MEDICAL ASSOCIATES HEALTH PLAN L0170 Medical Card System ( MCS ) 62177 Medical Reimbursements of America L0210 Medicare y Mucho Mas ( MMM ) 95655 MediGold 35205 MedPartners Administrative Services RP062 Medstar Family Choice, Inc (DC) RP063 Medstar Family Choice, Inc (MD) 37050 Mental Health Consultants Inc. 86087 Merchants Benefit Administration 86052 Mercy Care Plan (AHCCCS) 33628 Mercy Maricopa Integrated Care 41124 Meritain Health Minneapolis 13265 MetroPlus Health Plan 23550 MFC & HealthPlus Peoria 47080 Midlands Choice Inc. 76079 Midwest Health Partners SKMS0 Mississippi Medicaid 12K17 Mississippi Medicaid SKMS1 Mississippi Medicaid 12K18 Mississippi Medicaid © Experian Health, Inc. Experian Confidential Information Page 12 of 28 64084 Mississippi Physicians Care Network 37233 Mississippi Public Entity Employee Benefit Trust MMS01 Missouri Medicare Select 13350 Moda Health 12X09 Molina Healthcare 38333 Molina Healthcare of California 51062 Molina Healthcare of Florida 61799 Molina Healthcare of Idaho 20934 Molina Healthcare of Illinois 38334 Molina Healthcare of Michigan 77010 Molina Healthcare of Mississippi MLNNV Molina Healthcare of Nevada 9824 Molina Healthcare of New Mexico - Salud 20149 Molina Healthcare of Ohio 46299 Molina Healthcare of South Carolina SX109 Molina Healthcare of Utah (aka American Family Care) 38336 Molina Healthcare of Washington ABRI1 Molina Healthcare of Wisconsin 73160 Molina Ohio Medicaid 7316V Molina Ohio Medicaid Vision 12M77 Montana Medicare 13174 Montefiore Contract Management Organization TLINS Monumental Life Insurance Company (AR) TRCLF Monumental Life Insurance Company (IA) TRP1E Monumental Life Insurance Company (IA, MD, PA) TRLTC Monumental Life Insurance Company (TX) SB941 Mountain State Blue Cross Blue Shield of West Virginia 20572 MSA Care Guard 80019 MSC (Medical Service Company) Group, Inc. RP036 Multicare Connected Care (MCC) 34080 Multiplan Wisconsin Preferred Provider Network 81883 Municipal Health Benefit Fund 27004 My Choice Wisconsin 65085 NAA (North America Administrators L.P.) (Nashville TN) 53011 NALC/Affordable 58182 NAPHCARE INC. ASHC1 National General 52104 National Telecommunications Cooperative Association (NTCA - Staff) 52103 National Telecommunications Cooperative Association (NTCA) SKNE0 Nebraska Medicaid 12K19 Nebraska Medicaid 12M19 Nebraska Medicare 96107 Neighborhood Health Partnership (NHP) 5047 Neighborhood Health Plan Rhode Island © Experian Health, Inc. Experian Confidential Information Page 13 of 28 96240 Neighborhood Health Plan Rhode Island - Exchange, Unity, Integrity 66055 Netcare Life and Health Insurance (Hagatna Guam) 77076 Network Health Insurance Corp-Medicare 39144 Network Health Plan of Wisconsin Inc. 95998 NEW AVENUES INC. NCH11 New Century Health - IEHP Oncology NCH09 New Century Health - Vista Cardiology 75281 New Era Life Insurance Company 12K90 New Hampshire Medicaid 12K22 New Mexico Medicaid 7707C New York Hotel Fund 81085 Next Level Health Partners 38225 NGS American Inc 88050 NHBCAUX NHC01 NHC Advantage 81264 Nippon Life Insurance Company of America 36347 Northern Illinois Health Plan 88027 Northern Nevada Trust Fund OSCAR Novanet 71080 Novasys Health Network PHMD1 NP Providence Health Plan Commercial PHMD2 NP Providence Health Plan Medicare PHMD3 NP Providence Health Plan OHP PHMD4 NP Yamhill County CCO 37299 Nyhart 14142 NYS DOH UCP 36400 Oak West Physician Association 69879 OCRW Orange County Health Services Dept - Ryan White Program 34189 Ohio Health Choice PPO 74431 Ohio PPO Connect 71065 Oklahoma DRS DOC 65074 Olympus Managed Health Care 22321 One Call Medical 56190 OptiCare Managed Vision 96277 Optimed Health Plans 13382 Orthonet - Uniformed Services Family Health Plan OSFC9 OSF Healthcare Central OSFE9 OSF Healthcare East I & P 72436 PACE Central Iowa 86711 PACE Southeast Michigan 20416 PacificSource Community Solutions 93029 PacificSource Health Plans 20377 PacificSource Medicare 94115 Palo Alto Medical Foundation © Experian Health, Inc. Experian Confidential Information Page 14 of 28 4218 Pan American Life Insurance Group 52613 PARTNERS BEHAVIORAL HEALTH MANAGEMENT PARTH Partners In Health 66008 Passport Advantage 61325 Passport Health Plan by Molina Healthcare 20510 Patient Physician Cooperatives 27048 Payer Fusion 20172 Pennsylvania Pace 72126 Peoples Health Network 72099 PHCS Claims (formerly American LIFECARE) PA513 Physician Associates of the Greater San Gabriel Valley 36345 Physicians Care Network (Rockford IL only) MHM03 Physicians Health Network 83276 Physicians Health Plan of Michigan Medicare PMGSC Physicians Medical Group of Santa Cruz County 47027 Physicians Mutual Insurance Company 91171 Physicians of Southwest Washington 55768 PIEDMONT COMMUNITY HEALTH PLAN 24735 Pinnacle Claims Management Inc. 84109 Pinnacol Assurance IP057 Pomona Valley Medical Group 95411 Positive Healthcare Florida (FL MCO PHC/PHP) 36373 Prairie States Enterprises Inc. 73145 Preferred Community Choice/PCCSelect/CompMed 14966 Preferred Health Partners CB404 Preferred Health Plan of the Carolinas 41147 PreferredOne (MN) 65054 Premier Eye Care 88051 Premier HealthCare Exchange, Inc. (PHX) 5003 Presbyterian (NM) 46311 Presence ERC 61604 Prime West Health Plan 37268 Prism Network Inc. 93082 Prominence Health Plan of Nevada 83352 Prominence Healthfirst SX133 Providence of Oregon Health Plan 77240 Providence PACE CA SX187 Providence PPO 48100 ProviDRs Care Network PH001 Pruitt Health Premier PSKW0 PSKW Physician Reimbursement Program 89461 Quality Care Partners CX077 Quality Plan Administrator, Inc 73067 QuikTrip © Experian Health, Inc. Experian Confidential Information Page 15 of 28 57117 QVI Risk Solutions Inc. 44219 Reading Hospital Employer Group 95449 Regal Medical Group SB611 Regence Blue Shield Idaho 12B88 Regence Blue Shield Idaho 38221 Regency Employee Benefits 79846 Reliance Community Care Partners 36396 Resurrection Healthcare Preferred 74205 Right Care from Scott & White RIOS1 RIOS SOUTHWEST MEDICAL GROUP RCMG1 RIVER CITY MEDICAL GROUP 45281 Riverside Health Inc. RMC01 Riverside Medical Clinic 5178 Riverspring Health Plans (ElderServe) AMM03 Ryan White Network 88029 SAINT MARY'S HEALTH PLAN CP001 Samaritan Health Plans 96400 San Diego PACE 91184 Sanford Health Plan RP035 Sanford Health Plan Medicare Advantage 24077 SANTA CLARA FAMILY HEALTH PLAN SNTMC Sante Community Physicians Medical Group Corp 77038 Sante Health System and Affiliates 72261 SCAN Health Plan 73172 Scan Health Plan Arizona TH002 Scott & White Health Plan 12T05 Scott & White Health Plan 10010 Sedgwick Managed Care Ohio (formerly Careworks) 15243 Sedwick Managed Care Ohio (formerly CompManagement) 93031 Select Benefit Administrators Inc. 37282 Select Benefit Administrators of America 23285 Select Health of South Carolina 61225 SelectCare of Texas (Kelsey-Seybold) 36404 Self Insured Plans (Naples FL) 34131 Self-Funded Plans Inc. 52214 Selman Tricare Supp SWHMA Senior Whole Health Massachusetts 23249 Sentinel Management Services SMG01 Seoul Medical Group 25404 Seven Corners 30891 Sierra Medical Group 23250 Significa Benefits Services Inc. SIM02 Simpra Advantage Inc. (DOS > 12/31/2022) SKSD0 South Dakota Medicaid © Experian Health, Inc. Experian Confidential Information Page 16 of 28 SMSD0 South Dakota Medicare 23253 Spectrum Administrators Inc. - TPA Allentown PA (IHS Gateway Payer) 73099 Standard Life and Accident (Secondary claims only) 46407 Stanford Healthcare Advantage 61425 Starmark TRP1P Stonebridge Life Insurance Company (TX) 95202 SummaCare Health Plan 37301 Summit America Insurance Services Inc. 77306 Sutter Connect - Solano Regional Medical Foundation (SRMF) 94269 Sutter East Bay Medical Foundation 77302 Sutter Gould Medical Foundation 77304 Sutter Medical Group of the Redwoods 56621 Sutter Senior Care TALMG Talbert Medical Group 88067 Tall Tree Administrators 43619 Teamsters Medicare Trust for Retired Employees 20212 Tethys Health Ventures TXCSM TEXAS CHILDRENS HEALTH 76048 Texas Children's Health Plan 75228 Texas Childrens Health Plan (Medicaid) 31403 Texas Independence Health Plan 68423 The Care Network/The Savannah Business Group 75600 The City of Odessa 95677 The Health Plan 23223 The Loomis Company - TPA Wyomissing PA (IHS Gateway Payer) 59227 The MEGA Life & Health Insurance Company-OKC J1746 Thomas McGee THIPA Torrance Hospital IPA 37284 TransChoice-Key Benefit Administrators 31118 Tribute Health Plan SX176 Tricare for Life 12X43 Tricare for Life SX163 Tricare for Overseas 12X46 Tricare for Overseas 12C01 Tricare West 31144 TRIHEALTH PHYSICIAN SOLUTIONS 56089 Trillium Health Resources TRNPC Trinity Health Pace TRIN1 Trinity HealthShare 42137 TRISTAR Benefit Administrators L0230 TRUSTED HEALTH PLAN 91078 Trusteed Plans Service Corporation 94603 UC-Davis Health 74223 UICI Administrators © Experian Health, Inc. 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Adding biochar as a soil amendment creates an ideal habitat for beneficial microorganisms. Sitos Group CEO and Co-founder Mayo Ryan and PR, Marketing, and Communications Manager Jessica Bronner explain how biochar amendments improve disease resistance, plant health, pest resistance, water retention, and drought mitigation. The team explains three different ways to make biochar and why they have chosen to use the slow pyrolysis method to ultimately produce biochar for different soil types. Resources: REGISTER: February 16, 2024 Biochar in the Vineyard 56: Conservation Burning and Biochar 106: What? Bury Charcoal in the Vineyard? 167: Use Biochar to Combat Climate Change Burn: Igniting a New Carbon Drawdown Economy to End the Climate Crisis Carbon Removal FAQ Monterey Pacific Inc. 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Learn more at www.vineyardteam.org.   Transcript Craig Macmillan  0:00  Our guest today are Mayo Ryan. He is CEO and co founder of the Sitos Group and also his colleague, Jessica Bronner, who is the PR marketing communications manager for the Sitos roup as well. Thank you both for being here.   Mayo Ryan  0:12  You're welcome, Craig. Hey, happy to be here.   Jessica Bronner  0:14  It's a pleasure.   Craig Macmillan  0:16  So what is the Sitos Group? What do you folks do? How did it start? I know the answers to these questions, but like why are we here? Today we're going to talk about biochar. But where are you focusing? What do you do?   Mayo Ryan  0:29  Well, you know, when we when we figure it out, I think we'll let you know but anyway, where we are today is Sitos Group is a California based biochar manufacture and carbon removal company and we got started two years ago. It was a really great collaboration between myself and our co founder Steve McIntyre. Steve is the owner, founder and owner of Monterey Pacific, which is a very large vineyard management company, based in solid California about an hour south of Salinas and Monterey  Pacific farms about 18,000 acres of wine grapes in the Monterey County and San Luis Obispo areas. Steve's a winemaker and has his own winery. And he started using biochar with his in house soil scientist Dr. Doug Beck. almost 10 years ago, Doug has spent a lifetime in Far East Asia perfecting and understand the use of biochar and brought it to Monterey Pacific. They've perfected that use. And so, Stephen Monterey Pacific along with Doug had the use of biochar and winegrapes down I started my journey into biochar in late 2017. Designing and building an almond processing company in Northern California, in that process wanted to do something different to the almond shell market is is really valueless. It's a valueless byproduct almond hole is used in cattle feed in that year, the price dropped by 75%. So we were looking for an alternative income source in the form of almond shell and the next year and 2018, Kathleen Draper and Albert Bates wrote this seminal book called Burn and oddly enough, coincidentally, Steve and I read the book The same year, and it's what got us into biochar was the big sort of lightbulb moment. And then in 2018, I think October it was the inner governmental Panel on Climate Change wrote its report about negative emissions technologies. And in my head, I put those two together and have really drank the biochar Kool Aid and never going back. This is a lifelong venture now. We got together a few years ago, a fellow graduate of the California ag leadership program, we're both graduates of that program got us together, Steve's headwinds where he knew everything there was to know about using biochar in agricultural setting. And I had the, you know, production technology side of it pretty well wrapped up his headwinds were my tail winds and vice versa, we got together and as I said earlier, it's a marriage made in heaven. We've had a really wonderful partnership over the last almost couple of years, we have a pilot plant up and running at Regen Monterey, which is Monterey County's Waste Management District, with this incredible staff there. And our partner in that project is Keith Day, who runs the compost operation, the Keith day company that runs the compost operation at region Monterey, and we've had a pilot plant up and running since early this summer. And yeah, things are going really well.   Craig Macmillan  3:04  So question for you, Jessica. How did you get involved with the Sitos Group?   Jessica Bronner  3:08  That is a lovely question. So Steve reached out one day and was like, Hey, I have a job opportunity for you. And he connected with mayo, and the rest was history. And I always joke that I never thought I'd be excited about dirt, except now I'm excited about chocolate ish, kind of st compound. But yeah, that's how I got into it. And I'm never looking back. I can tell you that for sure.   Craig Macmillan  3:32  And so I've got another question for you. Jessica because I think you might have a really great answer to this. We have other episodes on this topic, but just very briefly, what exactly is biochar and what are some of the uses for it?   Jessica Bronner  3:44  So biochar, what Mayo calls is a wonder drug. And I could not agree more. I really porous material, and it's actually a type of charcoal with a low ash content. So it's a higher carbon content. What sets it apart from charcoal is its porosity. So it's has a lot of pores inside of it. We call it the coral reef for the soil. So all of those pores and little rooms are kind of housing for the micro organisms, or the soil biota that we incorporate into it.   Craig Macmillan  4:16  Mayo, you had mentioned how you kind of got connected to it. What are some of the uses for biochar in agriculture?   Mayo Ryan  4:22  We're farmers at heart and I mean, you all of us are lifelong agriculturalists. So we really start the conversation about biochar from an agricultural perspective. It is a wonderful soil amendment and because of its porosity, as Jessica said, and the idea that it is this coral reef for the soil, all of the complex fungi and bacteria and the myriad other micro organisms that help us with our digestion and our immunity and our disease resistant, live in, in biochar, it's like long term housing for all of those organisms. And I mean, in a single handful of soil there are more micro organisms, microbial bodies and our human beings on the planet and and biochar is their long term housing. You know, it's a condo for them. And so they take up residence, and it just fuels all this great activity that all those organisms have when they interact with the plant this complex communication between microbial activity and the plant itself. And so it leads to increased fertility, plant health, disease resistance, pest resistance, a really good amount of moisture retention, so drought mitigation, you know, and you just go down a list like a, like Jessica said, I think it's a wonder drug because it has these almost unbelievable amount of CO benefits. It does so many good things. That's just on the on the agricultural side, what we think about at Sitos are these co equal benefits of soil health and carbon sequestration. It's a really effective shovel ready and efficient tool. First, full carbon seed, atmospheric carbon removal,   Craig Macmillan  5:50  You talked about carbon. So obviously, this is made from materials that are high in carbon, Jessica, what kinds of materials go into this process that we're going to talk about in a second, what kinds of materials go into making biochar?   Jessica Bronner  6:02  Well, ultimately, you can pyrolyze is the secret word that we're going to get into in a little bit, but you can pyrolyze any organic matter Sitos Group specifically, we are currently working with municipal wood waste. We tried working with some compost leftovers previously, and they were a little high in water content for us to make biochar in the moment. So now we're just using some wood residue from other wood materials that are lower in the water content, but you can pyralyze organic, any type of organic waste, if that's biosolids, if that's corn husks, if that's vineyard waste, or almond waste, we're looking to get into almond waste almond hole and shell later on down the road hopefully sooner than later. But anything organic ultimately, if it's going back into the agricultural application,   Craig Macmillan  6:51  So Mayo, there's a particular process we've called pyrolysis that's necessary to make this happen so that you don't end up with ash or charcoal is it's a different kind of a combustion Mayo, Can you talk a little bit more about pyrolysis and then we'll talk about how you actually do it.   Mayo Ryan  7:04  Our goal is to ultimately make various qualities of biochar for specific soil types. And so we want a machine that's adjustable, which is why we pick slow pyrolysis there are other means of making biochar one's called gasification. And that's what we have largely in California. These are these are really energy production facilities where energy is about 80% of the product and biochar is a byproduct. Fast pyrolysis is another way to do it. Slow pyrolysis is a little bit different. There aren't many manufacturers that equipment around the world, but I think we found a great one and that machines very adjustable. So we can through different throughput times different temperature rates, we can make biochar 's that have higher pH level than others or a higher cation Exchange capacity and ultimately hope to customize biochar for soil types but you know, it's a new process. This is our machine at Regen Monterey the pilot plant is the first of its kind in the country. We've spent a good long while investigating manufactures years actually at this and, and are really pleased with this. With this process. The machine was invented or designed by two professors and biochar, Johanna Sleeman at Cornell and Stephen Joseph at the University of New South Wales, to pretty eminent people in our world. And so far, we're really pleased with the design and hope to perfect it over the years. And, you know, get the most out of it that we can it's economic, it's fairly easy to operate. As Jessica said, it's feedstock agnostic, we can use a lot of different feedstocks, and it's transportable, we can put one in a 40 foot trailer and, and you know, it's not like we can hook it up to the back of a car and drive it around. But it is somewhat transportable.   We've had other guests on the podcast and I've had tailgates where we have had big piles of vines that we lit from the top and then hose down material at the end. I've talked to people about digging pits and burning stuff covered in the ground. We've seen some smaller kinds of units, kind of like a tank I've seen people doing and kind of an open trench. The secret to pyrolysis is it's the low edition of oxygen. Is that right?   That's exactly right. Yeah.   Craig Macmillan  9:08  So you're talking about a machine. So what is this machines, magical machine? What is how does it work? How do you get stuff into it? How does it burn? How do you get stuff out of it? How much can you do at a time? Does it take 10 people to operate it? I've just gotten super curious about this, because this is the first time I've really heard about this kind of technology.   Mayo Ryan  9:27  You make it sounds so mysterious, but it's really not all the processes you described, Craig are what stands out about them is that they're batch processes. We wanted something that was continuous. There's such an abundance of agricultural byproducts, waste and biosolids, and forest waste in California that we wanted something that we could start this machine or put two or three of them side by side and it was a continuous process. So the feedstock enters the machine in a in a trough at the bottom of the machine at a temperature say 150 degrees centigrade, the moisture leaves so we dry the feedstock going in and In it say 350 to 500 degrees centigrade, all of the non carbon materials. The volatiles, if you will in that feedstock, whether it's almond shell or biosolids, or wood waste go away from the feedstock. And what we create is this bubble of sin gas or production gases. And at those temperatures, those sin gases combust. That bubble of of flame, if you will, lives above the feedstock. And that heat is what pyralyzes that say 750 degrees centigrade, paralyzes the feedstock. And what paralyzation means is it literally means change by fire. And so that feedstock goes from whatever it was with whatever quantities of lignin, cellulose hemicellulose into almost a pure carbon, it's completely chemically transformed. And what you end up with is just because it earlier is this very porous material. One of the quality standards for biochar is the International biochar initiative, surface area standard, which is 500 meters per gram. It was hard to get my head around this, but that's the surface area of a football field in the size of a pencil eraser. And that just speaks to how porous and fragile it is. And if you were to take an electron microscope and look at one of the walls of those pores, it would look exactly like the original start. It's very fractal down to different degrees of magnification. And at that high carbon content level microbes break their teeth on it, you know, it's it's something that lasts in the soil for hundreds, if not 1000s of years, as farmers we are using the biochar, principally for soil health and Plant Health take that responsibility for using that biochar in an agricultural setting, you know, very seriously. And so we are, you know, we really think that that leads to a more durable and permanent carbon removal, but it's just as I said earlier, it's a wonderful, incredible wonder drug. It does so many great things.   Craig Macmillan  11:48  To continue, mayo what happens to the stuff that's not the carbon you said it volatilizes off, but what's its eventual fate in the environment?   Mayo Ryan  11:50  We essentially combust it and so the machine acts as its own thermal oxidizer, so everything that's not carbon gets lifted above the feedstock. The feedstock never actually catches fire all the sin gas and production cloud gases do above the feedstock and they're consumed right then and there. And so theoretically, you know, what comes out of the stack is very little heat, principally, we generate a ton of byproduct heat, but very little exhaust gases, little NOx little Sox, well under what you know, are the standards here. Everything that's as I said, Not carbon gets combusted within the chamber   Craig Macmillan  12:34  And gets broken down into less problematic. Compact.   Mayo Ryan  12:37  Exactly, yes,   Craig Macmillan  12:38  Question for you just the coolant, the biochar coolant. I'm hearing a lot about biochar. Obviously, there's a lot of people mixing up the Kool Aid. I'm guessing that your job is probably to sell the Kool Aid.   Jessica Bronner  12:49  My job is actually to educate people on what the Kool Aid is. Once they know it kind of sells itself going from there on. It's definitely breaking down the complex understanding of slow pyrolysis and biochar so if someone could understand it, who's new to the ag industry or carbon removal industry or any of that.   Craig Macmillan  13:13  So again with you, Jessica, so this material is produced, you folks are selling it to other folks selling it to different people, outlets, companies, municipalities.   Jessica Bronner  13:23  That is the future plan for now we have an offtake agreement set for this first pilot plant with Monterey Pacific. So actually, all the biochar we'll be producing in the years going forward will be going directly into the vineyards that MPI manages, which is terrific yay for Sitos, Group biochar. And then moving forward it will be available to sell to outside markets.   Craig Macmillan  13:46  What do you think those markets might be?   Mayo Ryan  13:47  I can go with that. You know, we're we're we're lucky in that biochar and wine grape vineyards is an established fact more or less. We can all stipulate the benefits of biochar in wine grapes largely due to Dr. Doug Beck and Steve's work over the last eight to 10 years. We're doubling down in the wine grape industry is is kind of a short term means of proving biochar is affecting agriculture. Next, we'll spend time educating almond and pistachio growers in the San Joaquin Valley about those same benefits. I used to work as pistachio grower relations guy for a large pistachio company. And you know, I'm convinced pistachios and biochar go hand in hand. But there are so many other uses. We can sequester carbon and concrete, you know line production for the concrete businesses one of the largest carbon emitters in the world. If we can get biochar and concrete we can significantly reduce by 20%. Perhaps the amount of lime going into concrete, we can create graphenes and graphite for use and batteries. The endless list of uses of biochar is really endless. We were starting in agriculture but there are a lot of opportunities for us as we build the business.   Jessica, are you you said you're doing the education and the outreach. You're teaching people what it is what kinds of methods tools, avenues are you using to communicate all this stuff?   Jessica Bronner  14:59  So far we've been very successful on LinkedIn. That's a great avenue for people to find out what we're doing where Mayo is every week speaking to different at different arrangements and educating people that way. With that we do a lot of public outreach. So we spoke at the Monterey Rotary Club and then the Cannery Row Rotary Club. So we had some good educational moments, we'll be having a biochar tailgate with a vineyard team coming up next beginning of next year. And then our website has a lot of information about biochar. We'll write blogs, if people have questions, they can submit questions on our website. We really want to be open book to the public and to people who are interested because educating oneself is kind of the most powerful tool that you have i We really value that and we want to create avenues for people to learn from their own standards. And then a website that we like to go to for information for the public to know about, they obviously probably already do if they know about biochar is the US biochar initiative USBI. They have a terrific website with a lot of knowledge and materials on biochar and application and agriculture and different settings.   Craig Macmillan  16:12  And just as a as a timestamp, this has been recorded in November of 2023. And so this Tailgate you mentioned, would be in 2024. For Mayo to you what what is the future look like? The big picture future do you think is going to be for this industry? This is a sounds like it's an industry are potentially a fledgling industry, maybe. But where do you see this going? You've talked about almond orchards and you've talked about municipal waste. What's the potential here on a big, big picture? You   Mayo Ryan  16:42  know, agriculture is facing a huge set of problems, which makes it just more and more difficult to meet this global demand for a secure and healthy food supply. And those problems are, you know, soil degradation and desertification, drought or moisture loss. You know, carbon emissions from agriculture is huge. We've got to fix that loss of biodiversity. And so, we believe that biochar is a way to transition conventional traditional ag into a regenerative ag set of practices, which would include things like cover cropping and minimum or no till on but but essentially at the highest level conversion from a chemical based farming regime to biological based farming regime and, and we want to facilitate that our vision of sounds embarrassing a bit, Craig, but you know, Steven, Jessica, and Alan and our wonderful operators who Swain said, Well, I'll want to sequester a million tonnes of carbon be a mega ton supplier of carbon removal by the end of 2030. It sounds crazy. When I say it, I get a bit embarrassed. But our friends in the carbon world are telling them that's not enough, we need to have much more larger ambitions, you know, we all need to be sequestering a billion tons by 2030. And we're you know, we're just a very small part of that. But that's our goal. That's what we want to have happen. That's what we're going to pursue over the next seven years is to take these plants that we have the goal of the pilot planet region, Monterey is to perfect a three machine design that will templatized and deploy throughout the Salinas, Sacramento and San Joaquin valleys, I think in my lifetime anyway, you know, I don't have to look much beyond those regions for opportunities to make biochar and sequester in soil. But that's the plan and to you know, to do our best to facilitate regenerative ag and, and those regenerative site supply chains and remove as much carbon from the atmosphere as we possibly can.   Craig Macmillan  18:24  Jessica what do you have to add to that? What? What do you see? What's your vision?   Jessica Bronner  18:28  My vision for biochar is really lead the regeneration of the earth to the soil. I mean, I recently read, or am reading the book by Paul Hawkins called regeneration and mayo knows it very well. And I encourage everyone else to go and read it if they have not. But it ultimately talks about how are we supposed to thrive on a planet that's degenerating? And what can we do to regenerate that so we can continue to sustain life? Well, not just since sustain life, but to thrive, have life thrive on this planet? So future going forward would for biochar to Excel that regeneration of the earth of agriculture of supply chains of humanity? That would be that's my big end. I'll be I'll go through this.   Craig Macmillan  19:14  That's a good goal. Let's continue with you, Jessica. We're getting close to the end here. What is one thing that you would recommend to listeners or that you'd like them to take away regarding this topic?   Jessica Bronner  19:26  I mentioned it earlier, but really is just to educate themselves on biochar and sustainability and regeneration, because there's only so much you can do from here. So he or she say, but when you actually double down and find out what it is that you're passionate about, or maybe you're not passionate about for your individual self, I think that's really powerful. Like I said before, I had never knew that I'd be excited about charcoal or about agriculture, but here I am, like, never, never going back and I really attribute that passion to education. personal education me diving in and figuring that out so that's that's my biggest encouragement for people just curious about it is to read about it dive in jump in headfirst come down a rabbit hole and drink the Kool Aid.   Craig Macmillan  20:14  How about you Mayo?   Mayo Ryan  20:16  Know what I'm gonna shamelessly crib what Jessica stains it's get involved. I mean, if you're on our website and you find that that tab and that button all over, we have a little mantra internal saying it Sitos. It's not either or it's also and we have a very limited competitive view, we don't think there are such things in, in the biochar or carbon removal world as competitors, we need lots of Sitos' we need lots of other companies in this business as many as can can get involved. And that's it. You know, Friday, we hit a record. It's the first time we were over two degrees of pre industrial temperature, a third of this year was over 1.5 degrees, which was the Paris Climate Accord. It's here it's happening. And so my suggestion and my hope is that is that people just get involved educate, as Jessica said, and, and join us in this effort to save ourselves.   Craig Macmillan  21:03  Jessica, I am going to ocme back to you, where can people find out more about you and your colleagues and the Sitos group in general?   Jessica Bronner  21:11  Our website and click the Get Involved button and you send an email directly to me and I will respond to you ASAP. You can also find us like I said on LinkedIn, we have our social media platforms on Facebook and Instagram. We're thinking about launching a YouTube channel. You can go check us out right now and find some terrific vineyard application videos of biochar have been applied to some of the McIntyre vineyards, soils. But I would say email if you want to get direct contact with us. It's our first names with our last initial at Sitos.earth it is not.com We got fancy and put a dot Earth on there. So yeah, send us an email reach out. We're happy to chat set up a call and have a conversation. Well,   Craig Macmillan  21:53  our guest today has been Mayo Ryan. He is CEO and co founder of the Sitos group and Jessica Bronner, who is the peer Marketing Communications Manager for Sitos want to thank you both for being here.   Mayo Ryan  22:05  Delighted, Craig, thank you for having us.   Jessica Bronner  22:07  It was a pleasure for sure.   Transcribed by https://otter.ai Nearly perfect transcription by https://otter.ai

Though rice might not feature in a hit 1990s Vanilla Ice rap, this grain tops the charts in other ways: it's the staple food for more than half the global population, and it's grown by more farmers than any other crop on Earth, from Japan to West Africa to Italy's Po River valley. Rice is so central that it's been used as currency, embedded itself in language, and formed the basis of beloved dishes, from sushi to jollof to risotto. But this adaptable grass has two features that have molded rice cultures and directed the grain's destiny: it can grow in an aquatic environment, but it requires cooperation to cultivate. In this episode, we explore how rice's relationship to water and community have shaped stories all over the world, from Japanese-American rice growers in California's drought-prone San Joaquin valley to Bangladeshi farmers facing flooding from climate change. Plus: could taking rice out of water not only build a better future for African-American rice farmers in the American South, but save the planet in the process? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Discover how Community Medical Centers (CMC) in California's Central Valley transformed healthcare over the past decade with trauma-informed practices. Partnering with Resilient Beginnings Network at the Center for Care Innovations, they deepened their commitment, hiring community health worker Victoria Franco and social worker case manager Maria Moreno. Together, they administer ACEs screenings, conduct follow-ups, and support care teams, empowering providers to prioritize quality medical care. Join Victoria, Maria, and CMC's Chief Behavioral Health Officer, Alfonso Apu, as they discuss providing guidance in trauma-informed care and the evolving focus on cultural sensitivity and patient-centered approaches.Learn more about the people, places, and ideas in this episode: Community Medical Centers (CMC), a growing non-profit network of neighborhood health centers serving San Joaquin and Solano counties in Northern California. CMC provides primary medical, dental, and behavioral health care along with supportive services to individuals and families in need.Resilient Beginnings Network (RBN), a Center for Care Innovations learning program dedicated to advancing pediatric care delivery models that are trauma- and resilience-informed so that 100,000 young children and their caregivers have the support they need to be well and thriveWhat are adverse childhood experiences (ACEs)?About the Pediatric ACEs and Related Life Events Screener (PEARLS)Example of PEARLS tool (for child)"How One California Clinic Tapped a Bilingual Medical Assistant to Lead ACEs Work" - article featuring CMC (May 2023) 

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In part 5 or our six part series of conversations with Dr. Glen Albaugh we go back to Golf Smarter #559, originally published on September 27, 2016 for an episode we called “The Truth About Playing Better Golf By Using Your Imagination”. Dr Albaugh was a regular guest on Golf Smarter yet he passed away in early 2023, at the age of 91. Sharing his lessons is a small part in how we choose to honor his memory.In this conversation, we talk about how your can be your own “Coach of the Future” using your creative mind, taking practice swings with your eyes closed, post-shot awareness, and how we can be positively influenced by great writers (“When we play our best we see things in paragraphs, not sentences”). We also discuss the passing of The Legend, Arnold Palmer, who died just before our recording. The full conversation is also available on GolfSmarterTV at https://youtu.be/i4d8hdrAjTgGlen was a beloved professor and iconic figure at the University of the Pacific, visionary sports psychologist, and a beloved guest on Golf Smarter. He was also the head coach for the University golf team for more than two decades and was a mental coach and advisor for some of the great coaches including Bill Walsh and Pete Carroll as well as many PGA and LPGA Tour Players.UoP Men's Golf Program donations https://www.joinpaf.org/giving/First Tee of San Joaquin https://firstteesanjoaquin.org/get-involved/(P.O. Box 77919 Stockton, CA 95267.)“RENOWNED SPORTS PSYCHOLOGIST, PROFESSOR AND GOLF COACH GLEN ALBAUGH WAS LIFE-LONG MENTOR” https://pacifictigers.com/news/2023/2/21/general-renowned-sports-psychologist-professor-and-golf-coach-glen-albaugh-was-life-long-mentor.aspxWINNING THE BATTLE WITHIN (book#1) https://www.amazon.com/Winning-Battle-Within-Perfect-Swing/dp/0984417141/?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_w=cv6nV&content-id=amzn1.sym.ed85217c-14c9-4aa0-b248-e47393e2ce12&pf_rd_p=ed85217c-14c9-4aa0-b248-e47393e2ce12&pf_rd_r=143-6411918-4597021&pd_rd_wg=MHvFS&pd_rd_r=408c30be-5b6c-4668-b601-c66fe051f5e9&ref_=aufs_ap_sc_dskTHE CLUTCH GOLFER FORMULA (book#2) https://www.amazon.com/CLUTCH-GOLFER-FORMULA-Exactly-Precisely-ebook/dp/B082953C85/?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_w=cv6nV&content-id=amzn1.sym.ed85217c-14c9-4aa0-b248-e47393e2ce12&pf_rd_p=ed85217c-14c9-4aa0-b248-e47393e2ce12&pf_rd_r=143-6411918-4597021&pd_rd_wg=MHvFS&pd_rd_r=408c30be-5b6c-4668-b601-c66fe051f5e9&ref_=aufs_ap_sc_dskThis show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/3464073/advertisement

For our fourth episode of our odor discrimination series, Kayla speaks with Caroline Finlay from Conservation Detection Dogs Northern Ireland about moss discrimination. Science Highlight: Relative abundance of endangered San Joaquin kit foxes (Vulpes macrotis mutica) based on scat-detection dog surveys Links Mentioned in the Episode:  Canine detection of chronic wasting disease (CWD) in laboratory and field settings Where to find Caroline:  Website | Facebook | Instagram You can support the K9 Conservationists Podcast by joining our Patreon at patreon.com/k9conservationists. K9 Conservationists Website | Merch | Support Our Work | Facebook | Instagram | TikTok

This is part 4 or our six part series of conversations with Dr. Glen Albaugh, pioneering sports psychologist, author, and professor / golf coach at the University of Pacific, who passed away in February 2023 at the age of 91.This episode titled “Pre-Shot Routine from The Mental Side” is the second part of an interview that was originally published on January 29, 2014 as a Members Only episode, so it's never been shared publicly before. Glen was a beloved professor and iconic figure at the University of the Pacific, visionary sports psychologist, and a beloved guest on Golf Smarter. He was also the head coach for the University golf team for more than two decades. UoP Men's Golf Program donations https://www.joinpaf.org/giving/First Tee of San Joaquin https://firstteesanjoaquin.org/get-involved/(P.O. Box 77919 Stockton, CA 95267.)“RENOWNED SPORTS PSYCHOLOGIST, PROFESSOR AND GOLF COACH GLEN ALBAUGH WAS LIFE-LONG MENTOR” https://pacifictigers.com/news/2023/2/21/general-renowned-sports-psychologist-professor-and-golf-coach-glen-albaugh-was-life-long-mentor.aspxWINNING THE BATTLE WITHIN (book#1) https://www.amazon.com/Winning-Battle-Within-Perfect-Swing/dp/0984417141/?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_w=cv6nV&content-id=amzn1.sym.ed85217c-14c9-4aa0-b248-e47393e2ce12&pf_rd_p=ed85217c-14c9-4aa0-b248-e47393e2ce12&pf_rd_r=143-6411918-4597021&pd_rd_wg=MHvFS&pd_rd_r=408c30be-5b6c-4668-b601-c66fe051f5e9&ref_=aufs_ap_sc_dskTHE CLUTCH GOLFER FORMULA (book#2) https://www.amazon.com/CLUTCH-GOLFER-FORMULA-Exactly-Precisely-ebook/dp/B082953C85/?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_w=cv6nV&content-id=amzn1.sym.ed85217c-14c9-4aa0-b248-e47393e2ce12&pf_rd_p=ed85217c-14c9-4aa0-b248-e47393e2ce12&pf_rd_r=143-6411918-4597021&pd_rd_wg=MHvFS&pd_rd_r=408c30be-5b6c-4668-b601-c66fe051f5e9&ref_=aufs_ap_sc_dskThis show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/3464073/advertisement

Valley leaders reinforced their message that Valley rivers are closed and will remain closed including the San Joaquin and Kings Rivers.  Guest Co-Host: Blake Taylor See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This is our third episode of six honoring our time with pioneering Sports Psychologist Dr. Glen Albaugh who passed away in early 2023. In this episode titled “Practice Like You Play for Better Results on the Course” is the first of a two part conversation that was originally published as Golf Smarter #420 on January 21, 2014.By establishing structure in pre, post and in-between shot routines, Glen gives golfers the ability to apply his most profound insight “the perfect swing is the one you trust”. In Winning the Battle Within – this podcast episode, the book, and his workshop/consultations – Glen features quality practice describing drills that will enhance learning and improve performance. Dr. Glen Albaugh, author of “Winning the Battle Within” passed away in Feb 2023 at the age of 91. Glen was a beloved professor and iconic figure at the University of the Pacific, visionary sports psychologist, and a beloved guest on Golf Smarter. He was also the head coach for the University golf team for more than two decades. Two of his closest friendships were with two Super Bowl winning NFL Coaches, Pete Carroll and Bill Walsh.UoP Men's Golf Program donations https://www.joinpaf.org/giving/First Tee of San Joaquin https://firstteesanjoaquin.org/get-involved/(P.O. Box 77919 Stockton, CA 95267.)“RENOWNED SPORTS PSYCHOLOGIST, PROFESSOR AND GOLF COACH GLEN ALBAUGH WAS LIFE-LONG MENTOR” https://pacifictigers.com/news/2023/2/21/general-renowned-sports-psychologist-professor-and-golf-coach-glen-albaugh-was-life-long-mentor.aspxWINNING THE BATTLE WITHIN (book#1) https://www.amazon.com/Winning-Battle-Within-Perfect-Swing/dp/0984417141/?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_w=cv6nV&content-id=amzn1.sym.ed85217c-14c9-4aa0-b248-e47393e2ce12&pf_rd_p=ed85217c-14c9-4aa0-b248-e47393e2ce12&pf_rd_r=143-6411918-4597021&pd_rd_wg=MHvFS&pd_rd_r=408c30be-5b6c-4668-b601-c66fe051f5e9&ref_=aufs_ap_sc_dskTHE CLUTCH GOLFER FORMULA (book#2) https://www.amazon.com/CLUTCH-GOLFER-FORMULA-Exactly-Precisely-ebook/dp/B082953C85/?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_w=cv6nV&content-id=amzn1.sym.ed85217c-14c9-4aa0-b248-e47393e2ce12&pf_rd_p=ed85217c-14c9-4aa0-b248-e47393e2ce12&pf_rd_r=143-6411918-4597021&pd_rd_wg=MHvFS&pd_rd_r=408c30be-5b6c-4668-b601-c66fe051f5e9&ref_=aufs_ap_sc_dskThis show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/3464073/advertisement

This is the second of six episodes featuring our conversations with Dr. Glen Albaugh, author of “Winning the Battle Within” who passed away in Feb 2023 at the age of 91. In this episode from November 2011, Glen discusses the best ways to utilize your practice & warm up. Takeaways include "contingency practice", "Conservative strategy; Aggressive swing". During your practice, focus on: 1. Technique, 2. Practice Like you Play, 3. Trust your swing.Glen was a beloved professor and iconic figure at the University of the Pacific, visionary sports psychologist, and a beloved guest on Golf Smarter. He was also the head coach for the University golf team for more than two decades. Two of his closest friendships were with two Super Bowl winning NFL Coaches, Pete Carroll and Bill Walsh. UoP Men's Golf Program donations https://www.joinpaf.org/giving/ First Tee of San Joaquin https://firstteesanjoaquin.org/get-involved/(P.O. Box 77919 Stockton, CA 95267.) “RENOWNED SPORTS PSYCHOLOGIST, PROFESSOR AND GOLF COACH GLEN ALBAUGH WAS LIFE-LONG MENTOR” https://pacifictigers.com/news/2023/2/21/general-renowned-sports-psychologist-professor-and-golf-coach-glen-albaugh-was-life-long-mentor.aspx WINNING THE BATTLE WITHIN (book#1) https://www.amazon.com/Winning-Battle-Within-Perfect-Swing/dp/0984417141/?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_w=cv6nV&content-id=amzn1.sym.ed85217c-14c9-4aa0-b248-e47393e2ce12&pf_rd_p=ed85217c-14c9-4aa0-b248-e47393e2ce12&pf_rd_r=143-6411918-4597021&pd_rd_wg=MHvFS&pd_rd_r=408c30be-5b6c-4668-b601-c66fe051f5e9&ref_=aufs_ap_sc_dsk THE CLUTCH GOLFER FORMULA (book#2) https://www.amazon.com/CLUTCH-GOLFER-FORMULA-Exactly-Precisely-ebook/dp/B082953C85/?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_w=cv6nV&content-id=amzn1.sym.ed85217c-14c9-4aa0-b248-e47393e2ce12&pf_rd_p=ed85217c-14c9-4aa0-b248-e47393e2ce12&pf_rd_r=143-6411918-4597021&pd_rd_wg=MHvFS&pd_rd_r=408c30be-5b6c-4668-b601-c66fe051f5e9&ref_=aufs_ap_sc_dskThis show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/3464073/advertisement

209: Legendary NFL Head Coach Bill Walsh says "One of the best books ever written on the mental approach to golf and sports performance" was "Winning the Battle Within -- The Perfect Swing is the One You Trust" by Dr. Glen Albaugh and Michael Bowker. Dr. Albaugh passed away on February 16, 2023 in Lodi, CA at the age of 91. Over the next six episodes, we are going to honor his memory by replaying his six visits to Golf Smarter. In our first meeting with Dr. Albaugh on Golf Smarter episode 41 from Sept6, 2006, host Fred Greene has an in-depth discussion with Glen about his theories and focuses on his unique ideas about Pre-Shot and POST-shot routines.Glen was a beloved professor and iconic figure at the University of the Pacific, visionary sports psychologist, and a beloved guest on Golf Smarter. He was also the head coach for the University golf team for more than two decades. Two of his closest friendships were with two Super Bowl winning NFL Coaches, Pete Carroll and Bill Walsh.UoP Men's Golf Program donations https://www.joinpaf.org/giving/First Tee of San Joaquin https://firstteesanjoaquin.org/get-involved/(P.O. Box 77919 Stockton, CA 95267.)“RENOWNED SPORTS PSYCHOLOGIST, PROFESSOR AND GOLF COACH GLEN ALBAUGH WAS LIFE-LONG MENTOR”https://pacifictigers.com/news/2023/2/21/general-renowned-sports-psychologist-professor-and-golf-coach-glen-albaugh-was-life-long-mentor.aspxWINNING THE BATTLE WITHIN (book#1)https://www.amazon.com/Winning-Battle-Within-Perfect-Swing/dp/0984417141/?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_w=cv6nV&content-id=amzn1.sym.ed85217c-14c9-4aa0-b248-e47393e2ce12&pf_rd_p=ed85217c-14c9-4aa0-b248-e47393e2ce12&pf_rd_r=143-6411918-4597021&pd_rd_wg=MHvFS&pd_rd_r=408c30be-5b6c-4668-b601-c66fe051f5e9&ref_=aufs_ap_sc_dskTHE CLUTCH GOLFER FORMULA (book#2)https://www.amazon.com/CLUTCH-GOLFER-FORMULA-Exactly-Precisely-ebook/dp/B082953C85/?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_w=cv6nV&content-id=amzn1.sym.ed85217c-14c9-4aa0-b248-e47393e2ce12&pf_rd_p=ed85217c-14c9-4aa0-b248-e47393e2ce12&pf_rd_r=143-6411918-4597021&pd_rd_wg=MHvFS&pd_rd_r=408c30be-5b6c-4668-b601-c66fe051f5e9&ref_=aufs_ap_sc_dsk

It was a remarkable winter in the western United States with phenomenal snow and heavy rain. Now that things have quieted down, UCLA climate scientist Daniel Swain joins the meteorologists to discuss what's next. What will happen as all the snow melts? What will this year's wildfire season be like? Will the atmospheric rivers return next winter? It's a deep dive into all things weather and climate across the West on this week's episode. About the Across the Sky podcast The weekly weather podcast is hosted on a rotation by the Lee Weather team: Matt Holiner of Lee Enterprises' Midwest group in Chicago, Kirsten Lang of the Tulsa World in Oklahoma, Joe Martucci of the Press of Atlantic City, N.J., and Sean Sublette of the Richmond Times-Dispatch in Virginia. Episode transcript Note: The following transcript was created by Adobe Premiere and may contain misspellings and other inaccuracies as it was generated automatically: Hello, once again, everybody. I'm meteorologist Sean Sublette and welcome to Across the Sky, our National Lee Enterprises weather podcast. Lee Enterprises has print and digital news operations in 77 locations across the country, including in my home base in Richmond, Virginia. I'm joined by my meteorologist colleagues from across the sky, Matt Holiner in Chicago and Joe Martucci at the New Jersey Shore. My colleague Kirsten Lang is taking some well-deserved time off in Tulsa for a couple of weeks. And guys, we've got Daniel West on the podcast today. A lot of people know him as Weather West. Why are you shaking your head at me? Daniel Swain. Okay. Daniel Swain. Daniel Swain. He's Weather West. Yes. You all knew where I was going with you? Of course. Of course. Without a doubt. Without an end. And he's great. I mean, I've done some work with him when I was with the Climate Central. He's just got a wonderful, wonderful grip on what the weather and the climate are in the western part of the country. And it's really, really nice. Yeah, well, you know, Shawn, it's a good follow up from last week's episode where we talked with Donnie down at the Placer County Department of Public Works about all the snow that they plowed. So we have the boots on the ground with your last episode with Donnie. This time we're taking it from the academic perspective and the forecasting and a look back perspective with Daniel Swain. So it's a good one two punch as we really exit out of the cool season, and then we promise we'll talk about warmer and more summery things as we go forward over the next couple of. Yeah, this is a real interesting conversation with Daniel because he's just, you know, really focused in on the West. And I think oftentimes, you know, as meteorologists in the central and Eastern part of the country, because it seems like a lot of the time there's not much going on in the West, so it doesn't get discussed much. But, boy, this winter was truly the exception. There was lots of talk on the National level about what's going on out west. And, you know, it kind of like shifted a tinge. It's like, wait a minute, I thought the you know, nothing happened in the West. It's just constant, never ending drought. And wildfires. Well, this is this year was the proof that you can't forget about what's going on our way because it's not going to be drought all the time. It's not going to just be wildfires all the time. They're still going to get big rains. They're still going to get big snows and look at the impacts that it cause. And of course, Daniel is tuned in with the West all the time and is aware that it's not this drought going on out there. So he was the perfect person to bring on and really dive into. This is a fascinating discussion. Yeah, it really was. We're glad to have him. So let's cue it all up and get our discussion started with Daniel Swain there at UCLA. And our guest this week is Daniel Swain, climate scientist at the Institute of Environment and Sustainability at UCLA and author of the popular Weather West blog and YouTube Channel. He has been featured on numerous digital and legacy broadcast outlets talking about weather and climate in the Western U.S. And we are absolutely delighted to have Daniel on the podcast. It has been so busy, I know for you, Daniel. Thank you so much for joining us on the Across the Sky podcast. Thanks again for having me. Glad to be here. I do want to talk about some of the big picture items down the road, but first, let's talk about immediacy. These next, let's say 1 to 3 weeks there in California, of course, with the phenomenal amount of snow. Everybody kind of gets that. But now it's starting to melt and we've got kind of a hot spell actually developing. So what does this kind of portend or kind of lay the groundwork with regarding flooding there in California in the coming, let's say, one, two or three weeks? Well, I think you've nailed most of the key points there. But it's I think it's worth digging into a couple of them because, you know, California, just to review, you had an exceptionally wet winter in the central part of the state, which includes the southern half of the Sierra Nevada mountain range and really phenomenal amount of snow accumulated tens of feet at the higher elevations in these places. And so currently the water stored in that snowpack in the southern Sierra is on the order of 2 to 3 times the average amounts, a 2 to 300% of average, which in some places in the far southern Sierra is the largest amount ever observed at this point in the season. So there is a huge amount of water up there, the vast majority of which is still yet to melt. And all of that melt is eventually going to end up in rivers and streams that drain, mainly down the western slopes of the mountain range into California's Central Valley and the San Joaquin Valley and Tulare Lake Basins in particular. So all of that water that's up there in the mountains right now, a snowpack is eventually going to make its way to lower elevation areas and probably given this heat wave that's going to ramp up later this week. So a lot of that's going to melt sooner rather than later. Can I get you to talk a little bit about to Larry Lake? I've just become aware of this over the last three or four weeks. I did not know that there was an actual lake there decades and decades ago, but there has been a change. So what is that all about there and about what part of California is that? Yeah. To every lake is or was I guess was and perhaps will be a maybe is the best way of putting it given what's going on right now the largest freshwater lake west of the Mississippi. This is quite a substantial body of water in the southern San Joaquin Valley of California. It was indeed a century or so ago drained mainly, so it could be used for agricultural purposes. But but also a number of people now live within this historic lake bed, which is sort of maintaining itself in most years from becoming a lake again by having lots of levees and dikes and conduits, artificial interventions to keep the water away, essentially. And in recent years, recent drought years, you know, flood risk has been far afield. People haven't really been thinking about it. But now that we've got got a very wet winter in this part of the state, now that we have this enormous snowpack upstream, a lot of that water is accumulating in this basin and there is no outlet to the ocean and to very lake based and of the flooding gets very severe and it spills over the top of the basin into the San Joaquin River. The water that flows into Tillery Lake Basin, it it stays there, it accumulates. And so all of that we're hearing about all this flooding, that water isn't going to by itself just gradually drain out to the ocean. That water is just going to sit there and continue to get deeper as more and more water flows in. You know, so one challenge in addition to all the water that's flowing in from snowmelt and rain this past winter, is that the ground itself has subsided, literally sunk in the Tillery Lake Basin in recent years due to groundwater pumping during severe drought. So we're actually seeing probably flooding that will be deeper and more prolonged here in this wet spell because of the drought conditions that just ended and the human response to that drought being to pump all this water out of the aquifers, the ground has sunk in some places by ten or more feet. So this is not a barely measurable thing. This is you know, I'm I'm six foot four and the ground has sunk by, you know, considerably more than my height in recent years. That's going to affect the flooding in ways that are, I think, hard to predict from the outset. Yeah. Before I turn this over to Joe, I know you want to go next, but can you give us a little more idea of how big this lake is? I'd say compared to someplace like the Great Salt Lake. Is it about that size? Half of that larger just for some kind of frame of reference? Well, I don't have the numbers off the top of my head, but, you know, it's it's the challenge is it's, you know, this especially this type of lake doesn't have a fixed size. During the great flood of 1862, for example, much of the Central Valley all the way from the southern San Joaquin up to the northern Sacramento, I mean, that's 250, 300 mile stretch that was contiguous, inundated. It actually become one giant freshwater lake, almost 300 miles long, encompassing areas that are now home to millions of people and most of California's agriculture industry. So, you know, if you measured it, then it would have been, you know, a truly enormous body of water. If you measured it last year, there's zero. It didn't exist. So it's you know, we often think about about bodies of water as these dynamic fix things. And that's that's almost never the case. But it's especially wasn't true even in its natural state for 244 to Larry Lake this was something that waxed and waned greatly from year to year before human intervention. It has done so less since we drained it. But in the big years it's going to come back. And this year, you know, to very Lake is making a big time reappearance. Hey, Daniel, it's Joe here. I want to take a step back and get into your initial interest in weather here and maybe extreme weather. I know you went to, I believe, UC Davis for your bachelors and then got a Ph.D. from Stanford. What drove you to be interested in whether there are any getting into the subset of the field that you're in now? Well, I was always a bit of a weather geek, maybe more than a bit of a weather geek, too, if I'm being totally honest. So actually my initial my undergraduate degree is in atmospheric science. So I actually specifically wanted to to pursue, you know, being a degree program that would give you the credentials to become an, you know, an operational meteorologist day to day weather forecasting. And so I do have that degree. But then at some point in this process, I realized, you know, I'm still really interested in weather, but the big societal and scientific problems that are really interesting these days really seem to be sort about this weather climate nexus. So, you know, I'm really fascinated by the day to day variations in weather. I enjoy cloud watching and watching storms and things like that. But also, you know, and that's where the societal impacts come from, right? Like climate change is affecting all of us. It's affecting ecosystems everywhere. But exactly how is it doing? So usually it's doing so by changing the envelope of extreme weather events, you know, shifting the range of what's possible or what's likely from what it used to be. And so it turns out that this is kind of a niche that's underdeveloped or is certainly have been for for decades, where weather scientists, meteorologists and climate scientists were kind of siloed from each other. They're kind of viewed as different disciplines. But it's always struck me as a little bit odd because it's the same atmosphere and it's the same physics and chemistry. There's this different time scales. And so, yes, you often use different assumptions, but I think that that separation has perhaps been too strict and too rigid. So I live a little dangerously and I mixed my my weather and my climate. They are different things, of course, But you know, what is climate? But the the you know, weather in aggregate, that's something I often like to say, because it's not just the average of weather, but it's also the extremes of weather. It's it's the swings in whether it's the variability, too. So for me, that's sort of that that weather climate nexus is what really I think fascinates me. And now that I'm you know, I'm a climate scientist who has a background in meteorology and really thinks about climate change from a weather weather up perspective, if you will. Hey Daniel, it's Matt. And going off of that, I kind of want to take a step back and look at the bigger picture because there's been a lot of buzz lately, of course, about all of these atmospheric river events and the improvement in the drought situation, even the removal of drought, particularly in California. But when you look at the big picture, I think what's getting lost a little bit is people think that the West is now completely drought free and that's definitely not the case. In fact, in some parts of the West, there's still some extreme drought, not in California anymore, but other parts of the West. And so what can you say about, you know, the longer term trend? Yes, we had this really wet winter and there was improvement in drought across the West, but is this going to continue? Are we going to go back to drought? What can you say about the general western U.S. in general and the outlook for drought? There is an important point because this has been, of course, a good water year in California and actually across much of the lower Colorado basin, which is the area in crisis because of the very low levels of flow on the Colorado River and all the big dams you hear about Lake Powell, Lake Mead, and sort of the the growing crisis there with water scarcity. This, of course, helps in the short term in these places where, you know, there's been a good snowpack in the lower Colorado basin, there'll be better inflows into these reservoirs this spring and summer than there have been in recent years, that's for sure. But it certainly, as you say, it doesn't solve the long term problem because this really took decades on the Colorado Basin to develop. So one good year certainly doesn't erase decades of accumulated water scarcity. And in California, I think the situation is a bit different because a lot of California gets its water for more local watersheds. So the northern two thirds of the state sees water mainly for the form of local reservoirs and then also snowmelt from the Sierra Nevada. And here, you know, the drought, I think it's fair to say, has broken. But there's this broader question of what drought means in a warming climate, I think, which is really actually quite an active topic of research and conversation, because it's not entirely obvious. And a lot of what's happened in the West isn't so much because of lack of rain or precipitation, but it's more just that temperatures have been so much warmer in recent decades than they were in the 20th century that the evaporative demand, literally the thirsty ness of the atmosphere, its propensity to act as a giant sponge and extract water out of the landscape as it increased. This is known as the increasing vapor pressure deficit in technical terms. And what it does is it just extracts more and more water out of the landscape more quickly. And unless you're seeing more precipitation than you used to on average, which were not, then there's going to be an accumulated deficit over time. So it's not just a question of the low precipitation years, but it's also a question of the high evaporative demand years, which increasingly have been almost every year, both the wet precipitation years and the dry precipitation years. So what does it mean in a warming climate to have individual episodic wet periods? Do they completely counterbalance the accumulated, increased atmospheric sponginess, if you will, all the rest of the time? The math really doesn't pencil out because you'd need to get a lot of extra precipitation for that to be true. And we're not seeing a lot of extra precipitation now in California in particular. And that is probably true to somewhat lesser extent in most of the West. We don't just expect to see drying in the future. In fact, in California, the hydro climate signature of climate change really appears to be increased variability. We call it increased precipitation or hydro climate whiplash because of how it kind of feels like to just wildly swing from dry to wet and back and forth. And this again comes from that that sort of that that basic thermodynamics of the atmosphere, that increased atmospheric sponginess, as I mentioned, goes both ways. It both increases the atmosphere's ability to extract water out of the landscape. Think of a you know, a larger and larger dry sponge soaking more and more water up off your counter and you still a glass of water or something. But on the other hand, that progressively larger sponge, once you've soaked up that water, you can wring out more water too, in the form of more intense precipitation. So in California, the signature really seems to be more of both, more of the very dry conditions on the one hand and more of the very wet conditions on the other. And I think this is largely going to be true across much of the southwest. So in the long run, of course, if you only take the average, that might pencil out to be similar. But in practical terms, does it actually feel similar? No, not not at all. This is a radically different regime, You know, with with you know, either you're very wet or you're very dry increasingly, but you're really rarely in the middle. And I think we've seen that a lot this decade where parts of California in particular have seen both record dry conditions and record wet conditions, in some cases more than once in the past decade, where we've broken the century long precipitation records and then also broken a century long non precipitation or dryness records in the same decade in the same place. I want to that point about getting so much precipitation at once. There's also been a lot of discussion about about groundwater, especially in California and in the Central Valley in particular since so much of the wintertime. Vegetables certainly are grown there. When we have a situation like we had this past winter, How much does that help with with groundwater? I mean, obviously we're still we're still very dry in the longer term. But would you say that this also helps the groundwater situation or at least buys us a little time? Well, this is a pretty complicated question, and I'm neither a geologist nor a hydrologist, but the situation is complicated, mainly because it's not just a question of pouring a bunch of water on the ground and hoping and it soaks in. Unfortunately, we've done long term damage to the aquifers themselves by so much pumping and fracturing. I was talking about subsidence earlier, literally the ground sinking. The reason why it's sinking is all of that or space where the the essentially the air bubbles, not only bubbles but the spaces in between soil particles and in between rocks has become compressed over time. And so that compression you've lost the the the the space where the water would have gone aquifers generally, you know, some folks think of them as these huge open caverns where water sits. That's really not what they are. They're they're actually it's just the accumulated effect and that effect of huge amounts of small air pockets that can fill up with water if the soil gets saturated, if you compress those air pockets enough, they don't magically reappear when you dump water on top of the ground. Now, the water just kind of likes to sit there on the top of the ground and cause flooding and then runoff into rivers and into the ocean eventually, rather than soaking in nicely. So unfortunately, there's some long term damage we've done. Geography is in some places it makes it harder for them to recharge when we do get wet. Years like this. And the other reality is that in general, even in a you know, even in an ideal, an undisturbed water system, there are only some places where aquifer recharge happens at a good pace. There are some places where naturally the soil is just too full of clay a rock. To really allow rapid recharge, you need to have you need to have, you know, water sitting there for years, not just for one season. And so for these reasons, I think that the groundwater problem is not remotely going to be solved by even one, maybe not, probably not even by two consecutive very wet winters. It certainly helps, but it mainly helps because what it means is that there's less desire to pump water out of the ground. So it helps mainly in an indirect way because it means that there are fewer straws sucking that water out of the aquifer because there's water available elsewhere. There is some recharge going on. There is movement to actively facilitate that recharge as a groundwater management and flood control strategy in California, which I'm optimistic about moving forward. But it's tricky because just because there's a lot of water doesn't magically mean that you've recharge aquifers and you know, this is going to be an ongoing problem, unfortunately. So. So know that that part of the long term scarcity problem is definitely not solved by one really good year like this one. And it also underscores the need for a cross-disciplinary work between the geologists, the hydrology artists and meteorologists and climate scientists. We're going to take a little bit of a break, then we'll come right back with Daniel Swain and talk about El Nino, talk about some atmospheric rivers. When we come back on the Across the Sky podcast. And we're back with Daniel Swain. Weather West on the Across the Sky podcast talking about the very wild winter and the repercussions for that in the western United States. So, Daniel, we've just come off the third consecutive LA Nina, which oftentimes means that it's drier than average and all signs are are pointing toward going into an El Nino, into this late this summer, into perhaps this coming winter, which oftentimes means wetter than average, not always, but oftentimes. How do you kind of reconcile those things? I mean, we know that it's not 1 to 1, but but how do you kind of reconcile those things to do the public? Yeah, this is become actually a really major and consequential weather and climate science communication challenge in California because the it's probably helpful to think a little bit to review the history actually of El Nino in California in pop culture first, because really the first El Nino event of prominent public dialog was back in the early eighties and this was the 1982 83 event, which was a very exceptionally wet year in California. There was a lot of flooding and there were a lot of problems. And, you know, folks in the media really linked that event to the very wet conditions that occurred at that point. And with good scientific reason. The scientists agreed. Then there was another big El Nino event in 97, 98 of similar magnitude, which was again a very wet winter in California with lots of flood related impacts. And so that really reinforced this public idea that major El Nino events were were wet years in California. Then in 2015, 2016, there was another strong El Nino event and everyone got excited about how it was going to break the drought. And then it didn't. It was not an exceptionally wet winter in California, did not experience, you know, significant drought relief as a result that year. Now, you know, we're heading into another year where indeed, as you say, it does look quite likely, I would say probably 80 or 90% chance at this point that an El Nino of some magnitude will emerge later this year. But interestingly, the public dialog is now centered, including in the local media, around how El Nino is so uncertain that it doesn't matter. And I think we've swung too far back in that direction. It is absolutely true that El Nino is not everything, and there are other influences that in some areas can completely override its influence and produce an opposite outcome even. But on the other hand, there are a lot of pretty basic physical science reasons why especially strong El Ninos in particular, really should and do influence the hydro climate of the American Southwest pretty profoundly and know, as you say, it's not a perfect relationship. But I think the challenge is a lot of folks go and try and do a literal linear correlation between the the El Nino surface ocean and surface temperatures anomalies and average annual precipitation. And of course, that signal is pretty weak in a lot of places. But if you focus only on the strong events and you focus specifically on El Nino, which is a bit asymmetric from its counterpart, La Nina, we'll talk about that a bit in a minute. But there still is a pretty strong signal. So, yes, if El Nino is strong, despite the failure in 1516, I would still put my money on a wider than average winter, perhaps a greatly wetter than average winter, especially in central and southern California and in some parts of the lower Colorado basin. So there's usually a dividing line in El Nino and La Nina years separating the Pacific Northwest from the rest of the West. And usually it's the opposite sign. So when the Pacific Northwest is dry, the rest of the West is often wet and vice versa. And usually in El Nino, the wet conditions occur in California and the Southwest and in the Pacific Northwest is dry and long on any of the opposite is true. We're lining as wet in the Pacific Northwest and dry in the in the Pacific southwest. Of course, that's subject to some some variability. But but, you know, I think that that's a pattern that in the long run still holds true for reasons that physically make sense. But let's back up for a moment and think, okay, so what what is El Nino and La Nina? What is this in the first place? Well, technically, it doesn't directly have anything to do with the western United States. It's a tropical ocean temperature oscillation that is strongly coupled with the tropical atmosphere. So El Nino simply means that that ocean surface temperatures in the eastern part of the tropical Pacific Ocean have been warmer than average for a sufficiently long period and long. Nunez and which means that ocean surface temperatures in the eastern tropical Pacific have been cooler than average for a sufficiently long period. So there need not necessarily be any specific conditions in California or the American West for an El Nino or a La Nina to occur. And it's worth noting that even in 2015, 2016, where the rains did not come in great volume to California, the prediction for a strong El Nino event was correct. The strong El Nino event occurred in the tropical Pacific Ocean. It just didn't produce the results that some folks had anticipated. And, you know, there's been lots of research on why that is is probably been in the weeds for this conversation. But I think in the long run, I would still put my money on a particularly for a strong El Nino event. And it looks like there's a decent chance that's where we're headed this year, although it's still a little bit early to talk. The intensity that we might end up seeing back to back unusually wet winters in California and parts of the lower Colorado, which we have not seen in quite some time. Okay. Got me thinking back to now. You know, this recent winter that we had here, what were predictions for snow and precipitation and atmospheric river events going into this past winter? And then I believe and I've saw some reports of there were 31 atmospheric river events or is actually a river is a is a small is a relatively narrow but intense moisture plume that comes in. But where were the forecasts versus reality going into this winter? Yeah, I will emphasize that there were more like 15 or 16 atmospheric rivers in California. I think the 31 numbers for all of the West Coast that's out of Denver for California. Yeah, my fault in that one. Sorry. Not no worries. Well, so the seasonal prediction for California this past season was, as has been the topic of discussion was where a slight tilt in the odds towards drier than average conditions because of the moderate to almost strong and and persistent third year persistence of La Nina. Now obviously that didn't happen. But if you look if you look at the large scale atmospheric pattern, though, it's kind of interesting. So the reason why there's a slight tilt in the odds towards drier than average conditions during a significant linear event is because it tends to favor a strong ridge of high pressure somewhere over the Gulf of Alaska, as it turned out, that did actually happen. There was a seasonally persistent ridge in the Gulf of Alaska. But the problem or maybe the the the saving grace for California was that it was slightly farther to the west and the typical position of the La Nina Ridge. And so instead of blocking storms from making it to California and dropping rainfall and snowfall, it actually was far enough to the west that the return southward flow on the eastern flank of that high pressure system injected a bunch of cold air and atmospheric instability into the mix and helped juice up these subtropical moisture plumes, producing a bunch of atmospheric river storms and a persistent stream of significant storminess all winter long. So physically, you know, the high pressure system that's connected with cool temperatures in the eastern tropical Pacific essentially happened. But something else occurred that shifted it a little further west than had been initially anticipated. And that resulted in an enormous difference for California, an exceptionally wet winter in some places instead of a drier than average winter. This was something I actually talked about in a blog post back in the autumn last year, which is that, you know, the problem with La Nina and the reason why this linear correlation is not so great is because if you tried to linear correlate La Nina with the ridge in the Gulf of Alaska, there'd be a very strong correlation. But the problem is the relationship between that ridge in California, precipitation is very tenuous. We're kind of on the razor's edge. If it's far enough to the east. We we are warm and dry in the winter, but if it's far enough west, it's literally the opposite surface condition that's cold and wet because of the direction that the winds end up coming from. So that's the hard part, is getting the exact longitude of that big ridge correct months in advance. So you can't just say there'll be a big red blob somewhere in the Gulf of Alaska. You need to be able to say exactly where it is, because if you're off by even 500 or 800 miles, which is not a very big margin on the global planetary climate, seasonal prediction scale, you get the completely wrong outcome for California. And I think that's what happened this year where that ridge was just too far west and we were on the other side of that razor's edge in California on the cool and one side. This year, as is true with much of meteorology, little differences add up and can we do some big changes in the ultimate outcome? One thing I want to look ahead to, you know what has been again until this winter and all the snow and the atmospheric river events, you know, besides the drought in the west. The other thing that got a lot of attention in the West was wildfire season. How these wildfire seasons seem to be keep getting worse with very little fluctuation. So I kind of want to look ahead to this wildfire season as we get through the summer and things quiet down and get into the fall. What are you thinking as far as wildfires go in the West? This year is a complicated picture this year because there's as you mentioned earlier, there are actually patches of drought that have gotten worse this winter, despite the rapid improvement in the California Colorado basin. The Pacific Northwest, for example, is headed for a significant drought right now. So we might actually see a were a relatively worse fire season in the Pacific Northwest later this year than than in some other places. The other thing is that even within California, for example, there's great complexity. So we have such a large snowpack that I think the high elevation fire season this year in California and throughout most of the West, fortunately will be pretty mild because literally there is snow on the ground. It's impossible to have wildfires of any real magnitude right now. And that might still be the case for a few more months. So by the time August gets around, the snowpack is finally melting away. Well, you don't have snow on the ground anymore, but now you have all this residual soil moisture. So everything is going to be pretty damp up at high elevations. I don't think we're going to see and this has been a real, really big problem in recent years. We have seen very high elevation, high intensity wildfires which were historically rare and have recently become much more common. I don't think we'll see that this year in places that have a really exceptional snowpack. So that's some good news, a place where I think there will be a mitigated fire season up above seven, eight, 9000 feet. Of course, there's a lot of territory in the West. In fact, the vast majority of the West is below that elevation. So what happens there? Well, it depends a bit on the ecosystem type. It's actually the case in a lot of the West. The wet years tend to be worse. Fire years historically, because what it means is you have a lot of extra growth of brush and grass. So if you're in the desert, if you're in grasslands or in sort of mixed trees and brush and grass woodland kind of regimes, you usually get worse for areas after wet winters because you have so much more fuel to burn. That's because these these are regimes that are actually known as fuel limited, meaning that the reason why you don't have more and more widespread and more intense fires is usually because there isn't enough vegetation to burn on average. Well, these are the years where there is enough vegetation to burn because you've grown extra because there's so much more water than usual. So all of that greenery you're seeing now, lower elevations will become eventually fuel for fires later in the season. And so there's also this interesting dynamic where in places like California, where there were severe windstorms and snowstorms and these no middle elevation zones this winter, there's a lot of trees and branches that came down which are going to end up essentially forming additional fuel for fires later this season as well, along with all that extra brush and grass growth. So this could be a year where if we do get significant wind or heat or events at the end of the season, we could see a pretty serious failure in certain lower elevation zones, but a really mild failure at higher elevations. And so I think there's both geographic variation where the Pacific Northwest is actually pretty dry right now, but the Pacific Southwest is pretty wet. And there's also a elevational dependance for places that had a big snowpack right now probably aren't going to have much of a fire season this year, but the lower elevations might see potentially a elevated fire season in some places, depending on how things go. Yeah, that's really the irony of the whole bit, to be sure. Before we let you go, I do want to talk a little bit more about atmospheric rivers. I think that term has really jumped into the lexicon over the last 5 to 10 years, especially in the West. What do we know about atmospheric rivers and and the warming climate in general? Yeah, So there's a strong consensus at this point in the scientific literature that the strongest atmospheric rivers will become considerably stronger moisture and produce more intense precipitation than a warming climate. Interestingly, there's less consensus about what happens on average to the frequency of atmospheric rivers overall. So really the strongest argument that we can say is that really throughout western North America, where our rivers are relevant, that the most extreme atmospheric rivers in a warming climate will be significantly wetter and will pose significantly greater flood risks. But doesn't necessarily mean we're going to see more atmospheric rivers overall. In fact, we may even see in some places like California, more variable city of atmospheric rivers from year to year. Rather, the wet years are really wet, increasingly so. And as I mentioned earlier, the dry years or perhaps even drier, you know, this really comes down once again to basic thermodynamics. As you mentioned, atmospheric rivers are at their core. These concentrated plumes of atmospheric water vapor, long but narrow, pushed by strong winds over your head. They can they can carry volumes of water that are many times that of the Mississippi River in flood, but in the form of vapor over your head. So these are huge amounts of water volume that we're talking about. And you can imagine that in a warming climate where the water vapor holding capacity of the atmosphere increases exponentially for each linear increment of warming. So in other words, this is about 7%, four centigrade degree centigrade or about 4% per degree Fahrenheit of warming, that atmospheric sponginess increases by either 4% per Fahrenheit or 7% per degrees Celsius. You know, that would be a pretty darn good interest compound interest rate in a bank. If you get a47 percent guaranteed return. I think anybody would be excited about that. But it's a little bit scary you we talk about it in the context of the ceiling on extreme precipitation, which by our best estimates does increased by about 4 to 7% or Fahrenheit or Celsius degree of warming. And globally, we're already at 1.2 or so degrees Celsius of warming, getting close to two degrees Fahrenheit of warming locally in California during, you know, in some places we're already higher than that because, you know, the land is warming faster than the ocean. So this is not an insignificant change. Yeah, for sure. And I think that's one of the things that I think all of us as scientists and media that's meteorology or climate science, I think a lot of people understand outside of the scientific disciplines that, yeah, if it's warmer, you can evaporate more. I think a lot of that's intuitive, but I'm with you. I don't think people understand that it's not linear. It goes up dramatically as you get warmer so that when we do have these higher end events, they are so much worse. Daniel, we're going to cut you loose. We appreciate you joining us. An addition to the Twitter and YouTube. Where else can people find out about the work you do? Well, I do also write the weather blog. You can find that at Weather West Tor.com. As you mentioned, you know, I try and spread my my public facing science communication across these platforms, Twitter, YouTube and my own weather. WESTCOTT So and, you know, I like to join other people's podcasts on a pretty regular basis, too, So you can find me here, there and everywhere, I guess. DANIEL Terrific. Thanks again so much. I know you're busy. It has been a wild, wild winter and early spring and now mid-spring. There in the western United States. So we hope to talk to you again real soon. Thank you so much for joining us. Thanks again for having me. I'll be right back with a few closing thoughts on the across the podcast. And we're back with some closing thoughts on the Across the Sky podcast. And meteorologist Sean Sublette of the Richmond Times Dispatch, along with Matt Hollander in Chicago and Joe Martucci at the Jersey Shore, the press of Atlantic City. And Daniel, guys, he is just he has such a deep understanding of the weather patterns there. We kind of forget about how volatile it can be in the western United States. We've all kind of, you know, got locked into this idea, well, it's dry and it rains on occasion and they're in trouble. They're running out of water. And then you have a winter like they just had. They're in the western United States. And it really reminds you just how volatile can be. You know, they don't have tornadoes and like we have east of the Rockies, but they had their own entire set of issues, that is for sure. Yeah. And he did explain all the intricacies of water and making sure there's enough water for everybody. I mean, one thing that stuck out was how much So that land has been sinking in the valley just through pumping out the aquifers. I think I've even seen a couple of photos online of like these huge rollers. If you guys ever seen these, like these huge rulers of like tens of feet about how much actually the land has sunk over the past couple of decades. So and the other thing is to, you know, one of these really wet winters is good, still a long way to go to being really on top of it there. And we get throw in the climate change factor. And I like to say it's a lot of time the people do. It's not so much you're just over one. We're more variable in our weather events. And when it comes to Western water management, that's something that. It's just getting, I believe, harder for our water managers to, you know, taking control in terms of these forecasts because we do have, you know, hey, we had a extremely wet winter this past winter, is it? Daniel said he's trending towards having another one of these kind of winters as we go into next winter. Good news. In the short term, we have to see what it means. Well, the other thing that stands out to me is just how the atmosphere is becoming more extreme. You know, we were dealing with the extreme drought and then quickly switched and remarkably, how quickly we switched to extreme rain and flooding. And that's just what we're seeing with climate change is how the extreme nature of these events, these extreme events are happening more frequently. I mean, you can talk about, you know, it goes with other areas, too. You know, when you're looking at, you know, the intensity of hurricanes, for example, there's some uncertainty in the exact number of hurricanes and how that's going to change with climate change. But what there is a clear trend towards is an increase in intense hurricanes and increase, as Daniel referred to. You know, it's still uncertain exactly the number of atmospheric rivers that we're going to see. But when there is an atmospheric river, it's more likely to be an extreme atmospheric river. When we have a drought, it's more likely to be an extreme drought. So there's going to be fluctuations. It doesn't mean like the West is always going to have droughts or it's always going to flood. You know, it's more complex than that. But what we are clearly seeing is a trend in these more extreme events, which is the most high impact from an economic standpoint, you know, and the toll that it takes on people. So, gosh, just, you know, that's that's what really stands out to me is just how many extreme events and not just in the West but across the planet. Yeah. I mean, we've always known that that part of the United States has very highly variable weather to begin with, and they're kind of susceptible to dry and wet periods. But I think that Daniel's point is that we're really seeing that ratcheted up even further. And, you know, we try to remind people it doesn't all just balance out because the evaporation rates are so much higher in a warming climate so that the ground dries out faster. And if you have heavy rain on dry ground, there's more running off than it would be if the ground was a little bit moist, kind of like, you know, you turn the spigot on on top of a wet sponge versus a dry sponge, you get two very, very different impacts from that. So it is going to be quite a quite a challenge for water management, certainly in the western United States for decades and decades to come. With that, we're going to close it up for this week. We do have a few more things kind of percolating in the weeks to come. We've had the aurora borealis show up, so we're kind of working on a couple of things there. We hope to have some news on that coming up soon. But right now for Matt Holiner in Chicago, Joe Martucci, Atlantic City and Kira Saline and Tulsa, our meteorologist Sean Sublette. 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The Sacramento, San Joaquin, & Delta River is filled to the brim, but Valley farmers and southern California won't get access to much of it. On Monday, 95,980 cubic feet per second of water was flushed out of the delta into the Pacific Ocean, leaving a net of five percent of the incoming water to remain in the delta to be pumped and exported throughout the state.   Congressman David Valadao joined the show to discuss the WATER Act & Protecting America's Strategic Petroleum Reserve from China Act    "While we cannot make it rain, we must take advantage of opportunities to store water when it does and maximize what can be moved at all times through the Delta for the duration of these storms...” - DV See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Get the latest agriculture news in today's AgNet News Hour, hosted by Danielle Leal. Today's show covers the San Joaquin valley water blueprint moving forward to the next phase, staying informed on irrigation innovation is critical during drought, and supply and demand driving differences in gas and diesel prices. Tune in to the show for these news stories, interviews, features and more.

Today, we have Lauren Pratt on the show. Referred to as the "Drought-Tolerant Queen of the San Joaquin, Pratt is a landscape designer with an eye for our particular environment. This is a wonderful, pratical episode which will hopefully cause you to rethink how you use your outdoor space! Books/Resources: The New Western Garden Book: The Ultimate Gardening Guide: Sunset Western Garden Book Garden Studio Design Amber Interiors

Imagine for a second that you're a young immigrant, lured to a foreign land with hopes of creating a better life for yourself and your family. Upon arrival, however, things don't turn out quite like you dreamed and those in power decided to take everything from you that you hold dear. Your land is stolen, your brother murdered by so called vigilantes without benefit of a trial and you yourself tied up, horse whipped, and forced to watch your beautiful wife beaten and raped, raped to the point that she would die in your arms shortly thereafter. Sounds like a nightmare. I imagine most of us, under similar circumstances, would be looking for revenge. And, according to legend, vengeance is exactly what the fabled bandit Joaquin Murrieta exacted. Story goes that he waited till nightfall and slid into the camp of his tormentors, dressed all in black. Dispatched one of ‘em with a blade, silently chopping up the body and leaving the dismembered limbs scattered around camp to be found in the morning. And the next night he repeated this action. And again, the night after that. Once Joaquin's immediate thirst for retribution was satisfied, he moved on to other such men, the type who preyed on his kind. He soon formed a group of likeminded compadres, dubbed bandits, who dedicated their lives to protecting the innocent, robbing from the rich and righting various wrongs. A compelling story that is said to have been the real-life inspiration behind Zorro and possibly even Batman. A tale found repeated all over the world wide web both in print and song. But how true is it? Historian Susan Lee Johnson summed it up best when she wrote “so many tales have grown up around Murrieta that it is hard to disentangle the fabulous from the factual”. Who was Joaquin Murrieta? I mean who was he REALLY? Why is there so much misinformation about the man? Was he a freedom fighter - righteous avenger of injustice – or simply a blood thirsty bandit who preyed on the weak? How badly will I butcher any Spanish names I attempt to pronounce?   Email me! https://www.wildwestextra.com/contact/   Check out my website! https://www.wildwestextra.com/   Buy me a coffee! https://www.buymeacoffee.com/wildwest   Join the Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/bloodybeaver   Joaquin Murrieta | Literary Fiction or Historical Fact?  https://www.cocohistory.org/essays-murrieta.html   Chasing the Elusive Joaquin Murrieta - https://www.historynet.com/chasing-elusive-joaquin-murrieta/   Judge Roy Bean | Wild West Extravaganza - https://www.wildwestextra.com/32-judge-roy-bean/   California Ranger Rosters - https://www.yosemite.ca.us/library/california_rangers/joaquin_murieta.html   California Bandidos: Social Bandits or Sociopaths | John Boessenecker - https://dokumen.tips/documents/california-bandidos-social-bandits-or-sociopaths-california-bandidos-social-bandits.html?page=16   Joaquin Murrieta | Los Alegras de Teran - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6rbNjy6PjI   The Bandit Joaquin | Dave Stamey - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-5hhfNKCTY   The Ballad of Joaquin Murrieta | Sons of the San Joaquin - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWfHWFMPSjU   Book & Gear Recommendations - https://www.amazon.com/shop/wildwestextravaganza/list/YEHGNY7KFAU7