After the Altadena fires, many families found that their homes were still standing but to toxic to live in. This is why we need AB 1462.
09.03.2026 07:29
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After the Altadena fires, many families found that their homes were still standing but to toxic to live in. This is why we need AB 1462.
I know he’s hibernating but I’m making sure @darthbluesky.bsky.social has this to look forward to. 🥔
In which I sowed marigolds in 72 small seedling cells. Looking at contents of the open seed envelope, you can’t really tell that I sowed 72, because there! are! so! many! tiny straw-like seeds, still.
Center: French Marigolds blooming; from the volunteers I transplanted back in December.
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A color photo of "An Altar for Los Angeles" created by Ofelia Esparza and her daughter Rosanna Esparza. This is just part of the larger beautiful altar on display in the "Becoming Los Angeles" exhibit at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County.
“An Altar for Los Angeles” created by master #altarista Ofelia Esparza (as seen last night at @nhm.org's #FirstFridays).
On Mar 28, the Vincent Price Art Museum is hosting a gallery walkthrough w/ the Esparza Family as part of its “Ofelia Esparza: A Retrospective” exhibit. vpam.org/event/walk-g...
Bottom of paper bag with dried marigold seed heads
It’s a subset of all the seed heads I got from the neighbor
This is that same amount of seeds several times over.
A paper Victorian puzzle purse from scratch paper opens to show a bunch of marigold seeds. In the table outside the puzzle purse are the enclosures of marigold flower that held the seeds
Big garden patch of French marigold flowers in shades of yellows oranges and red.
Garden day today will consist of sowing some French Marigold seeds that will eventually go into patch with tomatoes
Seeds (1) came from dried out flowers from this (2) patch of long stemmed marigolds from an Altadena neighbor
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No one could have predicted that …
Here, internet, a lesson I just now learned.
When checking on drying/roasting cashews, the glistening surface is not water. It is cashew fat. Do not over-dry/roast.
(I oopsie spilled some on floor and rinsed in sieve, dried out on tray in oven, same time as toasting walnuts for banana bread)
Bernard LaFayette, critical in Nashville desegregation efforts, dies Bernard LaFayette, who died March 5, was instrumental in the organization of students
RIP Bernard Lafayette
In A Better Way docu, Lafayette was John Lewis’s college roommate, and Lewis kept urging him to attend the nonviolence workshops with Rev. James Lawson.
BL: “I went, mostly to shut him up. But when I got there…”
he was transformed.
www.tennessean.com/story/news/l...
The Eaton Fire 14 months ago destroyed a lot of stuff and damaged even more. MSM & govt dropped the whole Altadena community into a hole & forgot about them. Matt's replaced his tools now & w/ $435 in materials he can get to work repairing things.
Pls RS/QS. Pls do what you can. #HelpFolksLive2026
Hello Fire Recovery Partners, EFRU has been closely following Assemblymember Harabedian’s bill addressing indoor and outdoor contamination from the Eaton and Palisades Fires of January 2025. AB 1642 calls for health-based testing and clearance standards for the recovery of standing homes, schools, and businesses impacted by smoke and ash, and for soil remediation, in accordance with DTSC guidelines. This is HUGE! Currently, there are no statewide standards governing the recovery of standing structures after a wildland–urban interface (WUI) fire, and AB 1642 would change this. WHY THIS MATTERS Unfortunately, many people have returned to homes, schools, and businesses still affected by contamination. Without standards for the recovery of a standing building that survived the fire, insurance companies have frequently failed to provide thorough testing or restoration of homes. EFRU’s data shows that 6 out of 10 homes that have been remediated are still not habitable due to lead and/or asbestos levels. Fire-related contamination poses a serious public health threat to our communities. WHAT YOU CAN DO AB 1642 is scheduled for its first committee hearing before the Assembly Committee on Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials. It is critical that AB 1642 receive strong support from community members, collaborative recovery organizations, and groups assisting residents who live, work, or have children attending schools in impacted areas. Please consider adding your organization's name to the letter supporting AB 1642 below. It will clearly demonstrate to the Committee the urgent need and community support for this bill. Endorsements are needed by Wednesday, March 4th no later than 12pm. Individual support from people with a standing home, those with a total loss dealing with soil contamination, those with children at a local school, or those working in the area can also be submitted using the button below. If you want to further support this effort, please sha…
Individual support from
people w/ a standing home, those with a total loss fr soil contamination, those w/ children at a local school, or those working in the area can also be submitted using the button below. If you want to further support this effort, please share this widely!
www.efru.la/ab1642
Californians who support health of wildfire survivors with standing homes, pls check this out and sign your support.
People (+science +public health) vs Insurance Industry Lobby
“AB 1642 is the testing-and-clearance bill standing-home survivors have been asking for”
#EatonFire #PalisadesFire
Just showed this to some family members. Improving mental health by looking at potatoes.🥔
Darcy (whose family library is the work of generations)
'I cannot comprehend the neglect of a family library in such days as these.'
What was going on in contemporary Pride and Prejudice era to merit “such days as these”?
(+sad… I am deconstructing a family library in such days as these)
Double-trunk of Eucalyptus trees, and a branch with leaves. The tree is backlit by the afternoon sun on a day with blue sky in the background.
Eucalyptus tree backlit in afternoon sun. Good to take a break from all the stuff-wrangling I’m doing right now to get outdoors for a bit.
More wrangling awaits me, just minutes from now.
Here is a map of soil lead levels from Cap LA (this was from the self-sampling era; we didn't self sample and drop off)
Heaviest concentrations south/downhill/downwind of the Eaton Fire perimeter
lmu-la.maps.arcgis.com/apps/instant...
About a year ago, March 10, I sampled several spots in backyard (6 inch depth) and sent off to a soils lab in MA. Lead levels were Okay.
But 6-inch (root) depth is diff from surface depth (smoke deposits toxins on soil surface). Good to get these results.
Yours in poison obsession,
Susan
We each are looking at devices.
Then he says, Results from Cap.LA came in.
Recording scratch
I said Oh! Let me look!
Cap.la tested soil at homes in/near Altadena. Tested for Lead & other toxins from Eaton Fire.
Results: backyard (my food garden) all Below alarm levels. Lead below. Yay.
Acknowledgements: Cate Heneghan and Loyda Wilson. I met these neighbors in Altadena by happenstance after interviewing Governor Newsom on their devastated block, as you’ll read in FIRESTORM. Getting to know them has been a true blessing, and I cannot wait for you to meet them, too.
Hashtag #goals for 2026
Now on my list:
Spiral shavy tool
Wire spatula for deep frying
And time of course, time.
Donald J. Trump → @realDonaldTrump X.com
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View under the canopy of a tree with many many yellow citrus fruit— yellow grapefruit
Grapefruit tree at the communal garden. These are Oro Blanco (I believe), the light yellow flesh of grapefruit.
I harvest some, let em sit on the counter and get less green and more yellow, then a couple weeks later harvest some, let em sit on the counter and…
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For no particular reason, I am imagining what a government guided by care ethics would do in the world.
Close up of tiny yellow five petal flower on shrub with pointed leaves
Yellow flowering shrub, mountains in background
2/ Death Valley CA Super Bloom
🌱 Creosite Bush (Larrea tridentata) californiacurated.com/2025/02/24/c...
A medicinal plant, the Tohono Oʼodham Nation also make a glue from it to mend pottery.
Westward Ho #LandYacht #Trip11 Day19
Good afternoon from Death Valley CA Super Bloom
Another flower 🧵
🌱 Bigelow's Monkey Flower calscape.org/Diplacus-big...
🌱 Desert Purple Mat (Nama demissum var. demissum)
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Currently 87° with 2 mph wind btw
Westward Ho #LandYacht #Trip11 Day19
Good evening from Death Valley CA Super Bloom
🌱 Desert Sunflower videos 🧵
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“I celebrate the meow to come”
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Was that from the TV show?
(All I know is the movie)
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My reax:
this
OMG this
this this this!
I’ve been dealing w ongoing serial crises for 2+ years now.
My “Deal-With-It; Get Through” feels, on the inside, like utter depletion.
I fear others perceive this as Susan’s normal, capable, can-do ability. Let’s ask her for more.
No
The U.S. is a country that is unable to handle death but is awash in it. A country with people who often can't process grief. These are terrible things.
