Environment Removing dangerous wildfire fuels is hard, expensive work. Here’s how one California tribe is making it happen. November 3, 2021 | Manola Secaira Reducing the excess of flammable materials in forests has become the focus for many communities throughout California seeking protection from future wildfires, but issues with funding and staffing remain.
Environment Northern California communities feel disaster whiplash after wildfires, threat of mudslides October 27, 2021 | Scott Rodd The precipitation is desperately needed to combat California’s severe drought. But it comes with a trade-off in communities that endured wildfires.
Environment Northern California wildfires: Where to find updates on air quality, evacuations, and official information October 25, 2021 Here’s the latest information on the wildfires burning throughout Northern California.
Environment Hedge funds cash out billions in PG&E stock. Fire survivors suffer and wait. October 11, 2021 PG&E is mired in debt. Rates are skyrocketing. Tens of thousands of survivors of fires sparked by the utility's equipment are waiting for promised compensation. Amid all this, there's one group that's simply walking away: Wall Street hedge funds.
Environment Map: PG&E starts to restore power from Monday's shutoff, but more could be on the way October 10, 2021 | Chris Hagan PG&E is starting to turn the power back on for the more than 24,000 customers who the utility cut service to Monday as high winds hit much of Northern California, but more shutoffs could be on the way.
Environment Wildfire torched the Sierra all summer, evading containment. Here’s how Tahoe protected itself October 5, 2021 | Emily Zentner | Ezra David Romero Forest thinning helped keep the Caldor Fire from burning into South Lake Tahoe, but experts say more fuel management and climate action are needed to slow the Sierra's destructive wildfires.
Environment Dangerous Air: We Mapped The Rise In Wildfire Smoke Across America. Here’s How We Did It September 28, 2021 The analysis is based on more than 10 years of data collected by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and reveals a startling increase in the number of days residents are breathing smoke at the ZIP code level.
Environment Dangerous Air: As California burns, America breathes toxic smoke September 28, 2021 Smoke from wildfires, which have burned millions of acres in California alone, is choking vast swaths of the country.
Environment PG&E Is Charged With Manslaughter In A California Wildfire That Killed 4 September 24, 2021 Pacific Gas & Electric was charged Friday with manslaughter and other crimes after its equipment sparked a Northern California wildfire that killed four people and destroyed hundreds of homes last year, prosecutors said.
State Government California's Firefighters Keep Getting Injured While Training. And Some Have Died September 21, 2021 Over the last year and a half, almost four dozen Cal Fire firefighters have suffered from heat illness during training, and since 2003, five have died.
