‘Built to burn.’ L.A. let hillside homes multiply without learning from past mistakes
Los Angeles County keeps building in hillisides and canyons even as the fire risk worsen. For a century, the lure of ...
Cal Fire’s updated fire-hazard maps will double the area of locally managed land that must comply with safety codes
Cal Fire will begin rolling out new fire-hazard severity maps, which are expected to more than double the land in ...
Sen. Adam Schiff calls for federal firefighters to be exempt from hiring freeze
Schiff’s letter to multiple U.S. agencies comes after NBC News reported that federal firefighters were not considered exempt from the hiring freeze.
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A Day to Remember: Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter’s rendezvous with the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge
The Alaska Conservation Foundation invited former President Jimmy Carter to Anchorage for the 25th Anniversary Celebration of ...
Trump's freeze stalls federal firefighter hiring
Crews helped battle the deadly Los Angeles-area wildfires, and now some worry a shortfall will weaken response capabilities ...
Lawmakers debate response to California wildfires
House lawmakers Thursday debated whether regulations contributed to the wildfires that devastated the LA area.
Corpus Christi firefighters return from battling California wildfires
Three Corpus Christi firefighters recently returned from California, where they helped battle the wildfires in the Pacific ...
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UW-Madison scientists weigh in on LA fires, explain university satellites that track them
Researchers from the Silvis Lab and Space Science and Engineering Center provide insight on the causes of recent fires in Los ...
Aurora Fire Department returns from Los Angeles with lessons, suggestions on fire safety
The brush crew from Aurora Fire Rescue that went and helped in the Los Angeles firefighting efforts said Coloradans need to ...
Voices: I’m an environmental scientist. Utah must learn from the devastation of the recent LA wildfires.
For Utahns, the devastation in LA should be a sobering reminder that we, too, live in a fire-prone landscape and must do more ...
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Marin stakeholders, citing LA fires, escalate housing opposition
The pushback is coming from areas of the county with greater wildfire risks and potential evacuation problems.
Seeing smoke? Pile burns combat pine beetle outbreak near Breckenridge
It may have been a little smoky in the Distillery Hill area of Breckenridge on Tuesday as crews worked to complete pile burns ...