Wildland fires have become more intense, lasted longer, and burned more acres across California in recent years. More than 30 wildland fires are burning across California, after a lightning storm swept across the northern part of the state earlier this week. ...
The current California fires reflect a complex mix of climate, social, and ecological factors. Fuels across California are currently highly combustible due to a prolonged drought and associated low humidity and high air temperatures. Indeed, it is so dry fires burn freely through the night. Such ...
Prescribed fires play a critical role in reducing the intensity and severity of future wildfires by systematically and widely consuming accumulated vegetation fuel. While the current probability of prescribed fire escape in the United States stands very
Gov. Gavin Newsom is deploying an additional 1,000 members of the California National Guard to fire-ravaged Los Angeles, Newsom said Sunday. The new additions will bring the total number of CalGuard service members in the region to about 2,500 by Monday, according to the governor’s office...
which are reduced by both reduction in burned area and burn depth. Restoration causes smaller reductions in other years, between 8–15% for PM2.5and 6–11% for CO2(Fig.4). In comparison, the moratorium on new agricultural concessions on peatlands has been estimated to have reduced CO2emissio...
Firefighters work to prevent the spread of the Hughes fire in Castaic, which has grown to more than 10,000 acres. More photos(Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times) Southern California's fire season refuses to quit,even with rain on the horizon. ...
In October, several fires in California were responsible for more than 85 casualties with the vast majority of these taking place in a single fire event in northern California (Camp Fire) that burned more than 10000 homes in the town of Paradise2. Both the occurrence of and changes in ...
"Courts haven’t been hearing cases in the 22nd Judicial Circuit. Their family visits have been restricted. But also they are acting out and that is the current situation." Long anticipated that 50 or 60 more inmates would be transferred out of the jail and into the St. Louis Medium ...
Some context:The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation told CNN that, as of Friday, nearly 1,000inmates have been working to stop the fires. Depending on skill, these inmates earn between $5.80 and $10.24 per day in an emergency. Cal Fire also pays the crew members...
NORTHERN CALIFORNIA HIT BY POWERFUL EARTHQUAKE 2ND TREMOR IN 3 DAYS CAUSES INJURIES, FIRES