LA mayor picks new fire chief to fill void following most destructive wildfire in city history
LOS ANGELES -- Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass has picked a 30-year fire department veteran as the new fire chief ...
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Satellite program aims to track every wildfire on Earth » Yale Climate Connections
Transcript: In June, a small roadside grass fire started in Oregon. The fire was only about the size of a ...
Read moreDetailsLahaina, Hawaii, rebuilds slowly after deadly fire » Yale Climate Connections
Transcript: Two years ago, wildfires hit Lahaina, Hawaii, and destroyed thousands of people’s homes. Businesses burned down and tourism dried ...
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Mountain lions found malnourished as cubs released back into the wild
Two mountain lions that were orphaned as cubs have been released back into the San Diego County wilderness.The cubs, which ...
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Maui officials sound emergency sirens, evacuate residents as wildfire threatens town
HONOLULU -- Officials on the Hawaiian island of Maui went door-to-door evacuating residents from a wildfire Tuesday and sounded emergency ...
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California joins firefighting compact with a dozen Northwest states and Canadian provinces
Days after California announced that it will form a “West Coast health alliance” with Oregon and Washington, officials on Friday ...
Read moreDetailsWhen wildfire hit her street, even a climate expert felt unprepared » Yale Climate Connections
Transcript: Gale Sinatra knows a lot about climate change. For decades, the education and psychology professor at the University of ...
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Wildfire scorches historic California gold mining town, burning multiple homes
TUOLUMNE COUNTY, Calif. (AP) — One of nearly two dozen fires burning across Northern California on Wednesday scorched homes in ...
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Wildfire burns into historic California Gold Rush town amid hundreds of lightning strikes
Portions of a historic California Gold Rush town once home to Chinese miners was burned as hundreds of lightning strikes ...
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Bill requiring removal of unused power lines to avoid wildfire risks dies in Sacramento
A state bill that would have required Southern California Edison and other investor-owned utilities to take steps to avoid causing ...
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