After the Moss Landing battery fire, should California limit where battery storage plants can be built?
With construction near homes, schools and businesses, a growing call for more limits on key renewable technology ...
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 ...
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Cal Fire’s predictions didn’t foresee Altadena inferno - now it’s changing fire-hazard maps
The Tunnel fire broke out in a wooded canyon just minutes away from UC Berkeley, where David Sapsis was working on his Ph.D.
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Malibu Seen: A three-hour Tour De Force Majeure
Random thoughts from a CalFire tour through the forbidden zone On Saturday, Jan. 25, I took a three-hour tour with Brent ...
Newsom’s executive order mandating 5-foot clearance around homes: What does it mean?
Wildfire experts in recent years have highlighted the dangers of wind-driven embers that can travel great distances and ...
California boosts wildfire prep with new laws, $1.5B for fuel reduction
State officials are pushing for new laws as wildfires devastating wildfires continue to become the new normal across California.On Thursday Governor Gavin Newso ...
Crime and Public Safety
Wildfire experts in recent years have highlighted the dangers of wind-driven embers that can travel great distances and ...
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The LA fires burned a lot of lithium-ion batteries. What does that say about a clean energy future?
Lithium–ion batteries have been making headlines since the devastating Eaton and Palisades fires broke out a month ago. From concerns about evacuating in an electric vehicle, to the challenges of ...
Seattle house fire leaves woman in critical condition
Extremely cold temperatures made battling a house fire in Seattle's Bitter Lake neighborhood particularly challenging.
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Newsom tells forestry board to speed up rules for ’ember-free zones’
The governor called on the state Board of Forestry to enact regulations they were ordered to draft four years ago.
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Kamala Harris tours Pacific Palisades, says she wants to be present for the community
Former Vice President Kamala Harris toured neighborhoods devastated by the Palisades Fire, an area not far from her own home ...
Newsom wants to speed up delayed rule to make California homes more fire resistant
California Gov. Gavin Newsom will order state officials to advance implementation of a state rule aiming to make homes more ...