January 8, 2025

Southern California’s disaster again demonstrates that while wildfires were once mostly confined to rural timbered areas during summer and fall months, a warming climate means they can and do strike anywhere and anytime, including residential neighborhoods in the middle of winter.

El presidente electo Donald Trump culpó a las políticas hídricas de California por los devastadores incendios forestales que arden en el condado de Los Ángeles. Los incendios comenzaron debido a vientos fuertes y condiciones extremadamente secas.

President-elect Donald Trump faulted California water policies for the devastating wildfires that are burning in Los Angeles County. The fires started because of fierce winds and extremely dry conditions.

Los nuevos proyectos de ley propuestos por los legisladores del Inland Empire anularían nuevos estándares de combustible, eliminarían los impuestos sobre las propinas y reforzarían las investigaciones de personas indígenas desaparecidos o asesinados.

New bills proposed by Inland Empire lawmakers would void new fuel standards, remove taxes from tips and bolster investigations of missing or killed Indigenous people.

As climate change warms the planet, wildfires have become so unpredictable and extreme that new words were invented: firenado, gigafire, fire siege — even fire pandemic. California has 78 more annual “fire days” — when conditions are ripe for fires to spark — than 50 years ago. When is California’s wildfire season? With recurring droughts, […]

Algunas ciudades del norte de California han recibido casi el doble de precipitaciones que el promedio, mientras que las ciudades del sur están totalmente secas. La enorme disparidad de esta temporada, posiblemente sin precedentes, favorece el suministro de agua del estado.

Some Northern California cities have been soaked with almost twice their average rainfall, while southern cities are bone-dry. This season’s huge — possibly unprecedented — disparity works in favor of the state’s water supplies.

El analista legislativo tiene un plan para solucionar la “insolvencia estructural” del fondo de beneficios por desempleo, pero las empresas no están contentas y no está claro si los legisladores se sumarán.

The legislative analyst has a plan to fix the "structural insolvency" of the unemployment benefits fund — but businesses aren't happy and it’s unclear if lawmakers will get on board.