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Category: California Wildfires

An explanation of nine new California laws taking effect in 2021. Illustration by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters; iStock
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Nine new California laws explained — each in 1 minute

CalMatters staff by CalMatters staff December 31, 2020January 15, 2021

1. California widens mental health conditions insurers must cover In the past, state law only required treatment for nine serious mental illnesses. Even before the pandemic, more than half of Californians said most people with mental health conditions couldn’t get the help they needed. Some families even dropped private insurance to qualify for treatment in […]

The Anderson’s address spray painted on the end of a log in a timber deck of Douglas Firs cut down by PG&E following the CZU Lightening Complex Fires in August of this year. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters
Posted inCalifornia Wildfires

Whack and stack: PG&E’s toppling of trees creates new hazards

Avatar by Julie Cart December 18, 2020December 18, 2020
Lucy Smallreed at her home in Inverness on Dec. 6, 2020. Smallreed’s neighborhood, which borders on the Tomales Bay State Park, is a heavily wooded area. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters
Posted inCalifornia Wildfires

Can ‘fire hardening’ solve California’s home insurance crisis?

James Bikales by James Bikales December 7, 2020December 9, 2020
Cattle graze in Modoc County south of Alturas where cattle outnumber humans 4-1 on Wednesday, July 8, 2020. Without Devil's Garden, fires will burn longer as firefighting crews will have to travel more than 100 miles to reach the area. Photo by Karl Mondon, Bay Area News Group
Posted inCalifornia Wildfires

California’s final frontier faces firefighter shortage

Elizabeth Castillo by Elizabeth Castillo November 11, 2020November 10, 2020
A firefighter hoses down a burning home to help stop the spread of the fire to nearby homes in the Skyhawk community as the Shady Fire burns in Santa Rosa, on Sept. 28, 2020. Photo by Dai Sugano, Bay Area News Group
Posted inCalifornia Wildfires

California protects homeowners from having fire insurance dropped — again

James Bikales by James Bikales November 5, 2020November 5, 2020
West Sacramento firefighters battle the Camp Fire on Honey Run Road in Paradise on Nov. 9, 2018. Photo by Ray Chavez, Bay Area News Group
Posted inCalifornia Wildfires

Two years after Paradise burned, the focus is on prevention, rebuilding

James Bikales by James Bikales October 21, 2020October 21, 2020
one of the 1,555 structures the Glass Fire left in its path of destruction. Photo by Marco Torrez
Posted inVotebeat

How to vote in a pandemic when you’ve lost your home in a wildfire

by Isabella Bloom and Marco Torrez October 21, 2020October 26, 2020
Saxon Stahl, a fourth year student at UC Santa Cruz, stands in the woods across from their residence hall on Oct. 14, 2020. The heavily wooded campus had a mandatory evacuation for more than a week during the CZN Lightening Complex fires in August. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters
Posted inHigher Education

Is your college in a severe wildfire zone?

Mikhail ZinshteynErica Yee by Mikhail Zinshteyn and Erica Yee October 15, 2020October 21, 2020
Taylor Craig stands for a portrait on the edge of his family’s property outside of Vacaville on Oct. 2, 2020. Charred trees and ground on the adjoining property were caused by the LNU Lightening Complex Fire in August; Craig was able to fight off the flames and protect his home from the fire after not receiving an evacuation warning. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters
Posted inCalifornia Wildfires

‘Totally inadequate’: Most Californians in wildfire-prone counties aren’t signed up for emergency alerts

James Bikales by James Bikales October 7, 2020October 8, 2020
Homes destroyed by the LNU Lighting Complex Fire seen interspersed with untouched homes above Lake Berryessa, a resort area and water supply reservoir, on Sept. 21, 2020. Following the lighting complex fires in August, residents were advised not to drink or boil the tap water out of concerns for benzene and other contaminants. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters
Posted inEnvironment

Unsafe to drink: Wildfires threaten rural towns with tainted water

Avatar by Rachel Becker October 5, 2020October 7, 2020

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