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Tag: Cal Fire

Gov. Gavin Newsom talks to media after touring the North Complex Fire zone in Butte County on Sep 11, 2020 outside of Oroville. Newsom has declared a statewide emergency due to the widespread fires and extreme weather conditions, and secured a Presidential Major Disaster Declaration to bolster the state’s emergency response to the Northern California wildfires. Paul Kitagaki Jr./The Sacramento Bee, Pool
Posted inCommentary

Californians deserve the truth about wildfire prevention efforts

by Guest Commentary September 1, 2021August 31, 2021
controlled burn
Posted inCommentary, Environment, Wildfires

To achieve forest health, we need to change our relationship with fire

by Guest Commentary May 19, 2021May 18, 2021
Stacy Estes in front of the home he shares with fiancée Kristin Pruitt, in Sacramento, Calif on Wednesday, April 7, 2021. “I don’t mind paying what it takes to raise my kids,” Estes said, but having his wages garnished for nearly 25 years has placed an unsustainanble financial burden on him. Photo by Anne Wernikoff, CalMatters
Posted inWhatMatters

How California makes millions off child support

Avatar photo by Emily Hoeven May 3, 2021May 3, 2021
The Creek Fire burns downed logs in the forest off of Highway 168 south of Huntington Lake on Sunday, Sept. 13, 2020. Photo by Craig Kohlruss, The Fresno Bee
Posted inCalifornia Divide

Illegal pot grow? Antifa? Rumors swirl about Creek Fire cause, but officials’ lips sealed

Avatar photo by Manuela Tobias February 16, 2021February 16, 2021
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 inWildfires

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

by Julie Cart December 18, 2020December 18, 2020
Posted inWhatMatters

A close race for Prop. 15

Avatar photo by Emily Hoeven October 22, 2020October 22, 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?

Avatar photoAvatar photo by Mikhail Zinshteyn and Erica Yee October 15, 2020October 21, 2020
The sun peaks through the smokey skies from the Camp Fire and a PG&E transmission line November 12, 2018, three miles west of Pulga, Calif. Photo by Karl Mondon, Bay Area News Group
Posted inWhatMatters

Fast winds incoming: PG&E power shutoffs could last 3 days

Avatar photo by Emily Hoeven October 14, 2020October 14, 2020
Fire smolders under high voltage towers in Pulga, Calif., November 9, 2018
Posted inWhatMatters

PG&E under investigation for deadly Shasta County fire

Avatar photo by Emily Hoeven October 12, 2020October 12, 2020
The remains of a burned home in Berryessa Highlands on Sept. 21, 2020. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters
Posted inWhatMatters

Another record: Fires burn more than 4 million acres

Avatar photo by Emily Hoeven October 5, 2020October 5, 2020

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