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Tag: wildfires

An aerial view of fire damage to a neighborhood of multi-million dollar homes Laguna Niguel on June 1, 2022. Photo by Mike Blake, CalMatters
Posted inPolitics

California lawmakers failed to fix the insurance market. So what comes next?

Avatar photo by Alexei Koseff September 14, 2023September 14, 2023

Legislators weren’t able to reach a compromise that helps insurers with wildfire risk while also protecting homeowners. Interest groups hope to find one in meetings this fall.

Fast food workers rally at the state Capitol in Sacramento on Aug. 31, 2023. Photo by Rahul Lal for CalMatters
Posted inWhatMatters

Let’s make a deal at the California Legislature

Avatar photo by Lynn La September 12, 2023September 12, 2023
Posted inEnvironment

California’s wildfire smoke and climate change: 4 things to know

Avatar photo by Alejandro Lazo September 5, 2023September 4, 2023
Masked and unmasked commuters are seen at a Metro station in Los Angeles on July 13, 2022. Photo by Jae C. Hong, AP Photo
Posted inWhatMatters

How to stay safe in California as COVID surges

Avatar photo by Lynn La September 5, 2023September 5, 2023
A gas gathering plant on a hilltop at the Southern California Gas Company's Aliso Canyon storage facility near the Porter Ranch neighborhood of Los Angeles in 2017. AP Photo/Jae C. Hong
Posted inWhatMatters

California regulators OK Aliso Canyon expansion

Avatar photo by Lynn La September 1, 2023September 1, 2023
Stacey Berardino, assistant deputy director over the forensics and justice involved division of mental health, speaks to community members about CARE Court, a new program that will be implemented in October of 2023, at the St. Irenaeus Catholic Church in Cypress on Aug. 17, 2023. Photo by Lauren Justice for CalMatters
Posted inWhatMatters

Can CARE Courts ease California’s homeless crisis?

Avatar photo by Lynn La August 28, 2023August 28, 2023
A house burns on Platina Road at the Zogg Fire near Ono in 2020. Photo by Ethan Swope, AP Photo
Posted inCommentary

Legislature is avoiding key issues, including worsening California fire insurance crisis

by Dan Walters August 16, 2023August 15, 2023
A home burns as the Camp Fire rages through Paradise on Nov. 8, 2018. Photo by Noah Berger, AP Photo
Posted inWhatMatters

Why California wildfires are getting worse

Avatar photo by Lynn La August 15, 2023August 15, 2023
Firefighters walk past backfire — flames lit by firefighters to burn off vegetation — while battling the Mosquito Fire in El Dorado County on Sept. 9, 2022. Photo by Noah Berger, AP Photo
Posted inWhatMatters

Summer danger in California: Unpredictable wildfires and extreme heat

Avatar photo by Lynn La July 12, 2023July 12, 2023
CalFire firefighter Bo Santiago lights a backfire as the Rocky fire burns near Clearlake in 2015. Photo by Josh Edelson, AP Photo
Posted inWildfires

California’s firefighter union is poised to get a rare perk: Guaranteed raises, forever

Avatar photo by Anabel Sosa June 30, 2023June 30, 2023

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