California Braces for Power Shutoffs and Warm, Windy Weekend September 28, 2020 By Daisy Nguyen SAN FRANCISCO — Firefighters and officials at California’s largest utility company braced for hot, dry and windy weather in northern... Read More
Masks Are Coveted Items With Covid and Smoke Sweeping West Coast September 25, 2020 By Richard Chess Lindsey Major, wracked with asthma, crisscrossed Seattle in search of an N95 mask as wildfire smoke blanketed the West Coast.... Read More
Wildfires Taint West Coast Vineyards With Taste of Smoke September 25, 2020 By Andrew Selsky TURNER, Ore. — Smoke from the West Coast wildfires has tainted grapes in some of the nation’s most celebrated wine... Read More
Few Resources, Old-Growth Forest Allowed For Fire’s Growth September 24, 2020 By Christopher Weber LOS ANGELES — A lack of firefighting resources in the hours after it was sparked allowed a fast-moving wildfire to... Read More
Huge California Wildfire Threatening More Than 1,000 Homes September 23, 2020 By Christopher Weber LOS ANGELES — A wildfire scorching its way through brush and timber from the mountains to the desert northeast of... Read More
Oregon Grieves For Natural Places Wiped Out By Wildfires September 23, 2020 By Gillian Flaccus DETROIT LAKE, Ore. — Oregonians are grieving the loss of some of their most treasured natural places after wildfires wiped... Read More
Desert Communities Told to Evacuate as Winds Stoke Flames September 21, 2020 By Marcio Jose Sanchez and Christopher Weber JUNIPER HILLS, Calif. — Strong winds stoked a wildfire burning for nearly two weeks in mountains northeast of Los Angeles,... Read More
Massive Damage of Rare Plants Probed at Nevada Mine Site September 21, 2020 By Scott Sonner RENO, Nev. — State and federal authorities are investigating the mysterious loss of a significant swath of a rare desert... Read More
No Emergency Training for Crew on Boat Where Fire Killed 34 September 18, 2020 By Stefanie Dazio and Tom Krisher LOS ANGELES — Crew members on a dive boat say they were never instructed on emergency procedures before a predawn... Read More
Colorado Workers Protest Covid-19 Fine Issued to Meat Plant September 18, 2020 By Patty Nieberg DENVER — A union representing workers at a Colorado meatpacking plant where six workers died of COVID-19 and hundreds more... Read More