UW Study Finds Ponderosa Pine Forests Most at Risk From Wildfires August 20, 2020 By University of Washington Recent years have brought unusually large and damaging wildfires to the Pacific Northwest – from the Carlton Complex Fire in...
Fires and Virus Converge on California August 20, 2020 By Sophie Alexander and Brian Eckhouse Californians are in their sixth month of sheltering in place because of a pandemic that’s killed more than 11,000 residents....
Crews Battle Wildfires Amid Brutal Heat Wave in California August 17, 2020 LOS ANGELES — Firefighters struggled to contain three wildfires near Los Angeles on Saturday as forecasters warned that the risk...
PG&E Fire Insurance Costs Skyrocket After Bankruptcy, Fires July 31, 2020 By Mark Chediak PG&E Corp. is finding it very costly to buy fire insurance after wildfires triggered by its power lines sent the...
PG&E’s Power Lines Caused Biggest California Fire of 2019 July 17, 2020 By Mark Chediak and Joel Rosenblatt Less than a month after emerging from bankruptcy triggered by a string of devastating wildfires in 2017 and 2018, PG&E...
California Homeowners Are Doomed to Repeat Their Past Mistakes July 14, 2020 By Leslie Kaufman On Oct. 8, 2017, sparks from private electric equipment set fire to the dry hills of Northern California’s wine country,...
California, Nevada Crews Scramble to Douse Blazes from Fireworks July 6, 2020 SAN FRANCISCO — Firefighters scrambled to douse grass and structure fires sparked by illegal Fourth of July fireworks in California’s...
PG&E Exits Bankruptcy After Wildfires Pushed It to Brink of Ruin July 2, 2020 By Mark Chediak Nearly a year and a half after collapsing under $30 billion in liabilities from wildfires sparked by its equipment, PG&E...
Wildfires Are Taking an Unexpectedly Huge Toll on America’s Lungs June 30, 2020 By Eric Roston During the 2018 Camp Fire, which lasted 17 days and killed 85 people, residents of nearby Northern California communities breathed...
Weekend Wildfires Break Out in Utah, Nevada and Arizona June 29, 2020 Wildfires prompted evacuations in Utah, Nevada and Arizona over the weekend. Fireworks caused a wildfire in Utah that forced out...