Full CoverageFrom flooding rain to unmitigated wildfire: Why California is ground zero for disasters
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Opinion | As a Climate Scientist, I Knew It Was Time to Leave Los Angeles
By Peter Kalmus
L.A. Fires Show the Reality of Living in a World with 1.5°C of Warming
By Jeffrey Kluger
L.A. Mayor Karen Bass Is a Lesson in Leadership Failure
By Steven Malanga
Why wildfires are becoming faster and more furious
By Chris Baraniuk
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CAL FIRE
CAL_FIRE
Wildfire preparedness starts with you. 🔥
Wildfires pose a year-round threat in California, making preparedness more critical than ever.
CAL FIRE partnered with the @IBHS_org for a live demonstration burn to highlight how proactive steps, such as creating defensible space, pic.x.com/zOL4Z3eQPb
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CAL FIRE
CAL_FIRE
Today brought together CAL FIRE leaders and officials from across California—all united around one message: wildfires will happen, and it’s going to take everyone to protect our communities, together.
Now’s the time to get informed, get involved, and get ready. Wildfire pic.x.com/pHHG1sD1d2
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Governor Gavin Newsom
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It's Wildfire Preparedness Week, California!
With fires increasingly being a year-round threat, we’re accelerating forest resilience and prevention projects across the state, deploying the latest firefighting technology, and more.
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California Governor's Office of Emergency Services
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From clearing debris to breaking ground—recovery in LA is moving forward thanks to the collective power of partnership.
#LAWildfires #LAstrong pic.x.com/WkX9oLIxnk
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How are wildfires connected to climate change?
By Louise Osborne & Holly Young
Burn, Hollywood, Burn?
By Joshua Frank
L.A. fires are the worst-case scenario experts feared and foresaw
By Adiel Kaplan, Lewis Kamb & Evan Bush
Fires, Hurricanes, Extreme Weather: The Media Misses the Climate Link
By Margaret Klein Salamon
How Well-Intentioned Policies Fueled L.A.’s Fires
By M. Nolan Gray
LA fires show the human cost of climate-driven ‘whiplash’ between wet and dry extremes
By Doug Specht
DAVID MARCUS: In California, environmental activism backfires into a blazing hellscape
By David Marcus
How Climate Change Has Fueled L.A.’s Devastating Wildfires: ‘We Have Unleashed Forces Beyond Our Control’
By Cynthia Littleton
Black Sci-Fi Writer Octavia Butler Predicted the Dystopia of the LA Fires by Studying History
By Lexi McMenamin
Three Hard Truths About California’s Fire Crisis
By Claire Lehmann
LA area fires: Climate change playing key contributing, but not sole, role
By Andrew E. Freedman
LA’s dreams went up in flames Politicians are to blame for a shocking lack of preparation
By Joel Kotkin
LA Was Built to Burn - by Leighton Woodhouse
By Leighton Woodhouse
Why Los Angeles was unprepared for this fire
By Anna Phillips, Joshua Partlow & Molly Hennessy-Fiske
How the climate crisis fuels devastating wildfires: ‘We have tweaked nature and pissed it off’
By Victoria Namkung
Los Angeles is on fire and big oil are the arsonists | Tzeporah Berman
By Tzeporah Berman
L.A. Fires Show Limits of America’s Efforts to Cope With Climate Change
By Christopher Flavelle
'Devastating': California had record rainfall last year, but lacked infrastructure to store it
By Jamie Joseph
Devastating LA wildfires fueled by perfect storm of conditions — and clueless pols who ignored warnings
By Jared Downing & Chris Nesi