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fromHigh Country News
14 hours agoWildfires make soil poisonous - High Country News
Researchers have known since at least 2008 that wildfires can create chromium-6, but a new study, published in the journal Environmental Science and Technology in November, is the first to report details such as how long it might persist in groundwater.
Environment
Mental health
fromSilicon Canals
5 days agoPeople who are excellent in emergencies and fall apart during ordinary weeks aren't wired wrong. Their nervous system was calibrated for crisis, and calm registers as the absence of signal rather than the presence of safety. They function brilliantly when the house is burning because fire is the only temperature that feels familiar. - Silicon Canals
The autonomic nervous system has a social engagement system that affects how individuals respond to stress and calm.
Environment
fromLos Angeles Times
4 days agoMore than 200,000 lost their homes in the L.A. County fires. For people already on the streets, the damage ran deeper
Over 75% of homeless residents affected by the 2025 wildfires reported injuries or major life disruptions, highlighting the link between climate disasters and homelessness.
fromThe New Yorker
1 week agoTrump Guts the Forest Service Ahead of Wildfire Season
The Trump Administration's sweeping changes to the Forest Service, which operates under the Department of Agriculture, represent a gutting of an agency that has been a stable fact of life for over a century.
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fromSFGATE
5 days agoCalifornia man drowns in Colorado River while trying to recover his hat
Emergency crews arrived at the river near Davis Camp at about 11:15 a.m. on Monday for a possible drowning, having received reports that a man failed to resurface after entering the water from a pontoon boat.
California
East Bay (California)
fromABC7 San Francisco
1 month agoBerkeley Hills fire raises concerns about inaccessible escape route due to locked gate
A two-alarm fire destroyed one Berkeley Hills home and damaged another, raising concerns about neighborhood evacuation routes when emergency exits were inaccessible.
fromwww.dailynews.com
2 months agoSouthern California fire chiefs fault local leadership as US Senate probes Palisade fire
What I observed was not simply a difficult fire under extreme conditions, Butler said. It was the predictable outcome of a breakdown in leadership, preparedness and command discipline. Firefighters were forced to improvise without adequate resources, unified command or consistent safety oversight. This was not a failure of effort by firefighters. It was a failure of leadership above them.
US politics
California
fromABC7 San Francisco
1 month ago'Concerning': Bay Area sizzles in March heat wave, bringing fire danger and AC issues
An unprecedented March heat wave with record temperatures is straining Bay Area infrastructure, causing air conditioning systems to fail prematurely and raising wildfire concerns due to dry conditions.
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Environment
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month agoCan culling your garden slow a wildfire? A California city pins its hopes on a contested plan
Homeowners in high-risk wildfire areas must remove flammable vegetation near their homes, including beloved plants, as part of new Zone 0 fire safety regulations requiring cleared space around structures.
Environment
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month agoCan culling your garden slow a wildfire? A California city pins its hopes on a contested plan
Homeowners in high-risk wildfire areas must remove flammable vegetation near their homes, including beloved plants, as part of new Zone 0 fire safety regulations requiring cleared space around structures.
Environment
fromLos Angeles Times
1 month agoCalifornia's snowpack was already meager. Now comes an extraordinary heat wave
California's Sierra Nevada snowpack is at 48% of average due to an extremely warm winter, with rapid melting accelerated by an incoming heat wave threatening the state's water supply.
fromLos Angeles Times
2 months agoCal Fire to probe Ventura County response to tractor blaze that reignited into Mountain fire
A week later, powerful Santa Ana winds arrived, picked up some bits of rubber from one of the tractor's scorched tires and carried them over the containment area into dry vegetation, bringing the fire back to life, according to investigators. The subsequent blaze, the Mountain fire, burned nearly 20,000 acres and destroyed roughly 250 homes and structures in Camarillo Hills and nearby communities in western Ventura County.
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Environment
fromEarth911
1 month agoGuest Idea: The Wildfire Season You're Not Prepared For
Extreme wildfire conditions caused by heat, drought, and wind alignment have nearly tripled globally over 45 years, with human-caused climate change responsible for over half this increase, making simultaneous extreme fire weather across multiple regions increasingly common.
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