Toilet Paper and Flat Tires: The Strange Ways Californians Ignite Wildfires August 2, 2024 Of all the insidious threats faced by wildland firefighters — extreme heat, desiccated forests, unpredictable fire behavior and a nearly...
Wildfire Smoke May Be Worse for Your Brain Than Other Air Pollution, Study Says July 31, 2024 Wildfire smoke may be worse for brain health than other types of air pollution, according to new research linking it...
Fires in The West Are Becoming Ever Bigger, Consuming. Why and What Can Be Done? July 30, 2024 By Heather Hollingsowrth Decades of snuffing out fires at the first sign of smoke combined with climate change have laid the groundwork for...
California Commissioner Announces FAIR Plan Modernization Deal July 26, 2024 California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara said on Friday that he and the California Fair Plan have agreed to establishing a...
How California’s Homeowners Insurance Crisis Is Affecting Brokers July 23, 2024 By Don Jergler A growing homeowners insurance crisis for Californians is straining brokers who must work harder to get increasingly expensive and more...
Senate Hopeful Pushes Insurance Revamp During California ‘Gouging’ July 10, 2024 By Nadia Lopez US Representative Adam Schiff, a California Democrat who’s running for the Senate, is vowing to take another shot at reining...
PG&E Cut Power to 2,000 as Extreme Heat Bakes California July 2, 2024 PG&E Corp. cut power to about 2,000 homes and businesses in Northern California as triple-digit temperatures, strong winds and low...
California Wildfire Outlook: ‘A Challenging Season for Firefighters’ July 1, 2024 By Don Jergler While the official start to California’s wildfire season is still a ways off, the best forecast of what’s ahead may...
Wildfire Threats Make Utilities Uninsurable in US West June 25, 2024 By Mark Chediak Trinity Public Utilities District’s power lines snake through the lower reaches of the Cascade Range, a rugged, remote and densely...
Northern California Wildfire at 15K-Plus Acres, Containment Grows on Fire in South June 19, 2024 A wildfire is raging through a large swath of western Sacramento Valley after igniting on Monday and spreading to 15,656...