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As record-breaking fires blacken millions of hectares in California and elsewhere in the western US this year, politicians are mostly sticking to a standard script in response. US President Joe Biden’s proposed budget this year includes a US$500 million boost to what the White House calls “forest management” and other efforts to reduce wildfire risk. In July, California lawmakers approved US$1.5 billion in similar prevention spending. The funds are in addition to the US$2 billion the feder...

LOS ANGELES – It’s only the start of California’s fire season, but the number of wildfires so far is outpacing averages and even last years historic fire season, which scorched millions of acres and included four of the five largest fires in the state’s history.  A perfect recipe for another disastrous fire season is coming together in California, experts fear. The past 12 months have been the states driest on record, according to the National Centers for Environmental Information...

Scientists contend that hot, dry, windy conditions fuel the state's most deadly and destructive blazes — not overgrown forests

SAN DIEGO — Robert Garant proudly showed off a collection of chain saws he’s used to maintain the nearly 2 acres he and his wife, Gladys, have lived on for 47 years in San Diego County’s bucolic mountain hamlet of Julian. The retired school bus driver said pruning the oak trees and dense shrubbery around their home isn’t just an aesthetic endeavor. Maintaining what’s commonly known as defensible space, he explained, can be a matter of life and death. “We actually saved our house ...

Published: Wednesday, 07 April 2021 05:55 UC Thelma Hansen Fund to host climate webinar series, April 27-29  April 7, 2021 - By Pamela Kan-Rice, Author - Assistant Director, News and Information Outreach - Members of the public are invited to attend a free webinar series discussing the effects of climate change on Southern California. At the three-day webinar Climate Change: What Does It Mean for Southern California?, UCLA climate scientist Daniel Swain and UC Agriculture and Natur...

Tony Toso Tony Toso’s cattle gather at a watering hold after the Detwiler Fire in Mariposa County, Calif., in 2017. During disasters, ranchers need access to their livestock to ensure they are out of harm’s way and have food and water. Growers provide firefighters with detailed access road maps, receive ID cards for use in emergencies. When the Detwiler Fire broke out near his familys ranch in 2017, Tony Toso was home to take defensive action to protect his family ...

Analysts Say Cat Models Would Encourage Wildfire Mitigation Measures Predictive modelers told California regulators on Thursday that the state’s antiquated rules for calculating wildfire risk when setting property insurance rates discourage innovative mitigation measures that could ultimately reduce losses. Nancy P. Watkins, a principal and consulting actuary for Milliman, said during a webcast on “home hardening” hosted by the state Department of Insurance that California is one of only ...