Newsom Inks $536 Million Wildfire Package as Drought Explodes Across California
California will spend hundreds of millions on prescribed burns and other tactics ahead of what experts fear will be another summer of megafires for the Golden State. Flames lick above vehicles on Highway 162 as the Bear Fire burns in Oroville, Calif., on Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2020. The blaze, part of the lightning-sparked North Complex, expanded at a critical rate of spread as winds buffeted the region. (AP Photo/Noah Berger) SACRAMENTO, Calif. (CN) — Drought-riddled California will spend over $500 million in the coming months cutting fuel breaks, lighting prescribed burns and conducting othe...