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A new report authored by researchers at Stanford and University of North Carolina found that areas experiencing frequent wildfires tend to be low-income.

The federal government announced a $930 million investment last week that would go toward 11 at-risk areas located throughout the western U.S., in an effort to aid regions hard hit by wildfires. The at-risk areas include parts of California, Oregon, Arizona and eight other states.

In the past few years, wildfires have killed tens of thousands of California’s giant sequoias. As a result, the state lost nearly a fifth of its population in just two years according to a 2021 report.

Residents all over the state have felt the impacts of wildfire smoke. A new report from California’s Legislative Analyst’s Office offers suggestions for legislators to respond.

Supporters of the referendum effort need to gather just over 623,000 signatures by Dec. 15 to get it on the 2024 general election ballot. If successful, the law would be put on hold until that election instead of going into effect this coming January.

Governor Gavin Newsom has signed a new law banning California localities from requiring parking spaces for new developments built within half a mile of a public transit stop.

The cost of electricity has skyrocketed for Californians in recent years. A report published last year by the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) predicted, if unmitigated, this trend will only continue. The agency found that wildfires will likely continue driving up these costs.

Just on the heels of a record-breaking heat wave, California saw the onset of an atmospheric river this past weekend. It’s expected to break rainfall records throughout Northern California.

While most Californians are facing record high temperatures, not all communities are impacted equally.

A research team at San Jose State University is working to better understand the growing phenomenon of fire-induced weather patterns and how they make wildfires more intense and harder to fight.

At around 4,440 acres, the Washburn Fire is far from the largest blaze Californians have seen in the past few years. But it has attracted national attention, in part because it's burning near Yosemite National Park's iconic giant sequoia trees.

Governor Gavin Newsom’s office has released a plan for protecting communities hit by the extreme high temperatures that are becoming the norm in California summers.