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‘A perfect storm’: CA struggles amid record-breaking fire season

Photo of the 2020 California Wildfires
Cal Fire Mendocino/Creative Commons
The impacts of California’s wildfire season this year have been exacerbated by the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic. To minimize firefighters’ risk of exposure to COVID-19, team numbers have been decreased, which has made efforts to contain wildfires more difficult. (Photo by Cal Fire Mendocino under CC BY CC 1.0.)

Amid orange skies and poor air quality, Californians continue to face a record-breaking wildfire season, and its end could be a ways away.
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Editorials

Illustration of a California landscape littered with fire hazards, with a fire looming in the distance

PG&E law won’t solve perennial fire crises

STATE AFFAIRS: CA, localities must invest in firefighting infrastructure, vegetation maintenance, community shelters

Lawmakers cannot foist all the blame onto PG&E, nor can utility reforms alone protect the state. In the past three years, Californians have witnessed the two largest fires in state history.
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