State

‘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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City

‘The sky in the east was bright red’

Survivors reflect on the destruction and legacy of the Oakland-Berkeley Hills fire 25 years ago

Twenty-five years ago, the Oakland-Berkeley Hills fire took 25 lives, injured 150 and left 5,000 without homes, causing an estimated $1.5 billion in property damage.
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