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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Wildfires in California are common. Destructive ones are increasingly common now, too. But how common is \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12021440/firefighters-catch-needed-break-as-winds-fueling-devastating-la-blazes-die-down\">a serious wildfire in Southern California\u003c/a> in January?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Historically, the area’s wildfire season ran from May to October, according to the Western Fire Chiefs Association. But that season has grown longer as human-caused \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1995420/climate-scientists-warn-of-growing-whiplash-effect-on-weather-patterns\">climate change is making landscapes hotter and drier\u003c/a>, and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11924234/why-suppressing-wildfires-may-be-making-the-western-fire-crisis-worse\">a century’s worth of fire suppression\u003c/a> has built up fuel and primed forests to burn.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, enormous wildfires like those wreaking havoc in Southern California are far from the norm.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Large fires in January are exceedingly rare because the region nearly always receives a fire-season-ending rainfall event by the end of the year,” said Crystal Kolden, a fire scientist at UC Merced. “This is a very novel event.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Several factors \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12020835/southern-california-fires-could-be-most-expensive-us-history\">set the stage for the deadly wildfires\u003c/a> in Southern California: massive vegetation growth from past wet winters that dried out in the blazing summer, a winter where the rains have yet to come, and extreme Santa Ana winds reaching 100 mph in some places.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12021265\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12021265\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-051.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-051.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-051-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-051-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-051-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-051-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-051-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A sign from the Lincoln Avenue Water Company reminds all to conserve water in downtown Altadena after the Eaton Fire swept through the area northeast of Los Angeles, California, on Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Unfortunately, people don’t tend to think of winter as fire season, but in California, fire season is any time it is dry enough, and there is fuel,” Kolden said. “The Santa Ana event just provided the blowtorch that makes the fires uncontrollable, and unfortunately, we will not see containment until after the winds die down later this week.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fires in densely populated areas like those burning in Los Angeles can and have occurred in the Bay Area. The \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11893199/the-oakland-hills-fire-transformed-firefighting-along-a-citys-edge-in-california\">1991 Tunnel Fire\u003c/a> in the Oakland and Berkeley hills killed 25 people and destroyed nearly 3,500 structures, and the 2017 Tubbs Fire in Santa Rosa left 22 dead and obliterated almost 6,000 structures. Both of those fires ignited in October, though.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“California is naturally adapted to fire, and it’s a part of our natural ecosystem,” said Michael Gollner, a researcher and fire expert at UC Berkeley.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While the conditions fueling Southern California fires are a perfect storm of dry fuels, warm weather and high winds, Gollner said all of those factors are a part of Northern California’s climatology, too, and they “can and will line up someday up here again.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>John Abatzoglou, a climatology professor at UC Merced, said it’s likely more common for those conditions to come together in Southern California than in the northern part of the state, however.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“In the Bay Area, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12020521/winds-raise-extreme-fire-risk-in-southern-california-but-bay-area-is-spared-by-rain\">the rainy season\u003c/a> typically starts quite a bit earlier than in Southern California. And Southern California then has just that many more opportunities for dry conditions to collide with Santa Ana winds and arid ignitions,” he said. For the Bay Area, “the risk is there, but it’s certainly less.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kaitlyn Trudeau, a researcher at the nonprofit Climate Central, said there is no longer a fire season, and people need to adjust accordingly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“What’s important is that people understand that these risks exist at all times of year,” she said. “There’s not a particular span of months where you don’t need to worry about it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Trudeau spoke with KQED just minutes after seeing an image of her grandfather’s charred-out home for the first time. It burned in the Eaton Fire this week, but her grandfather was safe.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s going to become increasingly difficult to prepare for the future by looking at the past,” said Trudeau, “because we really haven’t seen what we’re going to be seeing in the future with increasing carbon pollution.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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It will phase out a dozen ranches that have lined the North Bay shoreline since before the California Gold Rush.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The deal comes after three environmental groups sued the park service in 2022, faulting it for part of the ecological damage done by ranchers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Thanks to agreements between The Nature Conservancy and the closing ranch operations, the park’s future management will include additional opportunities for visitors, non-lethal management of native tule elk, and honors the co-stewardship agreement with the Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria,” Point Reyes National Seashore Superintendent Anne Altman said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kevin Lunny, a third-generation rancher on the peninsula, said relations between the park service and the ranchers, who lease their land, had deteriorated over the past two decades.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Even though I knew it was coming, it’s super hard,” he said. “Even though deep down we believe it’s the right thing, and we did it voluntarily … we felt so much in a corner that we didn’t know what else to do.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Three groups — Resource Renewal Institute (RRI), the Center for Biological Diversity and the Western Watersheds Project — \u003ca href=\"https://www.rri.org/newsroom/a-new-era-for-point-reyes\">sued the park service\u003c/a> in 2016 and 2022 over its decision to continue issuing leasing land to commercial beef and dairy ranches on the seashore.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to the nonprofit In Defense of Animals, the ranches dump millions of pounds of manure, millions of gallons of urine and tens of thousands of pounds of methane into the area, causing ecological damage. Tule elk have also been starved of resources and contracted diseases, the group said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11936879\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11936879\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/DSC5237-scaled-e1672877098790.jpg\" alt=\"Four male elk walk down a grassy hillside\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Once abundant along the Point Reyes National Seashore, tule elk will be able to roam freely when the majority of ranching ends in the next year and a half. \u003ccite>(Amanda Font/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Erik Molvar, the executive director of Western Watersheds Project, called the settlement a “major victory” for the tule elk.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The elk will now have the ability to move freely throughout the national seashore … and expand their populations to a natural population level,” he said, noting that previously, fences had constricted their movements.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the benefits will extend beyond the elk, too, Molvar said. While at least two ranches plan to continue operating, the 12 that close through the settlement will reduce the number of cattle in the area from more than 10,000 to around 200.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This reduction in grazing will help restore native coastal grasslands, he said, and give other native species dependent on those grasses a better chance to thrive. In turn, those native grasses should help streams see less sedimentation and erosion, improving salmon and steelhead runs, as well, he said. And, the public will get more access to expanded trails and camping sites.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Molvar said that despite the victory, he wasn’t breaking out the champagne.[aside postID=news_11936802 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/Cows-in-Point-Reyes-e1672879647911.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is a compromise,” he said. “We had to accept some outcomes that we didn’t like in order to get the outcomes that we really wanted.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The settlement will reduce the amount of land used for ranching by roughly 85%. Lessees leaving the seashore will split a sum of around $40 million, and employees on the ranches will divide about $2.5 million in relocation assistance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Michael Bell, director of protection at the Nature Conservancy in California, which was brought in to mediate and is footing the bill for the ranchers’ settlement, acknowledged the agreement is a profound cultural shift.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s a big transformative land use change,” he said. “There were all the emotions, but also a lot of pride that all the parties were able to get [to a solution], and a lot of determination to make this a success.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For Lunny, however, the decision to leave the seashore is more bitter than sweet. As the ranchers, workers and their families relocate, the community that supports them will also be affected, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re losing our rural character,” Lunny said. “We know that our agreeing to this has profound repercussions on our community. 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"content": "\u003cp>Weeks before the devastating fires \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12021203/widespread-scope-southern-california-fires-shown-satellite-images\">ravaging Los Angeles\u003c/a>, the city’s fire chief warned that funding cuts would hurt the department’s wildfire response. It’s a message that echoes in Oakland, where the Fire Department is facing massive budget reductions — and some city leaders are hoping the disaster in L.A. will be a wake-up call.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After the Palisades and Eaton fires erupted Tuesday, overwhelming firefighters and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12020808/as-la-fires-rage-harrowing-evacuations-play-out-on-traffic-choked-roads\">burning thousands of homes\u003c/a>, reports of fire budget cuts flooded online discourse.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In July, Los Angeles cut $17.6 million from the Fire Department, according to records from the city controller’s office. Mayor Karen Bass referred to the elimination of some vacant positions as a “reset” and said she didn’t believe it affected the Fire Department’s response this week, and L.A. Councilmember Bob Blumenfield’s office noted that a union contract passed in November belatedly boosted the budget, going to wage increases.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, as recently as December, Los Angeles Fire Chief Kristin Crowley warned in a memo to the board of fire commissioners that the cuts would “limit the Department’s capacity to prepare for, train for, and respond to large-scale emergencies, including wildfires.” The reductions included $7 million for overtime training hours, she said, and funding for 61 civilian positions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Oakland, where many are familiar with the devastation that fire can wreak in densely populated hills, severe budget cuts forced \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12020393/2-oakland-fire-stations-close-amid-budget-crisis-more-could-follow\">the closure of two fire stations\u003c/a> this week, in addition to one already closed for repairs. Four more could shutter next month.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12020360\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12020360\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250105_OakFireClose_DMB_00097.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250105_OakFireClose_DMB_00097.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250105_OakFireClose_DMB_00097-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250105_OakFireClose_DMB_00097-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250105_OakFireClose_DMB_00097-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250105_OakFireClose_DMB_00097-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250105_OakFireClose_DMB_00097-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Oakland Fire Department Station 28 on Jan. 5, 2025, is one of two stations scheduled to close until June. \u003ccite>(David M. 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Councilmember Janani Ramachandran, whose district includes one of the shuttered fire stations, said officials hoped to keep the closures “as brief as possible.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12021125 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/IMG_7960-1020x764.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, the final decision isn’t the council’s to make. When it approved then-Mayor Sheng Thao’s budget in July, the council gave budget administrator Bradley Johnson permission to select from a menu of cuts under \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12018688/oakland-broad-cuts-public-safety-city-agencies-amid-massive-deficit\">a contingency plan triggered in December\u003c/a> by the stalled sale of Oakland’s stake in the Coliseum. Johnson moved forward with $5.5 million in fire cuts. The second phase, expected to save $7 million more, could begin in February, and station closures could last the remainder of the fiscal year, which ends in June.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The stations shuttered Monday are two of the closest to the hills, where many residents are still terrified by memories of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11893199/the-oakland-hills-fire-transformed-firefighting-along-a-citys-edge-in-california\">1991 Oakland Hills firestorm\u003c/a>. The Tunnel Fire, as it was officially known, was one of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.ebparks.org/about-us/stories/oakland-hills-firestorm-forward\">most destructive\u003c/a> in California’s history. After a small fire broke out on private land, 70 mph winds caused flames to rip through the hills, burning houses and cars. More than 4,500 firefighters from across Northern California responded to the fire, which destroyed nearly 3,500 homes and killed 25 people.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Seth Olyer, president of the Oakland firefighters union, had a dire message this week for residents around shuttered Fire Stations 25 and 28, near Joaquin Miller Park and the Lake Chabot golf course.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Chabot Park, Sequoia, Noland Park, Joaquin Miller, Oakmoor, Skyline, Grass Valley, Woodminster, Lincoln Highlands and Crestmont — hear this clearly: if you live in any of those neighborhoods, be aware that you’ll be waiting a very long time for help,” Olyer said Monday on the steps of City Hall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You will not quickly have firefighter paramedics to help you or your family, and what could have been a small blaze or a small fire near your house will become a conflagration, leaving tragedy in its wake,” he continued.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Olyer said that if all of the cuts go through, closing nearly 30% of the city’s 28 stations, firefighters wouldn’t be able to respond to a fire like October’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12010151/oakland-fire-spreads-to-nearby-homes-amid-dry-windy-conditions\">Keller Fire\u003c/a> as effectively as they did.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12020359\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12020359\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250105_OakFireClose_DMB_00091.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250105_OakFireClose_DMB_00091.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250105_OakFireClose_DMB_00091-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250105_OakFireClose_DMB_00091-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250105_OakFireClose_DMB_00091-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250105_OakFireClose_DMB_00091-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250105_OakFireClose_DMB_00091-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Oakland Fire Department Station 28 on Jan. 5, 2025, located on Grass Valley Road in the East Oakland Hills. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, the final decision isn’t the council’s to make. When it approved then-Mayor Sheng Thao’s budget in July, the council gave budget administrator Bradley Johnson permission to select from a menu of cuts under \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12018688/oakland-broad-cuts-public-safety-city-agencies-amid-massive-deficit\">a contingency plan triggered in December\u003c/a> by the stalled sale of Oakland’s stake in the Coliseum. Johnson moved forward with $5.5 million in fire cuts. The second phase, expected to save $7 million more, could begin in February, and station closures could last the remainder of the fiscal year, which ends in June.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The stations shuttered Monday are two of the closest to the hills, where many residents are still terrified by memories of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11893199/the-oakland-hills-fire-transformed-firefighting-along-a-citys-edge-in-california\">1991 Oakland Hills firestorm\u003c/a>. The Tunnel Fire, as it was officially known, was one of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.ebparks.org/about-us/stories/oakland-hills-firestorm-forward\">most destructive\u003c/a> in California’s history. After a small fire broke out on private land, 70 mph winds caused flames to rip through the hills, burning houses and cars. More than 4,500 firefighters from across Northern California responded to the fire, which destroyed nearly 3,500 homes and killed 25 people.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Seth Olyer, president of the Oakland firefighters union, had a dire message this week for residents around shuttered Fire Stations 25 and 28, near Joaquin Miller Park and the Lake Chabot golf course.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Chabot Park, Sequoia, Noland Park, Joaquin Miller, Oakmoor, Skyline, Grass Valley, Woodminster, Lincoln Highlands and Crestmont — hear this clearly: if you live in any of those neighborhoods, be aware that you’ll be waiting a very long time for help,” Olyer said Monday on the steps of City Hall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You will not quickly have firefighter paramedics to help you or your family, and what could have been a small blaze or a small fire near your house will become a conflagration, leaving tragedy in its wake,” he continued.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Olyer said that if all of the cuts go through, closing nearly 30% of the city’s 28 stations, firefighters wouldn’t be able to respond to a fire like October’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12010151/oakland-fire-spreads-to-nearby-homes-amid-dry-windy-conditions\">Keller Fire\u003c/a> as effectively as they did.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12020359\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12020359\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250105_OakFireClose_DMB_00091.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250105_OakFireClose_DMB_00091.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250105_OakFireClose_DMB_00091-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250105_OakFireClose_DMB_00091-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250105_OakFireClose_DMB_00091-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250105_OakFireClose_DMB_00091-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250105_OakFireClose_DMB_00091-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Oakland Fire Department Station 28 on Jan. 5, 2025, located on Grass Valley Road in the East Oakland Hills. In 2023, Fire Station 28 responded to 405 calls. \u003ccite>(David M. Barreda/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Engines 25 and 28 were amongst the first engines on scene on the Keller Fire,” he told KQED. “The boots on the ground right away made the difference between houses on Campus Drive becoming foundations only, kind of like all this stuff happening down in L.A. The sooner you get resources there, the better the outcome is across the board.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some of the calls that engines from Station 28 answer are almost to the end of the county. If farther stations have to respond to emergencies in its zone, response times could climb, Olyer said — from the usual four minutes up to 15 in some cases.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fire crews also have expertise in the topography in their districts, an important factor when navigating the windy, narrow roads of the Oakland Hills. Some of the stations closest to the Oakland Hills also have slightly shorter fire trucks to move through the neighborhood more easily.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Now you have an engine that’s made for driving around on International Boulevard or Telegraph or something trying to wind its way up these hill areas,” Olyer said. “It’s very difficult to maneuver just on a good day, even the smaller engines.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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Officials with the DOJ said that police had made significant progress during the collaborative effort and that the remainder of the reforms could be carried out without external supervision.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Today marks a significant milestone for the SFPD and for the future of policing,” Police Chief Bill Scott said in a statement. “The SFPD will continue to make our city safer as we stand as a model for 21st Century Policing for the nation. I want to thank our officers who continue to police San Francisco with dignity and respect. This is an ongoing effort that we will sustain for years to come.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the \u003ca href=\"https://oag.ca.gov/system/files/attachments/press-docs/SFPD%20Collaborative%20Reform%20Initiative%20-%20Final%20Jensen%20Hughes%20Report%20-%202025-01-06.pdf\">124-page report\u003c/a> issued by the state Justice Department, officials praised the SFPD for its commitment to the reform efforts and to improving accountability. According to the report, the department’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12018845/sf-police-accused-using-excessive-force-woman-who-walked-up-protest-arrest\">use of force\u003c/a> rate had gone down significantly between 2017 and 2023, and its yearly average number of shootings by officers has also declined by 50%.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the SFPD still has room for improvement, the report notes. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12020124/police-more-likely-use-force-against-young-people-of-color-california-report-finds\">Racial disparities\u003c/a> in the rates of stops, searches and uses of force persist, and the San Francisco Department of Police Accountability has also accused officers of reporting inaccurate data when it comes to race.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There are issues that the department still needs to look at,” said Barbara Attard, a police accountability consultant in San Francisco who pushed for SFPD reforms for several years. “We’re not totally out of the woods yet, but it’s a big step to be out from under the collaborative reform initiative.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to a letter from the office of California Attorney General Rob Bonta, the state DOJ is “cautiously optimistic” that upon its departure, SFPD will stay committed to its process of reform and that public oversight and accountability boards will ensure that progress continues.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12020422 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/250107-LurieInterfaithCeremony-23-1020x680.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The San Francisco Public Defender’s Office has some concerns, however. The office has previously made attempts to address issues within SFPD, including creating a \u003ca href=\"https://sfpublicdefender.org/copmonitor/\">public database\u003c/a> with records of police misconduct.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Elected Public Defender Mano Raju said there is little “meaningful” oversight in the Police Department when it comes to holding officers responsible for cases of misconduct accountable.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Precious little has changed since implicit bias trainer Dante King described SFPD’s anti-Black bias as ‘pervasive’ and ‘unchecked,’” Raju said. “Celebrating the completion of paper reforms underscores the gap between the stated intentions and real outcomes.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The announcement of the DOJ’s departure marks the end of a nearly decade-long reform initiative within SFPD that began in 2016. After a series of fatal police shootings — including the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11752153/san-francisco-to-pay-400000-to-settle-lawsuit-over-police-killing-of-mario-woods\">killing of Mario Woods\u003c/a> in 2015 — SFPD had faced an onslaught of public criticism and widespread protest.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As a result of the public outcry, SFPD began working with the U.S. Department of Justice to determine what changes needed to be made. In an initial assessment, the Justice Department found that \u003ca href=\"https://www.sanfranciscopolice.org/sites/default/files/2018-11/DOJ_COPS%20CRI_SFPD%20OCT%202016%20Assessment.pdf\">SFPD officers\u003c/a> had engaged in multiple instances of unnecessary use of force and other concerning behaviors. They provided 272 recommendations for improving police accountability and transparency within SFPD in the same report.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2018, the California DOJ took over the collaboration. 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The pause occurred during the crucial fall window for controlled burns, raising concerns that it could increase long-term fire risks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The story has been circulating on the internet this week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The fires in Los Angeles have been politicized online as people search for politicians and policies to blame — and for evidence to reinforce personal beliefs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even if the U.S. Forest Service had continued to allow burning, it would not have prevented this week’s devastation from deadly fires that have destroyed thousands of homes. The \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12021203/widespread-scope-southern-california-fires-shown-satellite-images\">fires we’re seeing\u003c/a> are primarily spreading through urban neighborhoods, with the possible exception of the Eaton Fire, which is burning, in part, on federal forest lands.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Given the wind, weather and location of the fires, it’s unlikely a controlled burn would have stopped the disaster. The houses and surrounding vegetation are fuels in communities that were not designed for fire resilience when they were planned decades ago.[aside postID=science_1965575 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/102523-Paradise-Rebuild-AP-CM-02-copy.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s vegetation all around homes and trees overlapping, and [residents] love the beauty and the look of that,” said Michael Gollner, a researcher and fire expert at UC Berkeley. “But when a fire comes through, it has a clear path to just keep propagating through the community.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So what would have helped? Living in communities \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1965575/and-now-fire-season-heres-how-to-prepare\">prepared for fire\u003c/a>. How to prepare isn’t a mystery. It just takes \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11887158/in-california-restoring-our-relationship-with-fire-is-possible\">convincing residents\u003c/a> to get their communities involved.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I hope that emerging from this [disaster] can be a much more serious conversation around fuels and community design,” said Michael Wara, a climate and energy expert at Stanford University.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California and the federal government have poured a lot of money into fire resilience, but there is room for much more, Wara said. For example, the state has taken steps to ramp up prescribed fire, but there have not been many burns next to communities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There has been more investment in fuels management crews, but less investment in enforcing tough, defensible space codes, like having a five-foot buffer of non-combustible material around a house, what experts call “Zone 0.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When an area rebuilds after a fire, \u003ca href=\"https://www.hcd.ca.gov/building-standards/state-housing-law/wildland-urban-interface/docs/2010-part-2-cbc-ch7a.pdf\">adopting stringent requirements \u003c/a>— such as using fire-resistant materials and requiring 30 feet between buildings — helps neighborhoods prepare for the next fire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What’s needed is community support for fire resilience. Some communities oppose vegetation removal or defensible space inspections or prescribed fire near homes. Some areas that have rebuilt chose to waive certain requirements, including parts of Santa Rosa that burned in 2017.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12021207\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12021207\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-030.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-030.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-030-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-030-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-030-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-030-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-030-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Altadena resident Herb Wilson and his wife, Loyda Wilson, survey their home that was destroyed in the Eaton Fire northeast of Los Angeles on Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025. The couple was on vacation in Hawaii when the fire broke out, so they were not able to retrieve any belongings. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>While adopting new fire safety codes can be expensive and inconvenient, according to Gollner, he hopes the impacted Los Angeles communities will embrace them “so that if there’s a future fire in this area, we no longer would see such a destructive event.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If we’re going to have available, affordable insurance in California — not just now, but in 10 years as climate change gets worse — we need to do that stuff now,” Wara said, adding that there is only so much politicians can do.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I don’t blame the politicians for that at all. It is about the people in communities,” he continued. “It is about community consensus and community solidarity, people taking responsibility for doing the work and for helping their neighbors to do the work.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fires that ignited in the San Bernardino National Forest last year were successfully fought, in part, because of prescribed burns by the U.S. Forest Service. The Line Fire threatened the Angelus Oaks community in early September 2024, but it slowed, and firefighters were able to \u003ca href=\"https://www.fs.usda.gov/about-agency/features/flame-without-fuel\">control and redirect\u003c/a> it when it entered a burn scar from the previous June.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They saved that community using prescribed fire,” Wara said. “We need more of that. And the real barrier there is not the money, it’s not the agency, it’s the community acceptance.”[aside postID=news_11887158 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/07/RS66829_230626-HousingNevadaCoWildfire-53-BL-KQED.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the Los Angeles area, Malibu fires have become notorious. The despair and folly of continually rebuilding what continually gets burned is captured in \u003ca href=\"https://www.jstor.org/stable/3984830\">\u003cem>The Case for Letting Malibu Burn\u003c/em>\u003c/a>, the provocative 1995 essay by Mike Davis, former writer and professor at UC Riverside.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This has occurred across this state at different times throughout history and will keep happening if we’re not prepared for it,” Gollner said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Stringent codes guiding construction and landscaping can prevent the vast majority of ignition spread and give firefighters a much better chance of saving communities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If we prevent 95% of the ignitions — it doesn’t have to be perfect — then firefighters will do a great job catching the few [ignitions] that slip through,” Gollner said. “But we have to help them. When there’s hundreds or thousands of structures igniting, they cannot handle it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>As devastating fires continue to burn in \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/los-angeles-county\">Los Angeles County\u003c/a>, state lawmakers have moved quickly to secure federal aid — help that some fear could be delayed or cut off in a future disaster under the Trump administration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Palisades and Eaton fires, which began Tuesday and spread rapidly during strong winds, have destroyed thousands of homes and forced over 100,000 residents to evacuate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>President Joe Biden approved a major disaster declaration on Wednesday after several California representatives and Gov. Gavin Newsom urged the president to swiftly respond to the crisis.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It didn’t take more than a text message to get [Fire Management Assistance Grants] approved, which means we’re reimbursed for the vast majority of these costs. No politics, no hand wringing, no kissing of the feet,” Newsom said during a press conference on Tuesday. “Emergency proclamations are being drafted as we speak, and I just want to thank the president because that’s something I don’t take for granted.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Thursday, Biden pledged that the \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-01-09/biden-to-address-the-nation-about-la-fires\">federal government\u003c/a> would cover 100% of the costs associated with the wildfires. He also noted that all possible resources are being sent to California to help with firefighting and rescue efforts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12021339\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12021339 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/CAWildfiresJoeBidenAP.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/CAWildfiresJoeBidenAP.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/CAWildfiresJoeBidenAP-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/CAWildfiresJoeBidenAP-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/CAWildfiresJoeBidenAP-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/CAWildfiresJoeBidenAP-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/CAWildfiresJoeBidenAP-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">President Joe Biden delivers remarks regarding the ongoing wildfires impacting Southern California alongside Gov. Gavin Newsom at Santa Monica Fire Department Station 5 in Santa Monica, California, on Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2025. \u003ccite>(Stephanie Scarbrough/AP Photo)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D–San José), who signed the letter to Biden, said his quick response “will accelerate the assistance that is so desperately needed.” But she also acknowledged that Biden only has a few more days left in office. Once his term ends this month, it will be President-elect Donald Trump who is in charge of approving emergency aid distribution on the federal level.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During his first term as president and throughout his most recent campaign, Trump frequently \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12014403/can-trump-really-withhold-fire-relief-from-california-hes-tried-it-before\">threatened\u003c/a> to limit and even cut the amount of financial aid going to California for disaster recovery, decisions that would be well within his authority as president.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When a natural disaster occurs, states can seek federal assistance through the \u003ca href=\"https://www.fema.gov/pdf/emergency/nrf/nrf-stafford.pdf\">Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act\u003c/a>, a law that designed the process by which states can request financial aid in times of emergency.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>First, state officials proclaim a state of emergency. Then, the governor can look to the Federal Emergency Management Agency for a disaster declaration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Upon determining that a declaration is warranted, FEMA’s recommendation is brought to the Secretary of Homeland Security, who then brings it to the president for final approval.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12021323\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12021323\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-056.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-056.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-056-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-056-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-056-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-056-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-056-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The remains of a house in Altadena, California, after the Eaton Fire swept through the area northeast of Los Angeles, California, on Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Federal aid can help with cash assistance for people who have been evacuated or lost their homes, as well as expedite the process of debris removal and other assistive measures.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After the catastrophic \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/camp-fire\">Camp Fire\u003c/a> in 2018 and the major wildfires in 2020, Trump resisted providing aid before eventually capitulating. When eastern Washington also experienced a massive wildfire in 2020, Trump refused to approve any federal assistance, allegedly due to his conflicts with Washington Gov. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It didn’t take more than a text message to get [Fire Management Assistance Grants] approved, which means we’re reimbursed for the vast majority of these costs. No politics, no hand wringing, no kissing of the feet,” Newsom said during a press conference on Tuesday. “Emergency proclamations are being drafted as we speak, and I just want to thank the president because that’s something I don’t take for granted.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Thursday, Biden pledged that the \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-01-09/biden-to-address-the-nation-about-la-fires\">federal government\u003c/a> would cover 100% of the costs associated with the wildfires. He also noted that all possible resources are being sent to California to help with firefighting and rescue efforts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12021339\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12021339 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/CAWildfiresJoeBidenAP.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/CAWildfiresJoeBidenAP.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/CAWildfiresJoeBidenAP-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/CAWildfiresJoeBidenAP-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/CAWildfiresJoeBidenAP-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/CAWildfiresJoeBidenAP-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/CAWildfiresJoeBidenAP-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">President Joe Biden delivers remarks regarding the ongoing wildfires impacting Southern California alongside Gov. 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Once his term ends this month, it will be President-elect Donald Trump who is in charge of approving emergency aid distribution on the federal level.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During his first term as president and throughout his most recent campaign, Trump frequently \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12014403/can-trump-really-withhold-fire-relief-from-california-hes-tried-it-before\">threatened\u003c/a> to limit and even cut the amount of financial aid going to California for disaster recovery, decisions that would be well within his authority as president.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When a natural disaster occurs, states can seek federal assistance through the \u003ca href=\"https://www.fema.gov/pdf/emergency/nrf/nrf-stafford.pdf\">Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act\u003c/a>, a law that designed the process by which states can request financial aid in times of emergency.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>First, state officials proclaim a state of emergency. Then, the governor can look to the Federal Emergency Management Agency for a disaster declaration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Upon determining that a declaration is warranted, FEMA’s recommendation is brought to the Secretary of Homeland Security, who then brings it to the president for final approval.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12021323\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12021323\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-056.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-056.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-056-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-056-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-056-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-056-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-056-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The remains of a house in Altadena, California, after the Eaton Fire swept through the area northeast of Los Angeles, California, on Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Federal aid can help with cash assistance for people who have been evacuated or lost their homes, as well as expedite the process of debris removal and other assistive measures.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After the catastrophic \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/camp-fire\">Camp Fire\u003c/a> in 2018 and the major wildfires in 2020, Trump resisted providing aid before eventually capitulating. When eastern Washington also experienced a massive wildfire in 2020, Trump refused to approve any federal assistance, allegedly due to his conflicts with Washington Gov. Jay Inslee, according to an \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2021/05/18/997690599/a-destroyed-town-denied-aid-by-trump-braces-for-more-wildfires\">NPR report\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Biden also faced criticism in 2021 for his denial of individual assistance to those affected by the Caldor Fire in Northern California after FEMA found that enough victims were covered by insurance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Stephen Collier, a professor of regional and city planning at UC Berkeley, said the issue goes beyond just the president.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12021263\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12021263\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-043.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-043.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-043-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-043-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-043-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-043-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-043-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Buildings are destroyed along Fair Oaks Avenue in Altadena, California, after the Eaton Fire swept through the area northeast of Los Angeles, California, on Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“It’s complicated how this stuff is going to exactly play out,” Collier said. “There are moments when the Republicans in Congress have resisted more federal aid, but the moment there are disasters in their own states, which happens every year, they ultimately get on board.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Several Republicans, including Trump, have already vocalized their criticisms of Democratic politicians and policies since the fires began, according to a report by \u003ca href=\"https://www.politico.com/news/2025/01/08/trump-musk-california-democrats-wildfires-00197080\">\u003cem>Politico\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The president-elect criticized Newsom in a Truth Social post on Wednesday, calling the fires “virtually apocalyptic” and blaming the governor for not signing a water restoration declaration that he said would have prevented the disaster.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>The deadly fires ravaging Los Angeles this week have destroyed thousands of homes from the Pacific Coast to the foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains, and by the time the firestorm finally subsides, it is likely to be the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12020835/southern-california-fires-could-be-most-expensive-us-history\">costliest wildfire disaster in U.S. history\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The two largest blazes — the Palisades Fire and the Eaton Fire — have burned more than 27,000 acres combined and remain completely uncontained.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Although that’s far from the scale of the largest wildfires in California history, the flames barreled \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12020808/as-la-fires-rage-harrowing-evacuations-play-out-on-traffic-choked-roads\">directly into populated areas\u003c/a> on the fringes of a sprawling metropolis, fueled by hurricane-force winds and drought-parched brush.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It will be days, if not weeks, before the extent of the damage is clear. But satellite imagery from San Francisco-based Planet Labs provides a glimpse at how much has burned already.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These photos may look strange. That’s because they are what’s known as \u003ca href=\"https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/features/FalseColor\">false-color images\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12021214\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1430px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12021214 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/Fire-Satellite-Images1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1430\" height=\"1920\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/Fire-Satellite-Images1.jpg 1430w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/Fire-Satellite-Images1-800x1074.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/Fire-Satellite-Images1-1020x1370.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/Fire-Satellite-Images1-160x215.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/Fire-Satellite-Images1-1144x1536.jpg 1144w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1430px) 100vw, 1430px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A false-color satellite image taken on Jan. 8, 2025, by Planet Labs, which displays healthy vegetation in red, shows where the Palisades Fire burned through the Santa Monica Mountains and the neighborhood of Pacific Palisades, stretching to the ocean. \u003ccite>(Courtesy Planet Labs PBC)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The NRG false-color images here display near-infrared light — which is invisible to the human eye — in red. Because plants reflect infrared light strongly, land that is covered in vegetation shows up as deep red. Denser plant growth appears darker red, making such images helpful for showing the health of vegetation — or where it has been wiped out completely by wildfire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The photo above, taken Wednesday, shows where the Palisades Fire burned through the Santa Monica Mountains and the coastal Los Angeles neighborhood of Pacific Palisades.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Remember, healthy vegetation shows up as red, so all the land that isn’t red — partially obscured by a thick plume of smoke in the center of the image — is burned.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12021215\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1536px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12021215 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/Fire-Satellite-Images2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1536\" height=\"1920\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/Fire-Satellite-Images2.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/Fire-Satellite-Images2-800x1000.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/Fire-Satellite-Images2-1020x1275.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/Fire-Satellite-Images2-160x200.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/Fire-Satellite-Images2-1229x1536.jpg 1229w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1536px) 100vw, 1536px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A zoomed-in detail of Planet Labs’ false-color satellite image from Jan. 8, 2025, shows where the Palisades Fire burned through the heart of Pacific Palisades. The glow of flames can be seen near Palisades Charter High School in the center-left of the image. \u003ccite>(Courtesy Planet Labs PBC)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Here, a zoomed-in detail of the image shows more closely the fire’s path through the heart of Pacific Palisades, stretching all the way to Will Rogers State Beach at the bottom of the image.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The glow of flames can be seen near Palisades Charter High School, which was reportedly all but destroyed, in the center-left of the image.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Another detailed section of the Palisades Fire satellite image shows where the blaze burned through a Santa Monica Mountains community known as the Summit at Palisades Highlands.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12021216\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12021216\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/Fire-Satellite-Images3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1440\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/Fire-Satellite-Images3.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/Fire-Satellite-Images3-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/Fire-Satellite-Images3-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/Fire-Satellite-Images3-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/Fire-Satellite-Images3-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A zoomed-in detail of Planet Labs’ false-color satellite image from Jan. 8, 2025, shows where the Palisades Fire burned through a community known as the Summit at Palisades Highlands in the Santa Monica Mountains. \u003ccite>(Courtesy Planet Labs PBC)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Preliminary reports suggest that the Palisades Fire alone has damaged or destroyed thousands of structures, officials said in a news conference on Thursday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It is safe to say that the Palisades Fire is one of the most destructive natural disasters in the history of Los Angeles,” L.A. Fire Department Chief Kristin Crowley said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nearly 30 miles inland, northeast of the city of Los Angeles, the Eaton Fire has torn through neighborhoods in the foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The interactive slider below overlays two false-color satellite images from Planet Labs. On the left is an image taken Monday, the day before the fires broke out, and on the right is an image taken Wednesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https://flo.uri.sh/visualisation/21102556/embed\" title=\"Interactive or visual content\" class=\"flourish-embed-iframe\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" style=\"width:100%;height:500px;\" sandbox=\"allow-same-origin allow-forms allow-scripts allow-downloads allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation\" width=\"100%\" height=\"500\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It shows a wide swath of the San Gabriels along with foothill communities below. NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory is on the left edge of the images, and the city of Sierra Madre is on the right.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Just north of Pasadena, the fire destroyed entire blocks in the unincorporated community of Altadena.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The image below shows a zoomed-in section of Wednesday’s satellite photo from the interactive slider. All of the non-red land in the center is burned vegetation in the foothills of the San Gabriels, and at the bottom is Altadena, obscured by smoke.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12021218\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12021218\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/Fire-Satellite-Images4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1440\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/Fire-Satellite-Images4.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/Fire-Satellite-Images4-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/Fire-Satellite-Images4-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/Fire-Satellite-Images4-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/Fire-Satellite-Images4-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A zoomed-in detail of a satellite image taken on Jan. 8, 2025, by Planet Labs, which displays healthy vegetation in red, shows where the Eaton Fire burned through the foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains and into the community of Altadena, seen at the bottom of the image obscured by smoke. \u003ccite>(Courtesy Planet Labs PBC)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>For information on how to support people affected by the L.A. County firestorm and resources for fire victims, visit \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12021150/where-to-donate-help-los-angeles-wildfire-eaton-fire-palisades-pasadena\">this guide by KQED’s Nisa Khan\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Firefighters are continuing to battle the fires and had \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12021107/firefighters-begin-to-slow-spread-of-ferocious-blazes-ravaging-los-angeles\">begun to slow their spread\u003c/a> on Thursday, but wind gusts are expected to strengthen again Thursday evening into Friday morning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The interactive map below shows the latest on the fires.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https://kqedsf.maps.arcgis.com/apps/instant/basic/index.html?appid=c7285ba9ce524bbba6c689e96d013112\" width=\"1200\" height=\"700\" scrolling=\"yes\" class=\"iframe-class\" frameborder=\"0\">\u003c/iframe>\u003cbr>\n\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px\">\u003ci>Map by Matthew Green/KQED\u003c/i>\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Wildfire locations are sourced from \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://www.fire.ca.gov/\">\u003cem>Cal Fire\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem> and perimeters from the \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://data-nifc.opendata.arcgis.com/\">\u003cem>National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC)\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem>. Click on each fire icon for more incident-specific details.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It will be days, if not weeks, before the extent of the damage is clear. But satellite imagery from San Francisco-based Planet Labs provides a glimpse at how much has burned already.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These photos may look strange. That’s because they are what’s known as \u003ca href=\"https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/features/FalseColor\">false-color images\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12021214\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1430px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12021214 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/Fire-Satellite-Images1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1430\" height=\"1920\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/Fire-Satellite-Images1.jpg 1430w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/Fire-Satellite-Images1-800x1074.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/Fire-Satellite-Images1-1020x1370.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/Fire-Satellite-Images1-160x215.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/Fire-Satellite-Images1-1144x1536.jpg 1144w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1430px) 100vw, 1430px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A false-color satellite image taken on Jan. 8, 2025, by Planet Labs, which displays healthy vegetation in red, shows where the Palisades Fire burned through the Santa Monica Mountains and the neighborhood of Pacific Palisades, stretching to the ocean. \u003ccite>(Courtesy Planet Labs PBC)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The NRG false-color images here display near-infrared light — which is invisible to the human eye — in red. Because plants reflect infrared light strongly, land that is covered in vegetation shows up as deep red. Denser plant growth appears darker red, making such images helpful for showing the health of vegetation — or where it has been wiped out completely by wildfire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The photo above, taken Wednesday, shows where the Palisades Fire burned through the Santa Monica Mountains and the coastal Los Angeles neighborhood of Pacific Palisades.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Remember, healthy vegetation shows up as red, so all the land that isn’t red — partially obscured by a thick plume of smoke in the center of the image — is burned.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12021215\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1536px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12021215 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/Fire-Satellite-Images2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1536\" height=\"1920\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/Fire-Satellite-Images2.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/Fire-Satellite-Images2-800x1000.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/Fire-Satellite-Images2-1020x1275.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/Fire-Satellite-Images2-160x200.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/Fire-Satellite-Images2-1229x1536.jpg 1229w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1536px) 100vw, 1536px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A zoomed-in detail of Planet Labs’ false-color satellite image from Jan. 8, 2025, shows where the Palisades Fire burned through the heart of Pacific Palisades. The glow of flames can be seen near Palisades Charter High School in the center-left of the image. \u003ccite>(Courtesy Planet Labs PBC)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Here, a zoomed-in detail of the image shows more closely the fire’s path through the heart of Pacific Palisades, stretching all the way to Will Rogers State Beach at the bottom of the image.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The glow of flames can be seen near Palisades Charter High School, which was reportedly all but destroyed, in the center-left of the image.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Another detailed section of the Palisades Fire satellite image shows where the blaze burned through a Santa Monica Mountains community known as the Summit at Palisades Highlands.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12021216\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12021216\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/Fire-Satellite-Images3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1440\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/Fire-Satellite-Images3.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/Fire-Satellite-Images3-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/Fire-Satellite-Images3-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/Fire-Satellite-Images3-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/Fire-Satellite-Images3-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A zoomed-in detail of Planet Labs’ false-color satellite image from Jan. 8, 2025, shows where the Palisades Fire burned through a community known as the Summit at Palisades Highlands in the Santa Monica Mountains. \u003ccite>(Courtesy Planet Labs PBC)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Preliminary reports suggest that the Palisades Fire alone has damaged or destroyed thousands of structures, officials said in a news conference on Thursday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It is safe to say that the Palisades Fire is one of the most destructive natural disasters in the history of Los Angeles,” L.A. Fire Department Chief Kristin Crowley said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nearly 30 miles inland, northeast of the city of Los Angeles, the Eaton Fire has torn through neighborhoods in the foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The interactive slider below overlays two false-color satellite images from Planet Labs. On the left is an image taken Monday, the day before the fires broke out, and on the right is an image taken Wednesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https://flo.uri.sh/visualisation/21102556/embed\" title=\"Interactive or visual content\" class=\"flourish-embed-iframe\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" style=\"width:100%;height:500px;\" sandbox=\"allow-same-origin allow-forms allow-scripts allow-downloads allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation\" width=\"100%\" height=\"500\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It shows a wide swath of the San Gabriels along with foothill communities below. NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory is on the left edge of the images, and the city of Sierra Madre is on the right.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Just north of Pasadena, the fire destroyed entire blocks in the unincorporated community of Altadena.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The image below shows a zoomed-in section of Wednesday’s satellite photo from the interactive slider. All of the non-red land in the center is burned vegetation in the foothills of the San Gabriels, and at the bottom is Altadena, obscured by smoke.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12021218\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12021218\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/Fire-Satellite-Images4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1440\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/Fire-Satellite-Images4.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/Fire-Satellite-Images4-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/Fire-Satellite-Images4-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/Fire-Satellite-Images4-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/Fire-Satellite-Images4-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A zoomed-in detail of a satellite image taken on Jan. 8, 2025, by Planet Labs, which displays healthy vegetation in red, shows where the Eaton Fire burned through the foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains and into the community of Altadena, seen at the bottom of the image obscured by smoke. \u003ccite>(Courtesy Planet Labs PBC)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>For information on how to support people affected by the L.A. County firestorm and resources for fire victims, visit \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12021150/where-to-donate-help-los-angeles-wildfire-eaton-fire-palisades-pasadena\">this guide by KQED’s Nisa Khan\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Firefighters are continuing to battle the fires and had \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12021107/firefighters-begin-to-slow-spread-of-ferocious-blazes-ravaging-los-angeles\">begun to slow their spread\u003c/a> on Thursday, but wind gusts are expected to strengthen again Thursday evening into Friday morning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The interactive map below shows the latest on the fires.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https://kqedsf.maps.arcgis.com/apps/instant/basic/index.html?appid=c7285ba9ce524bbba6c689e96d013112\" width=\"1200\" height=\"700\" scrolling=\"yes\" class=\"iframe-class\" frameborder=\"0\">\u003c/iframe>\u003cbr>\n\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px\">\u003ci>Map by Matthew Green/KQED\u003c/i>\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Wildfire locations are sourced from \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://www.fire.ca.gov/\">\u003cem>Cal Fire\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem> and perimeters from the \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://data-nifc.opendata.arcgis.com/\">\u003cem>National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC)\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem>. 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"content": "\u003cp>State Sen. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/scott-wiener\">Scott Wiener (\u003c/a>D-San Francisco) unveiled his plans on Wednesday for\u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB53\"> a bill\u003c/a> that would create safety guardrails around the development of artificial intelligence.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This bill would establish safeguards for the development of AI frontier models, and that would build state capacity for the use of AI,” the draft language now in place declares. Wiener plans to deliver a more detailed bill in about a month.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>SB 53 is the latest salvo from the senate budget chair, whose\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/forum/2010101906887/californias-controversial-bill-to-regulate-ai\"> first bill\u003c/a> threatening to regulate large language model developers was\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12007087/california-blinks-governor-newsom-vetoes-ai-bill-aimed-at-catastrophic-harms\"> vetoed\u003c/a> by Gov. Gavin Newsom last fall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We immediately got to work talking to both supporters and critics of that bill, trying to figure out if there’s a path forward, if we can build more support,” Wiener told KQED. “The goal here is to produce good policy.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wiener’s previous AI safety bill,\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12000892/ai-safety-testing-bill-heads-for-a-floor-vote-in-sacramento-taking-heavy-fire-from-silicon-valley\"> SB-1947\u003c/a>, drew international attention and controversy because it proposed establishing the toughest safety-testing standards in the United States for the largest generative AI models.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12007087 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/GettyImages-2171266139-1020x680.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As part of Newsom’s veto message, his office announced the establishment of an AI working group, which includes experts at Stanford and UC Berkeley. Wiener said his legislation could incorporate the work of Newsom’s \u003ca href=\"https://hai.stanford.edu/sites/default/files/2024-12/20241211_Joint_CA_AI_Update.pdf\">AI group\u003c/a>, although its first policy recommendations are not expected until this summer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We can’t wait until the summer to introduce a bill,” Wiener said. “But once those recommendations come out, we’re going to be taking a close look at them, and we could potentially include some or all of those recommendations in our bill.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Newsom’s office did not respond to a request for comment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wiener said he still has the support of Amazon’s Anthropic, based in San Francisco, which helped to redraft SB 1047 to allay concerns from some in Silicon Valley that regulating AI could chill innovation in the still-nascent field.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Anthropic declined to comment for this story. Wiener said his office is talking to other tech companies as well but declined to name them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The Legislature is on record that it is able and willing to grapple with catastrophic AI risks,” said Wiener, the chair of the Senate Budget Committee. “The governor disagreed, and I respect his decision, even though I disagree with him. But the governor also made very clear in his detailed veto message that he recognizes this is an issue.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>Read our story on the harrowing evacuations in Pacific Palisades \u003c/strong>\u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12020808/as-la-fires-rage-harrowing-evacuations-play-out-on-traffic-choked-roads\">\u003cem>\u003cstrong>here\u003c/strong>\u003c/em>\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Los Angeles County firestorm continues to rage, taking at least five lives, causing injuries and destroying thousands of buildings. Many homes in some of the most affected areas are covered by the California FAIR plan, the state’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1992401/homeowners-insurance-market-stretched-even-thinner-as-2-more-companies-leave-california\">insurer of last resort\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The fires could further destabilize an already \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1985175/insurance-in-california-is-changing-heres-how-it-may-affect-you\">rickety insurance market\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The timing of the disaster threatens to undermine the fledgling progress state officials have made in attracting insurance companies back to the California market. In the past year, officials have \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/forum/2010101906641/california-regulators-roll-out-plan-to-stabilize-home-insurance-market\">overhauled insurance regulations\u003c/a>, working to increase coverage availability to consumers in high-risk areas while responding to long-standing industry requests.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re just going to be in a challenging situation. I think it’s not clear yet how challenging it will be,” said Michael Wara, energy and climate expert at Stanford University.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s too early to assess the extent of the destruction, but the fires are likely to be one of the most damaging events in state history. JP Morgan issued a \u003ca href=\"https://www.investors.com/news/top-california-property-insurer-earns-double-upgrade-from-goldman/\">preliminary estimate of $10 billion\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Whatever the final tally, the fires are sure to be a major hit to large insurers like State Farm, Allstate and Farmers, and to the California FAIR Plan.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The fires have hit one of the highest value areas,” said Ben Collier, professor of risk management and insurance at Temple University.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The FAIR Plan lists Pacific Palisades as one of the areas where it is \u003ca href=\"https://www.cfpnet.com/key-statistics-data/\">most financially exposed\u003c/a>, responsible for up to $5.9 billion. Last year, Victoria Roach, the FAIR Plan president, said the plan has about $200 million in surplus and $2.5 billion in reinsurance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state recently \u003ca href=\"https://www.insurance.ca.gov/0250-insurers/0300-insurers/0200-bulletins/bulletin-notices-commiss-opinion/upload/BULLETIN_2024-8__RE_INSURER_RECOUPMENT_PROCEDURES_IN_THE_HIGHLY_UNLIKELY_EVENT_OF_ASSESSMENT_BY_THE_FAIR_PLAN.pdf\">clarified\u003c/a> what would happen if the FAIR Plan does not have enough money to pay out claims. Other insurance companies will have to pick up the bill — and will be allowed to pass some of the costs onto customers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12020929\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12020929\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-7-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"People fleeing among cars with a tree and orange smoky haze and flames in the background.\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1706\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-7-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-7-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-7-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-7-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-7-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-7-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-7-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">People flee from the advancing Palisades Fire, by car and on foot, in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles on Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025. \u003ccite>(Etienne Laurent/AP Photo)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The state protects consumers from any changes to their insurance policy for one year following a disaster.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara said in a statement that his department is committed to ensuring consumers “receive the services you contracted for with your insurance company,” adding that companies are pledging their commitment to the state.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We will hold them accountable for the promises they have made,” Lara said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While it’s too early to tell if the fires will eclipse the available FAIR Plan funds, if they did, “then the next round of claims would be paid by a combination of insurance companies and from other policyholders of private insurance companies,” Collier said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It can already be hard to get insurance in the state, he said, “and this is likely to make the situation notably worse.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Within hours of these fires breaking out, internet rumors began to circulate that these fires would bankrupt insurance companies, including the FAIR Plan. That is unlikely to happen, experts said, because insurance carriers have planned for this contingency.[aside postID=news_12020835 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/CAWildfireSoCal3AP.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a statement emailed to KQED, a FAIR Plan spokesperson said they are aware of what they called “misinformation being posted online” but added that it is “too early to provide loss estimates as claims are just beginning to be submitted and processed.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The FAIR Plan has payment mechanisms in place, including reinsurance, to ensure all covered claims are paid,” the statement said. “The FAIR Plan remains vigilant in working with its customers in these challenging times.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>State’s insurance regulators have been implementing a massive overhaul of insurance rules designed to ease the crisis in the insurance markets and to allow companies to charge what they think aligns with the risk exposure. In response, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12017886/farmers-insurance-to-step-up-coverage-in-california-a-sign-tide-is-turning\">some companies are loosening up\u003c/a>, offering more coverage to attract customers. The fires could backtrack that progress.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The past year has been accompanied by eye-popping rate increases, particularly in areas with wildfire risk. But Wara said the worst is likely ahead of us.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The rate increases we’ve had, which have been extreme, especially for the people in the high-risk areas, such as the Sierra or Pacific Palisades, but that is a preview at this point of what is to come,” Wara said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Customers and insurance companies are likely to feel the pain. Companies often use reinsurance — insurance for insurers — to guarantee they’ll have enough money to pay out claims.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Insurance companies in a catastrophe are like a bank during a bank run,” Wara said. “And as long as you have enough money in the vault to survive the bank run, you’re OK. But reinsurance means you can keep less money in your own vault because someone else’s vault is available to you.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12020947\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12020947\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-14-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"A firefighter jumps over a low wall and toward a burning house.\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-14-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-14-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-14-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-14-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-14-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-14-2048x1366.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-14-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A firefighter jumps over a fence while fighting the Palisades Fire in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles on Jan. 8, 2025. \u003ccite>(Ethan Swope/AP)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>However, seeing this destruction could prompt reinsurance companies to pull back further from California, meaning insurance companies either have to raise that capital themselves or further reduce their exposure in the state.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While the state regulates insurance companies, it does not get to exert the same level of control over reinsurers. Nor does the federal government.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Insurance is already pricey in California. Make it much worse, and it could become too expensive for many people to own a home here.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There are places in Florida where insurance costs $50,000 a year,” Wara said. “If that were to happen in California in the wildland-urban interface, we would be in a very different kind of challenge.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What has been, until now, an insurance problem could balloon into a homeownership problem, where middle- and working-class people can’t own homes because mortgage, insurance and property taxes simply become too much.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“And [then] you have to sell your house,” Wara said. “And you find that your home value has gone down a lot because the cost of owning your home, including taxes and insurance, is a lot higher than it used to be. And that’s where we might be heading. I hope not.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the chances that we are moving in that direction went up as soon as the fires broke out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a statement emailed to KQED, a FAIR Plan spokesperson said they are aware of what they called “misinformation being posted online” but added that it is “too early to provide loss estimates as claims are just beginning to be submitted and processed.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The FAIR Plan has payment mechanisms in place, including reinsurance, to ensure all covered claims are paid,” the statement said. “The FAIR Plan remains vigilant in working with its customers in these challenging times.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>State’s insurance regulators have been implementing a massive overhaul of insurance rules designed to ease the crisis in the insurance markets and to allow companies to charge what they think aligns with the risk exposure. In response, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12017886/farmers-insurance-to-step-up-coverage-in-california-a-sign-tide-is-turning\">some companies are loosening up\u003c/a>, offering more coverage to attract customers. The fires could backtrack that progress.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The past year has been accompanied by eye-popping rate increases, particularly in areas with wildfire risk. But Wara said the worst is likely ahead of us.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The rate increases we’ve had, which have been extreme, especially for the people in the high-risk areas, such as the Sierra or Pacific Palisades, but that is a preview at this point of what is to come,” Wara said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Customers and insurance companies are likely to feel the pain. Companies often use reinsurance — insurance for insurers — to guarantee they’ll have enough money to pay out claims.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Insurance companies in a catastrophe are like a bank during a bank run,” Wara said. “And as long as you have enough money in the vault to survive the bank run, you’re OK. But reinsurance means you can keep less money in your own vault because someone else’s vault is available to you.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12020947\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12020947\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-14-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"A firefighter jumps over a low wall and toward a burning house.\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-14-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-14-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-14-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-14-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-14-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-14-2048x1366.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-14-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A firefighter jumps over a fence while fighting the Palisades Fire in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles on Jan. 8, 2025. \u003ccite>(Ethan Swope/AP)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>However, seeing this destruction could prompt reinsurance companies to pull back further from California, meaning insurance companies either have to raise that capital themselves or further reduce their exposure in the state.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While the state regulates insurance companies, it does not get to exert the same level of control over reinsurers. Nor does the federal government.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Insurance is already pricey in California. Make it much worse, and it could become too expensive for many people to own a home here.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There are places in Florida where insurance costs $50,000 a year,” Wara said. “If that were to happen in California in the wildland-urban interface, we would be in a very different kind of challenge.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What has been, until now, an insurance problem could balloon into a homeownership problem, where middle- and working-class people can’t own homes because mortgage, insurance and property taxes simply become too much.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“And [then] you have to sell your house,” Wara said. “And you find that your home value has gone down a lot because the cost of owning your home, including taxes and insurance, is a lot higher than it used to be. And that’s where we might be heading. I hope not.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the chances that we are moving in that direction went up as soon as the fires broke out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003cem>Californians pay hefty fees for electricity in large part because of wildfires. Read KQED’s coverage \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12020600/californians-pay-hefty-fee-electricity-rates-likely-keep-increasing\">here\u003c/a>\u003c/em>\u003c/strong>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Tuesday morning, Vidda Brough heard a large crash outside of her home. Hurricane-force winds swept through her street in Pacific Palisades, an affluent residential neighborhood with sweeping views of Los Angeles. Spanish tiles flew off of Brough’s roof, crashing to the driveway below.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When she stepped outside to investigate, she smelled smoke. When she went back inside, she looked out a window facing the hillside behind her house.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Orange flames roared in her backyard.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Brough built her dream home, one that she and her husband had designed together, more than 40 years ago. During the Old Topanga Fire in 1993, her husband stayed behind to protect the property with a garden hose. Brough, a retired public school teacher, had never seen anything like the blaze that threatened her home.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I realized I needed to get out,” she told KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More than \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12020750/wildfires-ravage-los-angeles-thousands-evacuated\">80,000 residents of Los Angeles County\u003c/a> were under orders to evacuate as of Wednesday afternoon, including 30,000 Pacific Palisades residents, after a destructive series of fires broke out Tuesday and exploded in intensity Wednesday morning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So far, at least five people have been killed, and more than 1,000 homes, businesses and other buildings have been scorched, making this one of the most destructive firestorms in recent history.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Brough said she was shaking as she got in her car. She managed to drive down a winding road to scenic Sunset Boulevard. As she drove, she stayed on the phone with her son, Branden, whose presence helped keep her calm, she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Police officers routed her west, towards the Pacific Palisades Highlands neighborhood. But after about a half mile, she said first responders rerouted her east. Eventually, she made it to her brother’s house in South Pasadena, where she reunited with her husband. The trip took eight hours.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12020979\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12020979\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/AP25008811327495-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1708\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/AP25008811327495-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/AP25008811327495-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/AP25008811327495-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/AP25008811327495-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/AP25008811327495-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/AP25008811327495-2048x1366.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/AP25008811327495-1920x1281.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Eaton Fire burns a vehicle Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2025, in Altadena, Calif. \u003ccite>(Ethan Swope/AP Photo)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In the foothills northeast of Los Angeles, the deadly Eaton Fire has grown to more than 10,000 acres, burning through Altadena and Pasadena, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department. Evacuation orders expanded to include communities in eastern Glendale, La Cañada Flintridge and northern Monrovia. In the San Fernando Valley, the Hurst Fire has burned nearly 1,000 acres near the suburban community of Sylmar.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And in the Pacific Palisades, the Palisades fire has consumed over 11,000 acres, moving westward along the Pacific Coast Highway to Malibu.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dozens of cars were abandoned along Palisades Drive and Sunset Boulevard as people fled on foot because of the traffic jam. Responders with the Los Angeles County Fire Department were seen pushing cars aside with a bulldozer in order to create a path for emergency vehicles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kenichi Haskett, a section chief of L.A. County Fire in Palisades, described navigating the Palisades as similar to some of the hillier neighborhoods in San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s a foothills community where we had to evacuate 25,000 people who all jammed into the road together and created a bottleneck,” Haskett said. “Many left their cars and ran or walked away, which is not a bad idea, but it left a traffic jam and was difficult for our firefighters to get out.”[aside postID=news_12020835 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-20-scaled.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Unfortunately, encountering \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11743347/california-towns-at-risk-from-fires-often-have-few-ways-out\">gridlocked roads\u003c/a> is not uncommon during emergency evacuations in California, especially in cities with \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1946668/data-pinpoints-14-california-communities-with-most-limited-emergency-escape-routes\">limited evacuation points\u003c/a>. During the catastrophic Camp Fire in 2019, over 25,000 Paradise residents attempted to evacuate the area only to get caught in a massive traffic jam.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to wildfire evacuations expert Tom Cova, many towns only have one or two evacuation routes that residents can use to leave during an emergency. The problem occurs when thousands of people attempt to evacuate at the same time, leading to road congestion.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s like being at a concert, the density of these communities, and if you leave early, you just stand up and walk out,” Cova, a professor of geography at the University of Utah, said. “But if you delay your departure, if you’re spending a lot of time gathering things and maybe hesitating whether or not you’re at risk, then you’ll find yourself in the midst of the main travel pull.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cova said many of the cities and towns being impacted by these fires grow organically with little consideration for how roads would need to operate during emergencies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Unfortunately, gridlock is not new to Los Angeles,” said Paul Friedman, chief technical officer of Streetlight Data, a San Francisco-based traffic analytics company. “Due to urban sprawl, poor urban planning, poor zoning laws, houses are very spread out and people need more road capacity per person.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He continued: “If you just have one hour to get everybody out, you’re going to have problems. These roads are not designed to empty a community in one hour.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1946668/data-pinpoints-14-california-communities-with-most-limited-emergency-escape-routes\">2019 study published\u003c/a> by Streetlight Data identified 100 communities in the country that have the fewest evacuation routes, and California had 14.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There are only a few things city officials can do to avoid issues of gridlock and congestion during emergencies, Friedman said. The first would be to issue evacuation and emergency warnings earlier in order to give residents more time to leave. The second would be to transition more two-way roads into one-way roads. The California Highway Patrol did a similar thing in Santa Cruz after the CZU Lightning Complex fires in 2020, Friedman said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Evacuation might be the gravest danger associated with wildfires, according to Scott Stephens, a professor of fire science at UC Berkeley. Stephens said that while evacuating an area may sometimes be necessary, doing so can leave people exposed to smoke and fire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“All it takes is one accident, a smoky road or maybe a power line down, and essentially, you’ve just blocked that evacuation route,” Stephens said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12020989\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12020989\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/AP25008788861309-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1708\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/AP25008788861309-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/AP25008788861309-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/AP25008788861309-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/AP25008788861309-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/AP25008788861309-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/AP25008788861309-2048x1366.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/AP25008788861309-1920x1281.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Megan Mantia, left, and her boyfriend Thomas, who only gave his first, return to Mantia’s fire-damaged home after the Eaton Fire swept through on Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2025, in Altadena, Calif. \u003ccite>(Ethan Swope/AP Photo)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>However, for people in L.A. County who are currently facing evacuation notices and imminent fire warnings, the experts interviewed by KQED urged residents to listen to law enforcement and city officials and to follow all warnings and instructions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If you’re in a warning area, you need to be ready to go. An order means you need to go,” Haskett said. “We want people to heed the evacuation orders and be ready to go once that evacuation order has been issued.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Brough is waiting to see whether she will have to evacuate again — and when she will be able to return home. Although she always has a bag packed for emergencies, when she fled, she left without her purse and her wedding rings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Her son went online to find evidence of whether or not the home his parents built was still intact. \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/carterevans/?hl=en\">Carter Evans\u003c/a>, a CBS journalist who lives in their neighborhood, went live on Instagram in a video where first responders handed him a garden hose to help fight flames. In the video, Brough’s son could see his parents’ home still standing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Not everyone has been so lucky. Ed Stark, who lives less than a mile from Brough, received a fateful email on Wednesday afternoon from his neighbor: Stark’s house had burned to ashes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There were no fire trucks around,” Stark, 75, told KQED. “We were unable to get back and remove anything. We have nothing from the house but the clothes on our backs.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Stark, a trial attorney and an adjunct law professor, said he and his wife had just started fixing up their house. He had 25 years of articles and course materials saved on his laptop and iPad that were incinerated.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are grateful that we are alive and that our children are alive. And God forbid, had we lost a loved one, it would be much worse,” Stark said. “But it’s like getting hit in the head with a hammer. It’s just a shock to the entire system.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More than \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12020750/wildfires-ravage-los-angeles-thousands-evacuated\">80,000 residents of Los Angeles County\u003c/a> were under orders to evacuate as of Wednesday afternoon, including 30,000 Pacific Palisades residents, after a destructive series of fires broke out Tuesday and exploded in intensity Wednesday morning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So far, at least five people have been killed, and more than 1,000 homes, businesses and other buildings have been scorched, making this one of the most destructive firestorms in recent history.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Brough said she was shaking as she got in her car. She managed to drive down a winding road to scenic Sunset Boulevard. As she drove, she stayed on the phone with her son, Branden, whose presence helped keep her calm, she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Police officers routed her west, towards the Pacific Palisades Highlands neighborhood. But after about a half mile, she said first responders rerouted her east. Eventually, she made it to her brother’s house in South Pasadena, where she reunited with her husband. The trip took eight hours.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12020979\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12020979\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/AP25008811327495-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1708\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/AP25008811327495-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/AP25008811327495-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/AP25008811327495-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/AP25008811327495-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/AP25008811327495-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/AP25008811327495-2048x1366.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/AP25008811327495-1920x1281.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Eaton Fire burns a vehicle Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2025, in Altadena, Calif. \u003ccite>(Ethan Swope/AP Photo)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In the foothills northeast of Los Angeles, the deadly Eaton Fire has grown to more than 10,000 acres, burning through Altadena and Pasadena, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department. Evacuation orders expanded to include communities in eastern Glendale, La Cañada Flintridge and northern Monrovia. In the San Fernando Valley, the Hurst Fire has burned nearly 1,000 acres near the suburban community of Sylmar.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And in the Pacific Palisades, the Palisades fire has consumed over 11,000 acres, moving westward along the Pacific Coast Highway to Malibu.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dozens of cars were abandoned along Palisades Drive and Sunset Boulevard as people fled on foot because of the traffic jam. Responders with the Los Angeles County Fire Department were seen pushing cars aside with a bulldozer in order to create a path for emergency vehicles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kenichi Haskett, a section chief of L.A. County Fire in Palisades, described navigating the Palisades as similar to some of the hillier neighborhoods in San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s a foothills community where we had to evacuate 25,000 people who all jammed into the road together and created a bottleneck,” Haskett said. “Many left their cars and ran or walked away, which is not a bad idea, but it left a traffic jam and was difficult for our firefighters to get out.”\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Unfortunately, encountering \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11743347/california-towns-at-risk-from-fires-often-have-few-ways-out\">gridlocked roads\u003c/a> is not uncommon during emergency evacuations in California, especially in cities with \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1946668/data-pinpoints-14-california-communities-with-most-limited-emergency-escape-routes\">limited evacuation points\u003c/a>. During the catastrophic Camp Fire in 2019, over 25,000 Paradise residents attempted to evacuate the area only to get caught in a massive traffic jam.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to wildfire evacuations expert Tom Cova, many towns only have one or two evacuation routes that residents can use to leave during an emergency. 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These roads are not designed to empty a community in one hour.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1946668/data-pinpoints-14-california-communities-with-most-limited-emergency-escape-routes\">2019 study published\u003c/a> by Streetlight Data identified 100 communities in the country that have the fewest evacuation routes, and California had 14.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There are only a few things city officials can do to avoid issues of gridlock and congestion during emergencies, Friedman said. The first would be to issue evacuation and emergency warnings earlier in order to give residents more time to leave. The second would be to transition more two-way roads into one-way roads. The California Highway Patrol did a similar thing in Santa Cruz after the CZU Lightning Complex fires in 2020, Friedman said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Evacuation might be the gravest danger associated with wildfires, according to Scott Stephens, a professor of fire science at UC Berkeley. 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County who are currently facing evacuation notices and imminent fire warnings, the experts interviewed by KQED urged residents to listen to law enforcement and city officials and to follow all warnings and instructions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If you’re in a warning area, you need to be ready to go. An order means you need to go,” Haskett said. “We want people to heed the evacuation orders and be ready to go once that evacuation order has been issued.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Brough is waiting to see whether she will have to evacuate again — and when she will be able to return home. 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"content": "\u003cp>Southern California is experiencing it’s \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/california-pacific-palisades-wildfires-los-angeles-4b67b7f29d0d6eb7321a52ef60c17d60\">most devastating winter fires\u003c/a> in more than four decades. Fires don’t usually blaze at this time of year, but specific ingredients have come together to defy the calendar in a \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/wildfire-southern-california-santa-ana-winds-b565a3bd043d6444820f1571b2307bf1\">fast and deadly manner\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Start with supersized \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/santa-ana-winds-california-0b2c68cdc29a7c354238c6ccc09c830c\">Santa Ana winds\u003c/a> whipping flames and embers at 100 mph — much faster than normal — and cross that with the return of extreme drought. Add on weather whiplash that grew tons of plants in downpours then record high temperatures that dried them out to make easy-to-burn fuel. Then there’s a plunging and unusual jet stream, and lots of power lines flapping in those powerful gusts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Experts say that’s what is turning wildfires into a \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/california-fires-things-to-know-winds-f93d41dc901e352b63e86ab67ef7790e\">deadly urban conflagration\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Speed is the killer\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>“Tiny, mighty and fast” fires have blazed through America’s west in the last couple of decades as the world warms, said University of Colorado fire scientist Jennifer Balch. She published a \u003ca href=\"https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adk5737\">study in the journal Science\u003c/a> last October that looked at 60,000 fires since 2001 and found that the fastest-growing ones have more than doubled in frequency since 2001 and caused far more destruction that slower, larger blazes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Fires have gotten faster,” Balch said Wednesday. “The big culprit we’re suspecting is \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/climate-and-environment\">a warming climate\u003c/a> that’s making it \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/farmworkers-latinos-wildfires-smoke-climate-change-28f4f7f3cb43cdc2f3b079eb44540f3d\">easier to burn fuels\u003c/a> when conditions are just right.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Summer fires are bigger usually, but they don’t burn nearly as fast. Winter fires “are much more destructive because they happen much more quickly” said U.S. Geological Survey fire scientist Jon Keeley.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>AccuWeather estimated damage from the latest fires could reach $57 billion, with the private firm’s chief meteorologist, Jonathan Porter, saying “it may become the worst wildfire in modern California history based on the number of structures burned and economic loss.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Conditions are ideal\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>“It’s really just the perfect alignment of everything in the atmosphere to give you this pattern and strong wind,” said Tim Brown, director of the Western Regional Climate Center.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wind speed and the speed of spreading flames are clearly linked.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The impact increases exponentially as wind speed increases,” said fire scientist Mike Flannigan of Thompson Rivers University in Canada. If firefighters can get to the flames within 10 minutes or so, it’s spread can be contained, but “15 minutes, it’s too late and it’s gone. The horse has left the barn.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There’s no sure link between Santa Ana winds — gusts from the east that come down the mountains, gain speed and hit the coast — to human-caused climate change, said Daniel Swain, climate scientist for the California Institute for Water Resources.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But a condition that led to those winds is a big plunge in the temperature of the jet stream — the river of air that moves weather systems across the globe — which helped bring cold air to the eastern two-thirds of the nation, said University of California Merced climate and fire scientist John Abatzoglou. Other scientists have \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/polar-vortex-chilly-cold-climate-change-frigid-5dd0dcb49a7ead488e221e8c5d9edc8f\">preliminarily linked\u003c/a> those jet stream plunges to climate change.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Santa Ana winds are happening later and later in the year, moving more from the drier fall to the wetter winter, Keeley said. Normally, that would reduce fire threats, but this isn’t a normal time.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Dry fuel makes it worse\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>After two soaking winters, when \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/california-storms-atmospheric-rivers-severe-weather-1030866eebf969c49c71e9453b5a7184\">atmospheric rivers\u003c/a> dumped huge amounts of water on the region causing lots of plants to grow, a \u003ca href=\"https://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/CurrentMap/StateDroughtMonitor.aspx?CA\">fast onset of drought\u003c/a> dried them out, providing perfect tinder, according to Swain and Abatzoglou.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Swain says this \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/summer-weather-whiplash-6d6858c5b0b90e8ce7fd61d85d7610f4\">weather whiplash\u003c/a> is happening more often.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There is a clear link between climate change and the more frequent dry falls and winters that provide fuel for fires, Swain said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These devastating fires couldn’t happen without the \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/california-wildfire-risk-winds-143f37204f2db129444818a9adb1ce0f\">dry and hot conditions\u003c/a>, nor would they be blazing without the extreme wind speed, Abatzoglou and others said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>It’s also a people problem\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The human factor in this can’t be ignored, said Keeley.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside tag='climate-change' label='More Climate Change News']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think that we need to look at it from the perspective of global changes. And climate is just one global change. And certainly one of the other important global changes is \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/california-population-growth-pandemic-decline-0d2bfc2c0a4ced0c3c2ad934207818bc#:~:text=(AP)%20%E2%80%94%20The%20nation's%20most,the%20state%20Department%20of%20Finance.\">population growth\u003c/a>. And California has been growing at a phenomenal rate in the last 20 years,” Keeley said. “You add more people and that means you add more power lines and more potential for failure to occur.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While the ignition sources for these fires have yet to be determined, Flannigan bets they’ll end up being power lines blown down by high winds. That’s what started California’s devastating fires in \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/general-news-4b3d4cd742634d3490c522cc82852ec5\">2016 and 2017\u003c/a>, leading to utility Pacific Gas & Electric \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/5e70c4c99a044c4192d7ee52e38330f2\">declaring bankruptcy\u003c/a> after facing $30 billion in lawsuits.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>The calendar seems wrong\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>An analysis of 423 California wildfires that have grown to at least 15 square miles since 1984 shows only four of those burned during the winter. About two-thirds of those larger fires sparked in June, July or August.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Federal data shows just six wildfires have burned more than 2 square miles in any January in California since 1984. Until the Palisades and Eaton fires this year, the largest had been the \u003ca href=\"https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/1073/viejas-wildfire\">Viejas Fire\u003c/a>, which burned 17.1 square miles in 2001 in the mountains east of San Diego.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Winter wildfires should be an oxymoron,” University of Colorado’s Balch said. “Well, because, you know, temperatures drop and we get precipitation. We’re supposed to get precipitation.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fire officials used to talk about fire seasons, said David Acuña, a battalion chief for Cal Fire: “Now we talk about fire years.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Associated Press writers Peter Prengaman in New York; Mary Katherine Wildeman in Hartford, Connecticut; and Christopher Keller in Albuquerque, New Mexico, contributed.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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