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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update 4 p.m. Saturday:\u003c/strong> Firefighters made progress Saturday against California’s largest wildfire of the year ahead of expected thunderstorms that could unleash fire-starting lightning and erratic winds and erode progress made over the past week. Dry, hot conditions posed similar threats across the \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/wildfires-colorado-105e2106e0d65d9ea85888c9fa8e8890\">fire-stricken West\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re not completely out of the woods yet, but we’re looking very, very good,” Cal Fire official Mark Brunton said in a video update Saturday. “This is moving at a very fast pace.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Containment of the Park Fire, now California’s fourth-largest wildfire on record, is at 27% as of early Saturday. Brunton said the relatively milder weather the last few days allowed firefighters to build containment lines.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But hotter weather, fuels and terrain will continue posing challenges for the estimated 6,500 firefighters battling the fire, which has spread over 626 square miles since \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/wildfires-evacuations-oregon-california-canada-1809c690e8902a4578c9f4286949550d\">allegedly being started by arson\u003c/a> in a park in the Sierra Nevada foothills east of the Sacramento Valley city of Chico. For comparison, the city of Los Angeles covers about 503 square miles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Suppression crews will also start removing damaged infrastructure in some areas Saturday to allow residents to return home.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Original story 12 p.m. Saturday:\u003c/strong> Firefighters battling California’s largest wildfire of the year are preparing for treacherous conditions entering the weekend, when expected thunderstorms may unleash fire-starting lightning and erratic winds that could erode progress made over the past week. Dry, hot conditions posed similar threats across the \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/wildfires-colorado-105e2106e0d65d9ea85888c9fa8e8890\">fire-stricken West\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Weather, fuels and terrain will pose challenges for the nearly 6,400 firefighters battling the Park Fire, which has spread over 624 square miles since \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/wildfires-evacuations-oregon-california-canada-1809c690e8902a4578c9f4286949550d\">allegedly being started by arson\u003c/a> in a park in the Sierra Nevada foothills east of the Sacramento Valley city of Chico. It is now California’s fourth-largest wildfire on record.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Suppression crews working on more than 200 miles of active fire front gained 24% containment by early Friday, Cal Fire said. Temperatures were expected to range up to 103 degrees Fahrenheit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The fire originated at low elevations where it quickly burned through thick grass and oaks, destroying at least 542 structures and damaging 50 since erupting July 24. As it has climbed higher, the vegetation has changed to a greater concentration of trees and brush, Cal Fire said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The fire’s push northward has brought it toward the rugged lava rock landscape surrounding Lassen Volcanic National Park, which has been closed because of the threat.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Lava rocks make for hard and slow work for hand crews,” Cal Fire said in situation report. “Crews are being flown into access areas that have been hard to reach because of long drive times and steep, rugged terrain.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After days of benign weather, increasing winds and a surge of monsoonal moisture were expected to increase fire activity and bring a chance of thunderstorms Friday night into Saturday, said Ryan Walbrun, incident meteorologist with the National Weather Service.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_11998471 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240729-ParkFireEvacuee-66-BL-1020x680.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The concern with thunderstorms is any gusty outflow winds that would push the fire itself or create some new fire ignitions within the vicinity of the Park Fire,” Walbrun said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The collapse of thunderstorm clouds can blow wind in any and all directions, said Jonathan Pangburn, a fire behavior analyst with Cal Fire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Even if there’s not lightning per se, it is very much a safety-watch-out environment for our firefighters out there,” Pangburn said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Walbrun said there was little prospect of beneficial rains from the storms and the forecast for next week calls for continued warming and drying.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“As we look forward in time, we’re really just entering the peak of fire season in California,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Park Fire is among almost 100 large fires burning across the western U.S. Evacuation orders were in effect for 28 of the fires, according to the National Interagency Fire Center.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Three wildfires \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/wildfires-colorado-105e2106e0d65d9ea85888c9fa8e8890\">burned in Colorado\u003c/a> on Friday near heavily populated areas north and south of Denver, with some 30 structures damaged or destroyed, thousands of people under evacuation orders and human remains found in a destroyed house earlier this week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office disclosed Friday that a blaze threatening hundreds of homes near the Colorado city of Littleton was being \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/wildfires-evacuations-oregon-california-canada-1809c690e8902a4578c9f4286949550d\">investigated as arson\u003c/a>. Karlyn Tilley, a spokesperson for Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office, said the investigation is ongoing and they are using a dog specially trained to sniff out sources and causes of fires. Tilley said just because they suspect the fire was human-caused doesn’t mean it was intentional. Firefighters were making good progress on the fire despite the steep, rocky terrain and blistering heat, and no houses had been burned, officials said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label=\"Related Stories\" postID=\"news_11997808,forum_2010101906496,news_11997515\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The cause and origin of a fatal blaze west of the town of Lyons was being probed by the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, with specially trained fire investigators from the agency helping local authorities, agency spokesperson Crystal McCoy said. The area blackened by that fire remained relatively unchanged after it burned five houses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The largest of the Colorado fires, west of Loveland, grew to 13 square miles after previously burning about two dozen homes and other structures. Its cause is under investigation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cooler weather was expected across the region Friday with some scattered showers, before hot dry conditions return for the weekend.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A new fire sparked Friday afternoon in Oregon’s high desert, near the popular vacation destination of Bend, prompting evacuation notices, cutting power to thousands and slowing traffic along a highway. Fire officials said the blaze spread quickly amid 100-degree heat and a warning from the National Weather Service about the potential for extreme fire behavior. 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"content": "\u003cp>As Kenneth Gaines drove out of his driveway in his red Chevy Silverado truck around 7 p.m. on July 26, he could see fire glowing in the distance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I saw the flames, and they jumped the highway,” Gaines, 74, said. “It was less than a mile from my gate.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gaines evacuated from his 160-acre ranch in Paynes Creek, a census-designated place in Tehama County with a population under 100. It’s been his home for 25 years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Park Fire rapidly approached. He grabbed his phone and wallet but had no time to collect cherished mementos. He had already rounded his flock of 13 sheep and nine dogs into pens surrounded by space that he cleared of brush.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I didn’t want to leave. I stayed through the Ponderosa Fire,” Gaines, an Oakland native, said, referring to the 2017 wildfire that destroyed 54 buildings, including 32 homes, in neighboring Butte County. He thought, “This is a much bigger fire. It’s moving a lot faster, and it’s moving in my direction.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Park Fire, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11997808/northern-california-man-accused-of-starting-massive-park-fire-charged-with-arson\">allegedly started by a man who pushed a burning car into a gully\u003c/a>, is now the fifth largest in the state’s history. It has \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11997987/hundreds-of-pge-poles-damaged-in-massive-park-fire-as-crews-work-to-restore-power\">burned over 385,000 acres\u003c/a> — 600 square miles — in Butte and Tehama counties and destroyed at least 192 structures. Hundreds of PG&E power poles and other equipment suffered extensive damage as the fire swept through a vast area of rural Northern California, leaving thousands of people without electricity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11998356\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11998356\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240727-ParkFireEvacuee-007-BL.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240727-ParkFireEvacuee-007-BL.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240727-ParkFireEvacuee-007-BL-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240727-ParkFireEvacuee-007-BL-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240727-ParkFireEvacuee-007-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240727-ParkFireEvacuee-007-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gaines waits for news about his property and livestock in the town of Dales, Tehama County, on July 27, after evacuating his property near Paynes Creek the evening before. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11998358\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11998358\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240727-ParkFireEvacuee-024-BL.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240727-ParkFireEvacuee-024-BL.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240727-ParkFireEvacuee-024-BL-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240727-ParkFireEvacuee-024-BL-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240727-ParkFireEvacuee-024-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240727-ParkFireEvacuee-024-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gaines shows a photo on his phone of his sheep named Gray Boy. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Gaines’ property is situated along Highway 36 in Tehama County, about 150 miles north of Sacramento. Dense forests, open grazing fields and rugged volcanic rock formations mark the rural landscape. In the last week, a KQED photographer spent three days with Gaines as he waited to return to his property.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A retired Oakland Unified School District gardener, Gaines, who friends know as Kenny, was inspired to buy his land by fellow Oakland cowboys who purchased land outside the Bay. After seeing an ad for the property in the Oakland Tribune and visiting, Gaines said he fell in love. “I knew exactly where I wanted to be.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The area is known for its hot, dry summers and history of wildfires. The Finley Lake Fire scorched Gaines’ property in 1990, one year after he purchased it. The fire claimed ornate manzanita trees, some that were hundreds of years old, as well as California junipers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I was heartbroken, but it came back. It opened [the land] up, actually. Because it was really too thick,” Gaines said, referring to the brush that covered his land.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gaines sold his one-bedroom house in the Brookfield Village neighborhood of East Oakland and moved to Paynes Creek in 1999.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He spent most of his early years living on a farm in Bakersfield, working alongside his parents to pick cotton and vegetables. His first real paycheck was from working cattle at a nearby ranch.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gaines knew of the potential wildfire dangers and took precautions to keep his animals safe. He trained his sheep to come in when he blew a whistle, and he created defensible space.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I live in a heavily wooded, heavily brushy area. And this is just part of it,” he said. “I like it better than living in Oakland. I have my solitude. I’m right on Battle Creek Canyon. I don’t have to see anybody if I don’t want to. I really don’t have any neighbors. I love it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11998372\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11998372\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240727-ParkFire-30-BL.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240727-ParkFire-30-BL.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240727-ParkFire-30-BL-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240727-ParkFire-30-BL-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240727-ParkFire-30-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240727-ParkFire-30-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A fire burns next to charred ground along Highway 36 near Gaines’ property on July 27 after the Park Fire swept through the area the evening before. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>After leaving his property, Gaines went to a trailhead parking lot about 15 miles away. He spent the night in the front seat of his truck, getting what little sleep he could. As he watched the wildfire in the distance, he worried about his animals.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Early on July 27, he drove to the police checkpoint three times to see if they would let him enter the mandatory evacuation zone to check on the sheep and dogs. He was denied each time because the fire was still active near his home. After the third visit to the checkpoint, his truck broke down. His close friend, Ken Coates, helped Gaines work on the truck in Coates’ front yard. They watched fire trucks rolling past. That afternoon, a Cal Fire officer told Gaines that his animals had survived but that his home, a single-wide trailer, had not.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11998357\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11998357\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240727-ParkFireEvacuee-020-BL.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240727-ParkFireEvacuee-020-BL.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240727-ParkFireEvacuee-020-BL-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240727-ParkFireEvacuee-020-BL-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240727-ParkFireEvacuee-020-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240727-ParkFireEvacuee-020-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A Cal Fire officer informs Gaines on July 27 that while his home was destroyed in the Park Fire, his animals survived. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11998361\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11998361\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240728-ParkFireEvacuee-01-BL-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240728-ParkFireEvacuee-01-BL-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240728-ParkFireEvacuee-01-BL-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240728-ParkFireEvacuee-01-BL-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240728-ParkFireEvacuee-01-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240728-ParkFireEvacuee-01-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240728-ParkFireEvacuee-01-BL-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240728-ParkFireEvacuee-01-BL-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gaines works on the truck he evacuated in, which broke down the next day. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11998409\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11998409\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240728-ParkFireEvacuee-03-BL.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240728-ParkFireEvacuee-03-BL.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240728-ParkFireEvacuee-03-BL-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240728-ParkFireEvacuee-03-BL-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240728-ParkFireEvacuee-03-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240728-ParkFireEvacuee-03-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gaines works underneath his truck while Coates assists in Dales, California, near the police checkpoint for the Park Fire mandatory evacuation zone. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Like many of his neighbors, Gaines does not have fire insurance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“What are you going to do? Take the bitter with the sweet,” he said. “Thank God I didn’t get burned up.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gaines was relieved and saddened but remained resolute.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Even though my place is burnt to cinders, it’s still my place,” he said. “Burn the trees. You can’t burn the land. The trees will come back. The grass will come back. It’ll green up,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When he evacuated, he left behind items like photo albums and a leather carving that won him first prize at the Kern County Art Exposition in the 11th grade.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nearly 60 hours after evacuating, Gaines was escorted by the Tehama County Sheriff’s Search and Rescue team to tend to his livestock. Coates gave him a ride. As they two entered the property, they passed by the charred remains of his single-wide trailer and a truck he had parked in front. Navigating through the hazy, blackened landscape, they reached the pen.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He was only allowed 20 minutes on the property to feed his animals, which didn’t leave time to assess damages to the property.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11998362\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11998362\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240729-ParkFireEvacuee-06-BL.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240729-ParkFireEvacuee-06-BL.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240729-ParkFireEvacuee-06-BL-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240729-ParkFireEvacuee-06-BL-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240729-ParkFireEvacuee-06-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240729-ParkFireEvacuee-06-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ken Coates drives Gaines through his property to give food and water to his dogs and sheep on July 29. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11998364\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1878px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11998364\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240729-ParkFireEvacuee-58-BL.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1878\" height=\"1252\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240729-ParkFireEvacuee-58-BL.jpg 1878w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240729-ParkFireEvacuee-58-BL-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240729-ParkFireEvacuee-58-BL-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240729-ParkFireEvacuee-58-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240729-ParkFireEvacuee-58-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1878px) 100vw, 1878px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The charred remains of Gaines’ home and truck on July 29. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11998363\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11998363\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240729-ParkFireEvacuee-09-BL.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240729-ParkFireEvacuee-09-BL.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240729-ParkFireEvacuee-09-BL-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240729-ParkFireEvacuee-09-BL-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240729-ParkFireEvacuee-09-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240729-ParkFireEvacuee-09-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gaines speaks with Tehama County Sheriff’s Search and Rescue team members Garrett Gantenbein (center) and Mick Quirke about the location of the animals on his property. Gaines brought ice chests and other containers filled with water for the animals. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11998365\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11998365\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240729-ParkFireEvacuee-18-BL.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240729-ParkFireEvacuee-18-BL.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240729-ParkFireEvacuee-18-BL-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240729-ParkFireEvacuee-18-BL-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240729-ParkFireEvacuee-18-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240729-ParkFireEvacuee-18-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gaines’ flock of sheep wait to be fed on July 29, after they survived the Park Fire. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11998426\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11998426\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240729-ParkFireEvacuee-80-BL.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240729-ParkFireEvacuee-80-BL.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240729-ParkFireEvacuee-80-BL-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240729-ParkFireEvacuee-80-BL-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240729-ParkFireEvacuee-80-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240729-ParkFireEvacuee-80-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gaines feeds his sheep and dogs on July 29. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Gaines is focused on fixing his truck, finding clothes at Goodwill and buying a generator. He also needs another trailer to live on his property once again.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Despite facing yet another wildfire on his land, he declared, ‘‘I’m going to tell them to scatter my ashes there.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>If you’d like to help fire victims, \u003c/em>\u003cem>\u003ca href=\"https://www.gofundme.com/c/act/wildfire-relief/california/northern\">here’s a verified list of GoFundMe campaigns\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-Kenneth-Gaines-rebuild-after-park-fire\">including Kenneth Gaines\u003c/a>,\u003c/em>\u003cem> for Northern California wildfire relief.\u003cbr>\n\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I didn’t want to leave. I stayed through the Ponderosa Fire,” Gaines, an Oakland native, said, referring to the 2017 wildfire that destroyed 54 buildings, including 32 homes, in neighboring Butte County. He thought, “This is a much bigger fire. It’s moving a lot faster, and it’s moving in my direction.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Park Fire, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11997808/northern-california-man-accused-of-starting-massive-park-fire-charged-with-arson\">allegedly started by a man who pushed a burning car into a gully\u003c/a>, is now the fifth largest in the state’s history. It has \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11997987/hundreds-of-pge-poles-damaged-in-massive-park-fire-as-crews-work-to-restore-power\">burned over 385,000 acres\u003c/a> — 600 square miles — in Butte and Tehama counties and destroyed at least 192 structures. Hundreds of PG&E power poles and other equipment suffered extensive damage as the fire swept through a vast area of rural Northern California, leaving thousands of people without electricity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11998356\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11998356\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240727-ParkFireEvacuee-007-BL.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240727-ParkFireEvacuee-007-BL.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240727-ParkFireEvacuee-007-BL-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240727-ParkFireEvacuee-007-BL-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240727-ParkFireEvacuee-007-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240727-ParkFireEvacuee-007-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gaines waits for news about his property and livestock in the town of Dales, Tehama County, on July 27, after evacuating his property near Paynes Creek the evening before. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11998358\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11998358\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240727-ParkFireEvacuee-024-BL.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240727-ParkFireEvacuee-024-BL.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240727-ParkFireEvacuee-024-BL-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240727-ParkFireEvacuee-024-BL-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240727-ParkFireEvacuee-024-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240727-ParkFireEvacuee-024-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gaines shows a photo on his phone of his sheep named Gray Boy. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Gaines’ property is situated along Highway 36 in Tehama County, about 150 miles north of Sacramento. Dense forests, open grazing fields and rugged volcanic rock formations mark the rural landscape. In the last week, a KQED photographer spent three days with Gaines as he waited to return to his property.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A retired Oakland Unified School District gardener, Gaines, who friends know as Kenny, was inspired to buy his land by fellow Oakland cowboys who purchased land outside the Bay. After seeing an ad for the property in the Oakland Tribune and visiting, Gaines said he fell in love. “I knew exactly where I wanted to be.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The area is known for its hot, dry summers and history of wildfires. The Finley Lake Fire scorched Gaines’ property in 1990, one year after he purchased it. The fire claimed ornate manzanita trees, some that were hundreds of years old, as well as California junipers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I was heartbroken, but it came back. It opened [the land] up, actually. Because it was really too thick,” Gaines said, referring to the brush that covered his land.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gaines sold his one-bedroom house in the Brookfield Village neighborhood of East Oakland and moved to Paynes Creek in 1999.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He spent most of his early years living on a farm in Bakersfield, working alongside his parents to pick cotton and vegetables. His first real paycheck was from working cattle at a nearby ranch.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gaines knew of the potential wildfire dangers and took precautions to keep his animals safe. He trained his sheep to come in when he blew a whistle, and he created defensible space.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I live in a heavily wooded, heavily brushy area. And this is just part of it,” he said. “I like it better than living in Oakland. I have my solitude. I’m right on Battle Creek Canyon. I don’t have to see anybody if I don’t want to. I really don’t have any neighbors. I love it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11998372\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11998372\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240727-ParkFire-30-BL.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240727-ParkFire-30-BL.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240727-ParkFire-30-BL-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240727-ParkFire-30-BL-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240727-ParkFire-30-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240727-ParkFire-30-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A fire burns next to charred ground along Highway 36 near Gaines’ property on July 27 after the Park Fire swept through the area the evening before. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>After leaving his property, Gaines went to a trailhead parking lot about 15 miles away. He spent the night in the front seat of his truck, getting what little sleep he could. As he watched the wildfire in the distance, he worried about his animals.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Early on July 27, he drove to the police checkpoint three times to see if they would let him enter the mandatory evacuation zone to check on the sheep and dogs. He was denied each time because the fire was still active near his home. After the third visit to the checkpoint, his truck broke down. His close friend, Ken Coates, helped Gaines work on the truck in Coates’ front yard. They watched fire trucks rolling past. That afternoon, a Cal Fire officer told Gaines that his animals had survived but that his home, a single-wide trailer, had not.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11998357\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11998357\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240727-ParkFireEvacuee-020-BL.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240727-ParkFireEvacuee-020-BL.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240727-ParkFireEvacuee-020-BL-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240727-ParkFireEvacuee-020-BL-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240727-ParkFireEvacuee-020-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240727-ParkFireEvacuee-020-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A Cal Fire officer informs Gaines on July 27 that while his home was destroyed in the Park Fire, his animals survived. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11998361\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11998361\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240728-ParkFireEvacuee-01-BL-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240728-ParkFireEvacuee-01-BL-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240728-ParkFireEvacuee-01-BL-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240728-ParkFireEvacuee-01-BL-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240728-ParkFireEvacuee-01-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240728-ParkFireEvacuee-01-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240728-ParkFireEvacuee-01-BL-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240728-ParkFireEvacuee-01-BL-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gaines works on the truck he evacuated in, which broke down the next day. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11998409\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11998409\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240728-ParkFireEvacuee-03-BL.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240728-ParkFireEvacuee-03-BL.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240728-ParkFireEvacuee-03-BL-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240728-ParkFireEvacuee-03-BL-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240728-ParkFireEvacuee-03-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240728-ParkFireEvacuee-03-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gaines works underneath his truck while Coates assists in Dales, California, near the police checkpoint for the Park Fire mandatory evacuation zone. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Like many of his neighbors, Gaines does not have fire insurance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“What are you going to do? Take the bitter with the sweet,” he said. “Thank God I didn’t get burned up.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gaines was relieved and saddened but remained resolute.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Even though my place is burnt to cinders, it’s still my place,” he said. “Burn the trees. You can’t burn the land. The trees will come back. The grass will come back. It’ll green up,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When he evacuated, he left behind items like photo albums and a leather carving that won him first prize at the Kern County Art Exposition in the 11th grade.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nearly 60 hours after evacuating, Gaines was escorted by the Tehama County Sheriff’s Search and Rescue team to tend to his livestock. Coates gave him a ride. As they two entered the property, they passed by the charred remains of his single-wide trailer and a truck he had parked in front. Navigating through the hazy, blackened landscape, they reached the pen.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He was only allowed 20 minutes on the property to feed his animals, which didn’t leave time to assess damages to the property.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11998362\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11998362\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240729-ParkFireEvacuee-06-BL.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240729-ParkFireEvacuee-06-BL.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240729-ParkFireEvacuee-06-BL-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240729-ParkFireEvacuee-06-BL-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240729-ParkFireEvacuee-06-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240729-ParkFireEvacuee-06-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ken Coates drives Gaines through his property to give food and water to his dogs and sheep on July 29. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11998364\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1878px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11998364\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240729-ParkFireEvacuee-58-BL.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1878\" height=\"1252\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240729-ParkFireEvacuee-58-BL.jpg 1878w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240729-ParkFireEvacuee-58-BL-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240729-ParkFireEvacuee-58-BL-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240729-ParkFireEvacuee-58-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240729-ParkFireEvacuee-58-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1878px) 100vw, 1878px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The charred remains of Gaines’ home and truck on July 29. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11998363\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11998363\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240729-ParkFireEvacuee-09-BL.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240729-ParkFireEvacuee-09-BL.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240729-ParkFireEvacuee-09-BL-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240729-ParkFireEvacuee-09-BL-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240729-ParkFireEvacuee-09-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240729-ParkFireEvacuee-09-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gaines speaks with Tehama County Sheriff’s Search and Rescue team members Garrett Gantenbein (center) and Mick Quirke about the location of the animals on his property. Gaines brought ice chests and other containers filled with water for the animals. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11998365\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11998365\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240729-ParkFireEvacuee-18-BL.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240729-ParkFireEvacuee-18-BL.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240729-ParkFireEvacuee-18-BL-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240729-ParkFireEvacuee-18-BL-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240729-ParkFireEvacuee-18-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240729-ParkFireEvacuee-18-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gaines’ flock of sheep wait to be fed on July 29, after they survived the Park Fire. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11998426\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11998426\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240729-ParkFireEvacuee-80-BL.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240729-ParkFireEvacuee-80-BL.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240729-ParkFireEvacuee-80-BL-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240729-ParkFireEvacuee-80-BL-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240729-ParkFireEvacuee-80-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240729-ParkFireEvacuee-80-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gaines feeds his sheep and dogs on July 29. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Gaines is focused on fixing his truck, finding clothes at Goodwill and buying a generator. He also needs another trailer to live on his property once again.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Despite facing yet another wildfire on his land, he declared, ‘‘I’m going to tell them to scatter my ashes there.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>If you’d like to help fire victims, \u003c/em>\u003cem>\u003ca href=\"https://www.gofundme.com/c/act/wildfire-relief/california/northern\">here’s a verified list of GoFundMe campaigns\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-Kenneth-Gaines-rebuild-after-park-fire\">including Kenneth Gaines\u003c/a>,\u003c/em>\u003cem> for Northern California wildfire relief.\u003cbr>\n\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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Drake has announced that he will step down at the end of the 2024-2025 academic year. The 74-year-old Drake is the UC’s first Black president in its history. He’s held the position for five years. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">His tenure oversaw intense years for the UC, which included the pandemic and a strained budget. Drake’s term also overlapped with the 2020 protests following the killing of George Floyd, and calls to defund campus police. Recently, he has faced criticism for his handling of pro-Palestinian campus protests. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">The UC Board of Regents is establishing a committee of students, faculty, staff and alumni to search for his successor. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>California’s \u003ca href=\"https://34c031f8-c9fd-4018-8c5a-4159cdff6b0d-cdn-endpoint.azureedge.net/-/media/calfire-website/our-impact/fire-statistics/top-20-largest-ca-wildfires.pdf?rev=396e3fe5db424fc39487bfa4d219cf81&hash=8529C4E1F1BC3073E31AD0337E875199\">fifth-largest wildfire\u003c/a> is encroaching on some of the last strongholds for imperiled salmon, potentially devastating a species already on the brink.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The explosive \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/california-wildfire-map-tracker/?gad_source=1&gbraid=0AAAAADM7b5fnW3mGXtExwmDCEiUAs79MF&gclid=CjwKCAjwnqK1BhBvEiwAi7o0X5DbAkFK6qHOxZ4XVHXMv4B_ZnIYhxYUJf5o0jmOChQNE1AKz38MYhoCpUIQAvD_BwE\">Park Fire\u003c/a> has spread into the \u003ca href=\"https://wildlife.ca.gov/Drought/Projects/Mill-Creek\">Mill\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://wildlife.ca.gov/Drought/Projects/Deer-Creek\">Deer Creek watersheds\u003c/a> in Tehama County, which are two of the three remaining creeks where wild, independent populations of spring-run Chinook, a threatened species, still spawn in the Central Valley.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If the Park Fire climbs to higher altitudes, federal and state officials said it could strike the final death blow to the region’s spring-run salmon, which are already at risk of extinction.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s really concerning. It’s really sad. Spring-run Chinook populations have taken such a hit over the past few years, and they’re just at a critically low point,” said Howard Brown, senior policy adviser with the Central Valley office of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s West Coast fisheries region. “The emotional toll of seeing a fire like this hit such an important place, with (critically at-risk) populations that are suffering so bad, it just feels like the cards are stacked up deeply.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Experts are anxiously awaiting the wildfire’s next move, hoping that it doesn’t spread farther into higher elevations. That’s where adult salmon wait in cool pools for water temperatures to drop and flows to rise so they can spawn and where year-old juveniles gain strength before migrating to the ocean.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re kind of at the mercy of the weather and wind to see if these fires creep along doing beneficial to less-severe things, or if we see a big run that really cooks the watershed,” said Matt Johnson, a senior environmental scientist with the California Department of Fish and Wildlife Northern Region Anadromous Fisheries Program.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The species is at real risk of extirpation or blinking out. We hope that doesn’t happen,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Flames are not the primary, immediate threat. The spring-fed streams are moving so fast that ash in the water will quickly wash away, according to wildlife officials. Instead, firefighting efforts could pose a direct threat to the waterways, including the use of fire retardant, \u003ca href=\"https://www.fs.usda.gov/rm/fire/wfcs/documents/2021%20EcoRA-Retardants-Nov2021-final.pdf#page=%5B13%5D\">which is toxic to fish\u003c/a>, though experts say it’s a necessary tradeoff.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The important thing right now is to just try to stop it on the head, so it doesn’t burn up these really precious watersheds,” Brown said.\u003cem> “\u003c/em>The next few days will be pretty telling.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The most severe damage could come later this year — if \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/environment/2020/10/california-wildfires-unsafe-drinking-water/\">heavy rains wash ash, chemicals and sediment from the burn scar into the creeks\u003c/a>. Too much sediment can smother the eggs and baby fish or spark a microbial bloom that sucks oxygen from the water. Larger debris flows also could scour the waterways and fill in holding pools.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s like liquid cement coming down the river channel,” said Steve Lindley, director of fisheries ecology at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Southwest Fisheries Science Center lab. “It just scours the river down to the bedrock, and everything in it is crushed and ground up.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Two years ago, flash floods sent debris from Siskiyou County’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.fire.ca.gov/incidents/2022/7/29/mckinney-fire\">McKinney Fire\u003c/a> into the Klamath River, where the Karuk Tribe reported a devastating fish kill.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Protected by the \u003ca href=\"https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/west-coast/endangered-species-conservation/central-valley-spring-run-chinook-salmon#:~:text=The%20Central%20Valley%20spring%2Drun,under%20the%20Endangered%20Species%20Act.\">nation’s Endangered Species Act since 1999\u003c/a>, Central Valley spring-run Chinook have already \u003ca href=\"https://www.waterboards.ca.gov/waterrights/water_issues/programs/bay_delta/docs/2024/2024.04.16-revised-cdfw-ltr.pdf\">experienced catastrophic declines\u003c/a>, reaching record lows last year with only \u003ca href=\"https://nrm.dfg.ca.gov/FileHandler.ashx?DocumentID=84381&inline\">16 adults returning to spawn in Deer Creek and 34 to Mill Creek\u003c/a>. These populations, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife \u003ca href=\"https://www.waterboards.ca.gov/waterrights/water_issues/programs/bay_delta/docs/2024/2024.04.16-revised-cdfw-ltr.pdf\">warned earlier this year,\u003c/a> “are now at high risk of extinction.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“To see really big, hot fires like this move into what used to be their strongholds — it’s really a tough thing to witness,” Brown said. “Right now, it feels like the frontlines of climate change.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2 id=\"h-salmon-are-really-struggling\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Salmon ‘are really struggling’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Spring-run Chinook salmon were once the cornerstone of California’s commercial fishery, with \u003ca href=\"https://afspubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1577/1548-8675%281998%29018%3C0487%3AHAADOC%3E2.0.CO%3B2\">more than half a million fish caught in 1883 alone\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But California’s big dam era in the 20th century also sparked \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/environment/2024/01/california-salmon-newsom-plan/\">a massive decline of spring-run Chinook\u003c/a>, one of the four runs of salmon named for the season when they return to freshwater to spawn. The dams cut off \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/environment/water/2024/03/california-salmon-restrictions-ban-2024/\">critical upstream spawning habitat, shifted the timing of flows\u003c/a> and degraded downstream waterways.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now, nearly all of the Central Valley’s spring-run populations are gone. The remaining ones are largely confined to the northern Sacramento Valley, where Mill and Deer Creeks provide some of the last high-quality, high-elevation habitat for the species, as well as for \u003ca href=\"https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/west-coast/endangered-species-conservation/california-central-valley-steelhead\">threatened Central Valley steelhead\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Both are \u003ca href=\"https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/west-coast/about-us/sacramento-river-basin-california\">tributaries to the Sacramento River\u003c/a>. Born in Lassen Volcanic National Park, Mill Creek flows through forests and meadows before dropping through a steep rock canyon into the Sacramento Valley, where it meets the Sacramento River. Deer Creek emerges near the summit of Butt Mountain, flowing 60 miles before it reaches the valley floor and stretches another 11 miles to join the Sacramento River near Vina.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Deer and Mill Creeks have always represented this exceptional habitat piece for salmon,” Johnson said. “Unfortunately, despite that great habitat, the fish populations are really struggling.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last year, \u003cspan style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px\">the number of returning adults was so low that scientists described it as \u003ca href=\"https://wildlife.ca.gov/News/Archive/state-and-federal-fish-agencies-take-urgent-actions-to-save-spring-run-chinook-salmon\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a cohort collapse\u003c/a>—\u003c/span>meaning there were too few to successfully produce a new generation. The catastrophic declines prompted state and federal wildlife agencies to begin \u003ca href=\"https://www.ucdavis.edu/news/uc-davis-safeguard-spring-run-chinook-salmon-broodstock\">a conservation hatchery program at UC Davis\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The program was in response to the “threat that this species could blink out because nothing would return in subsequent years. So the captive brood population is like a little insurance plan or bank account of genetic material,” Johnson said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With so few returning adults, a hit to the next generation from the Park Fire could be catastrophic. Johnson said \u003ca href=\"https://www.fire.ca.gov/incidents/2021/7/13/dixie-fire/updates/697a2a02-5e2a-4454-af9d-2107e4e08f7a\">after the Dixie Fire in 2021\u003c/a>, he saw the first rains of the season turn \u003ca href=\"https://www.nps.gov/lavo/planyourvisit/visit-after-dixie-fire.htm\">Mill Creek black with runoff\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The adults returning this year are from that Dixie Fire cohort, and we’re looking at preliminary very low returns,” Johnson said. Though he doesn’t have the evidence yet to back it up, the fire “could be a contributing factor.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>State wildlife officials warned water regulators in February that fish \u003ca href=\"https://www.waterboards.ca.gov/waterrights/water_issues/programs/bay_delta/docs/2024/2024.04.16-revised-cdfw-ltr.pdf\">have been in steep decline since 2015 (PDF)\u003c/a> — in part \u003ca href=\"https://wildlife.ca.gov/Drought/Projects/Deer-Creek\">because agricultural water diversions\u003c/a> from the lower rivers frequently drain the creeks. They urged the State Water Resources Control Board to set minimum water levels that must flow through the creeks to protect fish.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Historical water diversion and water use practices have long been out of balance with ecological needs on these critical watersheds,” Tina Bartlett, regional manager of the northern region, wrote to the water board. In recent years, climate change and frequent droughts have amplified the problem.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Water board staff are \u003ca href=\"https://www.waterboards.ca.gov/waterrights/water_issues/programs/bay_delta/mill-deer-antelope-creeks.html#:~:text=Mill%2C%20Deer%2C%20and%20Antelope%20Creeks%20are%20tributaries%20to%20the%20Sacramento,%2C%20Steelhead%2C%20and%20Pacific%20Lamprey.\">reviewing the recommendations\u003c/a>, according to spokesperson Ailene Voisin.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2 id=\"h-eggs-and-young-fish-could-be-smothered\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Eggs and young fish could be smothered\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Because of the fire, state wildlife officials cannot survey the number of adult salmon that returned this year, Johnson said. However, preliminary estimates for this year remain very low, prompting alarm from scientists.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We had a really bad year last year. We had a really bad year this year,” said Andrew Rypel, director of the Center for Watershed Sciences at UC Davis. “Say we wipe out this cohort. Salmon are on a three-year lifecycle. That’s starting to look like the anatomy of an extinction.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/category/environment/wildfires/\">wildfire\u003c/a> is not an imminent threat to adults who are in the creeks right now, Johnson said. The creeks have abundant cool water, and as of Monday, the fire was not affecting flow or temperatures.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“What this fire represents, if it were to consume the habitat in the upper watersheds, is a degradation of that habitat. It’s just another hit to the species that’s already struggling,” Johnson said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In these fire-prone landscapes, low-intensity fires can be beneficial. Some sediment in the water can help hide juveniles from predators. Downed trees in the stream can create fish habitats.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, Johnson and others are concerned about the heat and intensity of the fire. If the first rain events send mud and ash flooding into the creeks, the eggs or juveniles could be smothered by the sediment or suffocate if oxygen levels plummet. Chemicals could degrade the water quality.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Brown said that these hot fires could reshape this wild, remote landscape. Recent studies show that the one-two punch of climate change and severe fires can change \u003ca href=\"https://www.pnas.org/doi/full/10.1073/pnas.2208120120\">which plants return\u003c/a> to a fire-scoured region.\u003cstrong> \u003c/strong>Denuded slopes are primed for erosion, and the loss of tree cover could allow these vital, cool stretches of river to warm in the summer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“At this point, my greatest concern is the fire moving any further up Mill and Deer Creek. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Experts are anxiously awaiting the wildfire’s next move, hoping that it doesn’t spread farther into higher elevations. That’s where adult salmon wait in cool pools for water temperatures to drop and flows to rise so they can spawn and where year-old juveniles gain strength before migrating to the ocean.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re kind of at the mercy of the weather and wind to see if these fires creep along doing beneficial to less-severe things, or if we see a big run that really cooks the watershed,” said Matt Johnson, a senior environmental scientist with the California Department of Fish and Wildlife Northern Region Anadromous Fisheries Program.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The species is at real risk of extirpation or blinking out. We hope that doesn’t happen,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Flames are not the primary, immediate threat. The spring-fed streams are moving so fast that ash in the water will quickly wash away, according to wildlife officials. Instead, firefighting efforts could pose a direct threat to the waterways, including the use of fire retardant, \u003ca href=\"https://www.fs.usda.gov/rm/fire/wfcs/documents/2021%20EcoRA-Retardants-Nov2021-final.pdf#page=%5B13%5D\">which is toxic to fish\u003c/a>, though experts say it’s a necessary tradeoff.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The important thing right now is to just try to stop it on the head, so it doesn’t burn up these really precious watersheds,” Brown said.\u003cem> “\u003c/em>The next few days will be pretty telling.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The most severe damage could come later this year — if \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/environment/2020/10/california-wildfires-unsafe-drinking-water/\">heavy rains wash ash, chemicals and sediment from the burn scar into the creeks\u003c/a>. Too much sediment can smother the eggs and baby fish or spark a microbial bloom that sucks oxygen from the water. Larger debris flows also could scour the waterways and fill in holding pools.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s like liquid cement coming down the river channel,” said Steve Lindley, director of fisheries ecology at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Southwest Fisheries Science Center lab. “It just scours the river down to the bedrock, and everything in it is crushed and ground up.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Two years ago, flash floods sent debris from Siskiyou County’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.fire.ca.gov/incidents/2022/7/29/mckinney-fire\">McKinney Fire\u003c/a> into the Klamath River, where the Karuk Tribe reported a devastating fish kill.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Protected by the \u003ca href=\"https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/west-coast/endangered-species-conservation/central-valley-spring-run-chinook-salmon#:~:text=The%20Central%20Valley%20spring%2Drun,under%20the%20Endangered%20Species%20Act.\">nation’s Endangered Species Act since 1999\u003c/a>, Central Valley spring-run Chinook have already \u003ca href=\"https://www.waterboards.ca.gov/waterrights/water_issues/programs/bay_delta/docs/2024/2024.04.16-revised-cdfw-ltr.pdf\">experienced catastrophic declines\u003c/a>, reaching record lows last year with only \u003ca href=\"https://nrm.dfg.ca.gov/FileHandler.ashx?DocumentID=84381&inline\">16 adults returning to spawn in Deer Creek and 34 to Mill Creek\u003c/a>. These populations, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife \u003ca href=\"https://www.waterboards.ca.gov/waterrights/water_issues/programs/bay_delta/docs/2024/2024.04.16-revised-cdfw-ltr.pdf\">warned earlier this year,\u003c/a> “are now at high risk of extinction.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“To see really big, hot fires like this move into what used to be their strongholds — it’s really a tough thing to witness,” Brown said. “Right now, it feels like the frontlines of climate change.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2 id=\"h-salmon-are-really-struggling\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Salmon ‘are really struggling’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Spring-run Chinook salmon were once the cornerstone of California’s commercial fishery, with \u003ca href=\"https://afspubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1577/1548-8675%281998%29018%3C0487%3AHAADOC%3E2.0.CO%3B2\">more than half a million fish caught in 1883 alone\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But California’s big dam era in the 20th century also sparked \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/environment/2024/01/california-salmon-newsom-plan/\">a massive decline of spring-run Chinook\u003c/a>, one of the four runs of salmon named for the season when they return to freshwater to spawn. The dams cut off \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/environment/water/2024/03/california-salmon-restrictions-ban-2024/\">critical upstream spawning habitat, shifted the timing of flows\u003c/a> and degraded downstream waterways.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now, nearly all of the Central Valley’s spring-run populations are gone. The remaining ones are largely confined to the northern Sacramento Valley, where Mill and Deer Creeks provide some of the last high-quality, high-elevation habitat for the species, as well as for \u003ca href=\"https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/west-coast/endangered-species-conservation/california-central-valley-steelhead\">threatened Central Valley steelhead\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Both are \u003ca href=\"https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/west-coast/about-us/sacramento-river-basin-california\">tributaries to the Sacramento River\u003c/a>. Born in Lassen Volcanic National Park, Mill Creek flows through forests and meadows before dropping through a steep rock canyon into the Sacramento Valley, where it meets the Sacramento River. Deer Creek emerges near the summit of Butt Mountain, flowing 60 miles before it reaches the valley floor and stretches another 11 miles to join the Sacramento River near Vina.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Deer and Mill Creeks have always represented this exceptional habitat piece for salmon,” Johnson said. “Unfortunately, despite that great habitat, the fish populations are really struggling.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last year, \u003cspan style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px\">the number of returning adults was so low that scientists described it as \u003ca href=\"https://wildlife.ca.gov/News/Archive/state-and-federal-fish-agencies-take-urgent-actions-to-save-spring-run-chinook-salmon\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a cohort collapse\u003c/a>—\u003c/span>meaning there were too few to successfully produce a new generation. The catastrophic declines prompted state and federal wildlife agencies to begin \u003ca href=\"https://www.ucdavis.edu/news/uc-davis-safeguard-spring-run-chinook-salmon-broodstock\">a conservation hatchery program at UC Davis\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The program was in response to the “threat that this species could blink out because nothing would return in subsequent years. So the captive brood population is like a little insurance plan or bank account of genetic material,” Johnson said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With so few returning adults, a hit to the next generation from the Park Fire could be catastrophic. Johnson said \u003ca href=\"https://www.fire.ca.gov/incidents/2021/7/13/dixie-fire/updates/697a2a02-5e2a-4454-af9d-2107e4e08f7a\">after the Dixie Fire in 2021\u003c/a>, he saw the first rains of the season turn \u003ca href=\"https://www.nps.gov/lavo/planyourvisit/visit-after-dixie-fire.htm\">Mill Creek black with runoff\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The adults returning this year are from that Dixie Fire cohort, and we’re looking at preliminary very low returns,” Johnson said. Though he doesn’t have the evidence yet to back it up, the fire “could be a contributing factor.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>State wildlife officials warned water regulators in February that fish \u003ca href=\"https://www.waterboards.ca.gov/waterrights/water_issues/programs/bay_delta/docs/2024/2024.04.16-revised-cdfw-ltr.pdf\">have been in steep decline since 2015 (PDF)\u003c/a> — in part \u003ca href=\"https://wildlife.ca.gov/Drought/Projects/Deer-Creek\">because agricultural water diversions\u003c/a> from the lower rivers frequently drain the creeks. They urged the State Water Resources Control Board to set minimum water levels that must flow through the creeks to protect fish.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Historical water diversion and water use practices have long been out of balance with ecological needs on these critical watersheds,” Tina Bartlett, regional manager of the northern region, wrote to the water board. In recent years, climate change and frequent droughts have amplified the problem.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Water board staff are \u003ca href=\"https://www.waterboards.ca.gov/waterrights/water_issues/programs/bay_delta/mill-deer-antelope-creeks.html#:~:text=Mill%2C%20Deer%2C%20and%20Antelope%20Creeks%20are%20tributaries%20to%20the%20Sacramento,%2C%20Steelhead%2C%20and%20Pacific%20Lamprey.\">reviewing the recommendations\u003c/a>, according to spokesperson Ailene Voisin.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2 id=\"h-eggs-and-young-fish-could-be-smothered\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Eggs and young fish could be smothered\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Because of the fire, state wildlife officials cannot survey the number of adult salmon that returned this year, Johnson said. However, preliminary estimates for this year remain very low, prompting alarm from scientists.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We had a really bad year last year. We had a really bad year this year,” said Andrew Rypel, director of the Center for Watershed Sciences at UC Davis. “Say we wipe out this cohort. Salmon are on a three-year lifecycle. That’s starting to look like the anatomy of an extinction.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/category/environment/wildfires/\">wildfire\u003c/a> is not an imminent threat to adults who are in the creeks right now, Johnson said. The creeks have abundant cool water, and as of Monday, the fire was not affecting flow or temperatures.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“What this fire represents, if it were to consume the habitat in the upper watersheds, is a degradation of that habitat. It’s just another hit to the species that’s already struggling,” Johnson said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In these fire-prone landscapes, low-intensity fires can be beneficial. Some sediment in the water can help hide juveniles from predators. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>PG&E has about 300 employees and contract workers responding to the fire. Those efforts include flights by company-owned Blackhawk helicopters to drop water at the direction of Cal Fire commanders.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Over the last six days, \u003ca href=\"https://www.fire.ca.gov/incidents/2024/7/24/park-fire\">the Park Fire\u003c/a> has burned over 385,000 acres — 600 square miles — in Butte, Tehama, Shasta and Plumas counties and destroyed at least 192 structures. The incident now ranks as the fifth-largest fire \u003ca href=\"https://34c031f8-c9fd-4018-8c5a-4159cdff6b0d-cdn-endpoint.azureedge.net/-/media/calfire-website/our-impact/fire-statistics/top-20-largest-ca-wildfires.pdf?rev=396e3fe5db424fc39487bfa4d219cf81&hash=8529C4E1F1BC3073E31AD0337E875199\">in state history\u003c/a>, with the top nine fires all having occurred since December 2017.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More than 5,000 firefighters continue to work the blaze, including over 230 incarcerated people working mostly in hand crews. The wildfire’s perimeter stretches more than 100 miles long, with 14% containment, according to Cal Fire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The agency’s briefing maps show virtually all that contained area is on the southwest side of the fire, adjacent to and just north of Chico.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>In the small forest community of Cohasset, Ron Ward watched as flames hundreds of feet high from California’s deadly Park Fire approached his family ranch.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He had lost insurance coverage on it just a month earlier as companies increasingly \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/video/wildfires-california-allstate-corp-personal-insurance-national-bdc47d6ccbe64c27bf1674d468c609eb\">drop California homeowners\u003c/a> due to the growing risk of wildfires in the state, in part due to hotter weather and arid conditions caused by climate change. So he and his son Ethan went to work installing a fire protection system involving a water line to a pond and sprinklers. The system’s pump was delivered right when the fire started.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The flames reached within 70 feet of his house. Then they stopped.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It hit our sprinklers and kind of died down and then went around our property and missed, missed all of our structures,” Ward said. His 100-year-old ranch was saved.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cohasset exhibited charred remnants of the devastation on Sunday, a scene that Ward described as a “moonscape.” Mailboxes and vehicles were covered with pink fire retardant dropped by aircraft. The husks of a washer and dryer set were surrounded by burned debris and a blackened motorcycle was propped upright, balancing on rims after its tires apparently melted away.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Firefighters made progress and were helped by improving weather over the weekend in the battle against wildfires covering massive areas in the western United States, but further evacuations have been necessary as thousands of personnel tackle the flames.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11997641\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11997641\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240726-PARKFIRE-105-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240726-PARKFIRE-105-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240726-PARKFIRE-105-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240726-PARKFIRE-105-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240726-PARKFIRE-105-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240726-PARKFIRE-105-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240726-PARKFIRE-105-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A charred vehicle sits along Cohasset Road in Cohasset, outside of Chico, on July 26, 2024, after the Park Fire swept through the area the evening before. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Ward, who stayed behind with a few friends, had to be the one to call his bookkeeper and neighbors to tell them their homes were gone.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They haven’t even been able to get back to look at their homes,” he said, tearing up as he recounted last week’s experience to \u003cem>The Associated Press\u003c/em> in an interview on Monday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Park Fire, the largest wildfire in California this year and the sixth largest in the state’s recorded history was one of \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/hub/wildfires\">more than 100 large active wildfires\u003c/a> burning in the U.S. on Monday. The man arrested on suspicion of starting the blaze in Northern California by pushing a burning car into a gully made his first appearance in court on Monday and was charged with felony arson of an inhabited structure or property.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ronnie Dean Stout was arrested at his home in Chico a day after the fire started. Prosecutors said Stout has a previous criminal record and would face life in prison if convicted.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There was no reply to an email to the district attorney asking whether Stout had legal representation or someone who could comment on his behalf. Butte County District Attorney Michael Ramsey told reporters after the hearing that Stout said the incident was an accident, \u003cem>The Sacramento Bee\u003c/em> reported.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Park Fire scorched more than 575 square miles, an area greater than the city of Los Angeles, as of Monday, according to CAL Fire. It has destroyed more than 100 structures and is threatening 4,200 more.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11997508\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11997508\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240726-ParkFire-17-BL.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240726-ParkFire-17-BL.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240726-ParkFire-17-BL-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240726-ParkFire-17-BL-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240726-ParkFire-17-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240726-ParkFire-17-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240726-ParkFire-17-BL-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The CalFire Gabilan Conservation Camp inmate hand crew holds the fire line on Route 32 northeast of Chico in the early morning of July 26, 2024. The crew drove from Monterrey to assist with the Park Fire. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Firefighters reached 12% of containment after being aided by cooler temperatures and more humidity over the weekend, and it remained at that figure on Monday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Evacuation orders were in effect Monday on 25 wildfires, according to the National Interagency Fire Center. More than 27,000 wildland firefighters and support personnel are assigned to wildfires that have burned more than 3,200 square miles nationwide, the center said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some blazes were sparked by the weather, with \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/chile-wildfires-forest-drought-climate-south-america-78cb1fac1ae2be487e1ba41d027f4b21\">climate change increasing\u003c/a> the frequency of lightning strikes as the western U.S. endures blistering heat and bone-dry conditions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ward said that even though he and his friends “survived the onslaught,” he remains vigilant, waking up at 5 a.m. and patrolling the area for fires until nightfall in his all-terrain vehicle.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re just cruising around and putting out fires,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The National Weather Service issued “red flag” warnings on Monday for wide swaths of Idaho, Montana, Utah and Wyoming, in addition to parts of California, meaning dry fuels and stronger winds were increasing the fire danger. Air quality alerts were also issued for Monday in the northwestern U.S. and western Canada.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More than 4,800 firefighters were battling the fire on Monday, aided by numerous helicopters and air tankers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11998002\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1999px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11998002\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240726-ParkFire-139-BL_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1999\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240726-ParkFire-139-BL_qed.jpg 1999w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240726-ParkFire-139-BL_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240726-ParkFire-139-BL_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240726-ParkFire-139-BL_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240726-ParkFire-139-BL_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240726-ParkFire-139-BL_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1999px) 100vw, 1999px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An air tanker drops fire retardant along Route 34 to keep the Park Fire from jumping the road northeast of Chico on July 26, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The Park Fire has drawn comparisons to the 2018 \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/video/paradise-wildfires-california-fires-judy-clemens-ebeb26340a67481cb8a2aa3463a4b921\">Camp Fire\u003c/a> that tore through Paradise, killing 85 people and torching 11,000 homes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Southern California, about 2,000 people were ordered to evacuate because of a fire sweeping through the Sequoia National Forest. The wind-driven blaze ate up more than 60 square miles in four days, Andrew Freeborn of the Kern County Fire Department said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>U.S. Fire Administrator Dr. Lori Moore-Merrell said one-third of U.S. residents live in an area where human activities and wildland vegetation intersect, creating a higher potential for wildfires, according to a statement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We question living here for sure,” Ward said of his ranch in Cohasset. But generations have remained since his wife’s great-grandfather settled there in 1905, and he isn’t the one to leave, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s a lot of history here,” Ward said. “So we live on this ranch, and we’re committed to this ranch and preserving the ranch.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cohasset exhibited charred remnants of the devastation on Sunday, a scene that Ward described as a “moonscape.” Mailboxes and vehicles were covered with pink fire retardant dropped by aircraft. The husks of a washer and dryer set were surrounded by burned debris and a blackened motorcycle was propped upright, balancing on rims after its tires apparently melted away.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Firefighters made progress and were helped by improving weather over the weekend in the battle against wildfires covering massive areas in the western United States, but further evacuations have been necessary as thousands of personnel tackle the flames.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11997641\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11997641\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240726-PARKFIRE-105-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240726-PARKFIRE-105-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240726-PARKFIRE-105-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240726-PARKFIRE-105-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240726-PARKFIRE-105-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240726-PARKFIRE-105-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240726-PARKFIRE-105-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A charred vehicle sits along Cohasset Road in Cohasset, outside of Chico, on July 26, 2024, after the Park Fire swept through the area the evening before. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Ward, who stayed behind with a few friends, had to be the one to call his bookkeeper and neighbors to tell them their homes were gone.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They haven’t even been able to get back to look at their homes,” he said, tearing up as he recounted last week’s experience to \u003cem>The Associated Press\u003c/em> in an interview on Monday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Park Fire, the largest wildfire in California this year and the sixth largest in the state’s recorded history was one of \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/hub/wildfires\">more than 100 large active wildfires\u003c/a> burning in the U.S. on Monday. The man arrested on suspicion of starting the blaze in Northern California by pushing a burning car into a gully made his first appearance in court on Monday and was charged with felony arson of an inhabited structure or property.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ronnie Dean Stout was arrested at his home in Chico a day after the fire started. Prosecutors said Stout has a previous criminal record and would face life in prison if convicted.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There was no reply to an email to the district attorney asking whether Stout had legal representation or someone who could comment on his behalf. Butte County District Attorney Michael Ramsey told reporters after the hearing that Stout said the incident was an accident, \u003cem>The Sacramento Bee\u003c/em> reported.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Park Fire scorched more than 575 square miles, an area greater than the city of Los Angeles, as of Monday, according to CAL Fire. It has destroyed more than 100 structures and is threatening 4,200 more.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11997508\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11997508\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240726-ParkFire-17-BL.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240726-ParkFire-17-BL.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240726-ParkFire-17-BL-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240726-ParkFire-17-BL-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240726-ParkFire-17-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240726-ParkFire-17-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240726-ParkFire-17-BL-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The CalFire Gabilan Conservation Camp inmate hand crew holds the fire line on Route 32 northeast of Chico in the early morning of July 26, 2024. The crew drove from Monterrey to assist with the Park Fire. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Firefighters reached 12% of containment after being aided by cooler temperatures and more humidity over the weekend, and it remained at that figure on Monday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Evacuation orders were in effect Monday on 25 wildfires, according to the National Interagency Fire Center. More than 27,000 wildland firefighters and support personnel are assigned to wildfires that have burned more than 3,200 square miles nationwide, the center said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some blazes were sparked by the weather, with \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/chile-wildfires-forest-drought-climate-south-america-78cb1fac1ae2be487e1ba41d027f4b21\">climate change increasing\u003c/a> the frequency of lightning strikes as the western U.S. endures blistering heat and bone-dry conditions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ward said that even though he and his friends “survived the onslaught,” he remains vigilant, waking up at 5 a.m. and patrolling the area for fires until nightfall in his all-terrain vehicle.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re just cruising around and putting out fires,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The National Weather Service issued “red flag” warnings on Monday for wide swaths of Idaho, Montana, Utah and Wyoming, in addition to parts of California, meaning dry fuels and stronger winds were increasing the fire danger. 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But the city is \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://streetsla.lacity.org/bus-shelter\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">working to make improvements.\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">The \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.fire.ca.gov/incidents/2024/7/24/park-fire\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Park Fire\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> continues to grow in Northern California. The fire has now grown to more than 380,000 acres, now \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://x.com/CAL_FIRE/status/1818311222443610301\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">the fifth largest in state history.\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>All \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11834132/see-where-wildfires-are-burning-in-california\">the wildfires\u003c/a> burning in California are causing unhealthy air for many communities across the state. And according to \u003ca href=\"https://aaic.alz.org/releases-2024/exposure-wildfire-smoke-raises-dementia-risk.asp\">a new study\u003c/a>, wildfire smoke increases the risk of dementia, more than other air pollutants.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch2>\u003cb>LA Slowly Works To Improve Bus Stops\u003c/b>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Los Angeles commuters who use public transit, particularly the city’s bus system, have been waiting for improvements for awhile. And not necessarily to the buses themselves – but the actual bus stops.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Back in late 2023,\u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://laist.com/news/climate-environment/la-secures-funding-for-bus-shelters-community-calls-it-long-overdue\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> L.A. Mayor Karen Bass announced\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> that she has secured funding to address some of the effects of the climate crisis, mostly by building more shade structures. Roughly $93.5 million dollars will be allocated toward addressing \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://laist.com/news/climate-environment/the-climate-crisis-is-changing-the-definition-of-extreme-heat\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">extreme heat\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">, with the majority of the funding for building bus shelters. Other money will go toward planting more trees and installing cooling pavement.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">The funding, said Councilmember Imelda Padilla, will \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://streetsla.lacity.org/bus-shelter\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">help the city\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> add 3,000 more bus shelters and 450 shade structures over 10 years. Many bus stops are currently in very poor condition – with no canopies or shelter, nighttime lighting, or in some cases, a place to sit. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cb>Park Fire Now State’s Fifth Largest\u003c/b>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">As of Tuesday morning, the Park Fire, burning in four Northern California counties, has \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.fire.ca.gov/incidents/2024/7/24/park-fire\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">scorched more than 383,000 acres. \u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Many evacuation warnings were lifted Monday for surrounding communities. And once evacuation orders are lifted, Butte County Sheriff Kory Honea said residents need to be aware of their surroundings. “It’s very important that people as they go back into those areas, especially if they’re in areas that have been burned through, that they’re careful,” he said. “There could be hot spots or hazards that they have to be cognizant of. If you see something like that, you need to avoid it and call the fire department to come out and help you deal with that.” \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca href=\"https://laist.com/news/climate-environment/study-wildfire-smoke-exposure-increases-risk-of-dementia\">\u003cb>Wildfire Smoke Exposure Increases Risk Of Dementia\u003c/b>\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003ca href=\"https://aaic.alz.org/releases-2024/exposure-wildfire-smoke-raises-dementia-risk.asp\">New research\u003c/a> has found that exposure to wildfire smoke increases the risk of being diagnosed with dementia.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Scientists studied the health records of more than 1.2 million Southern Californians over 10 years, and found that wildfire smoke is more damaging to brain health than air pollution from cars and factories. They presented their research at the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference in Philadelphia.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">The new research was released as California’s fire season is\u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://specialreports.news.uci.edu/climate-change/the-problem/californias-wildfire-season-has-lengthened.php\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> getting longer and starting earlier\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">, in part due to climate change.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>Updated 5:15 p.m. Monday\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ronnie Dean Stout II, the person officials allege started the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/park-fire\">Park Fire\u003c/a> by pushing a flaming car off a cliff, appeared in a Butte County Superior Court in Oroville today. He was charged with arson.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Stout, who lives with his mother in Chico according to officials, did not enter a plea. His next hearing is Thursday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Stout, 42, is potentially facing 25 years to life under California’s three-strike law, according to Butte County District Attorney Mike Ramsey, who spoke to reporters following the hearing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Stout told investigators that the car caught on fire accidentally and that he fled the area because he was frightened. He denied that he pushed it into the ravine, Ramsey said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Stout was arrested at 1:30 a.m. on July 25, several hours after the fire started. Ramsey said that at the time of his arrest, Stout’s blood alcohol level was over the legal limit. Witnesses at the scene told investigators that Stout was driving erratically and behaving as if he was extremely intoxicated, according to Ramsey.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Why would he do this? What’s the reasoning? At this time, we don’t know,” Ramsey said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Witnesses also told investigators that they heard the sound of metal scraping on rock as if a car was stuck and the driver was revving the engine, which could have caused a spark.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11997504\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11997504\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240726-ParkFire-09-BL.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240726-ParkFire-09-BL.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240726-ParkFire-09-BL-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240726-ParkFire-09-BL-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240726-ParkFire-09-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240726-ParkFire-09-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240726-ParkFire-09-BL-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Park Fire burns along Route 32 northeast of Chico on July 26, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“The indication is he didn’t purposely light the car on fire because he was trying to get out of being stuck on the edge of a berm,” Ramsey said. “Being stuck on that edge of that berm, he was revving the engine. We have another witness who saw dirt and smoke coming up, then followed immediately by smoke. Then fire. There’s an extraordinary amount of dry grass.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Stout, who is on probation for driving under the influence of alcohol, has a history of arrests dating back to 1995, according to public records. Two of the most serious cases are felony convictions, including one in 2001 in Butte County for lewd and lascivious acts with a child under 14.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He was convicted of robbery with great bodily injury in 2002 in Kern County and sentenced to 20 years in prison. He was released in October 2018.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>KQED could not reach Stout’s attorney for comment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After continuing its explosive growth over the weekend, the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11997697/gov-newsom-declares-state-of-emergency-as-park-fire-swiftly-grows\">Park Fire\u003c/a> has burned more than 368,000 acres across four Northern California counties.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The fire, which began on Wednesday in Chico’s Upper Bidwell Park, has forced evacuation orders in Butte, Tehama, Plumas and Shasta counties. More than 4,800 personnel from around the country are battling the blaze, which is 12% contained.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is the largest fire in California right now, so we have a lot of resources assigned to it,” Cal Fire forestry assistant Jahaira Zaragoza said Monday morning. The Park Fire is the largest active blaze in the U.S. and the sixth largest in California history.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As of Monday morning, 109 structures had been destroyed and five had been damaged; the numbers were revised down over the weekend as damage assessment crews made their way through the path of the fire. An additional 4,200 structures remain threatened.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The blaze continued to spread overnight before fire activity seemed to ease in the early hours of the morning as humidity increased, but officials expected weather conditions to cause it to pick back up throughout the day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11997638\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11997638\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240726-PARKFIRE-70-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240726-PARKFIRE-70-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240726-PARKFIRE-70-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240726-PARKFIRE-70-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240726-PARKFIRE-70-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240726-PARKFIRE-70-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240726-PARKFIRE-70-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fire retardant from an airdrop covers a truck on Cohasset Road outside of Chico on July 26, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The fire is expected to continue to spread substantially despite an aggressive approach by firefighters, according to UCLA climate scientist Daniel Swain.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think what we’re realizing is that even with probably the most well-resourced wildland firefighting agency in the world in California, Cal Fire, it’s still beyond technology to address a fire at that scope,” Swain said in a \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wwqBlbhFHo\">webcast\u003c/a> on Saturday afternoon.[aside postID=news_11997515 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240726-ParkFire-25-BL-1020x680.jpg']He said the fire is likely to reach 500,000 acres, and it seems possible it could expand to a million.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Park Fire’s movement has been rapid since it began Wednesday afternoon, spreading initially through Tehama and Butte counties. In its first four days, it spread at a rate of about \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11997697/gov-newsom-declares-state-of-emergency-as-park-fire-swiftly-grows\">5,000 acres an hour\u003c/a>, Cal Fire Incident Commander Billy See said during a press briefing on Saturday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Saturday, Gov. Gavin Newsom said the state had secured additional federal assistance while visiting the site of the fire. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott also declared Sunday that he would send more than 100 fire and emergency management personnel to aid California engines assigned to the blaze.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Weather conditions could continue to challenge firefighters this week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Southwest winds are expected today, along with low fuel moistures and fire receptive fuels, which will be a factor in increased fire activity throughout the day,” according to Cal Fire’s most recent \u003ca href=\"https://www.fire.ca.gov/incidents/2024/7/24/park-fire/updates/7d876e05-3d9d-444f-8272-2d26512b7f10\">incident update\u003c/a> on Monday morning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Zaragoza said that the terrain in the area also makes fighting the fire challenging.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We have a lot of lava rock in here, so it’s making it really difficult to access,” she said. Within Lassen National Forest, near where the fire spread over the weekend, there is a lot of this lava rock, according to Zaragoza.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Throughout the first half of the week, similar humidity and heat conditions are expected. A warming trend is expected to begin Wednesday through the weekend, bringing temperatures in the 90s and 100s to the area of the fire, according to National Weather Service meteorologist Bakari Anderson. Drier conditions are also expected later this week, which can increase the risk of fire spread, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Evacuation shelter and animal shelter info\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Evacuation zones maps:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://buttecountygis.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=9c92e0a2d2e0415fa5248d70cd644a82\">Butte County Evacuation Map\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://protect.genasys.com/zones/US-CA-XPU-PLU-040?fbclid=IwY2xjawERKD9leHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHVOY18IUFvCLHb00ylw42l1KA9r9KBLo847tajviM8iVHI8-aKapBmDrgw_aem_yQYVboomDnMWOD5d60mUFA\">Plumas County Evacuation Map\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://protect.genasys.com/search?fbclid=IwY2xjawERIfRleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHfLOXneoeOpyh94HNz_aoVIeBzFFgzF0e20gHiiDKDLzj0g-sFnpQXM-NA_aem_8gX05W1zjyaV0urvjt7aoQ\">Shasta County Evacuation Map\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://protect.genasys.com/fullscreenMap?z=9.392912515882836&latlon=39.980082819440895%2C-121.75831542150576\">Tehama County Evacuation Map\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Shelters in Butte, Tehama and Shasta Counties:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Shasta County: Bella Vista Elementary School Evacuation Shelter, \u003ca href=\"https://maps.app.goo.gl/2RktuM8iP3niC7mV7\">22661 Old Alturas Road, Bella Vista, CA 96008.\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Butte County Fairgrounds Evacuation Shelter, \u003ca href=\"https://www.google.com/maps/place/Butte+County+Fairgrounds/@39.3659668,-121.6874252,17z/data=!4m14!1m7!3m6!1s0x80834d851e6a3589:0x4d6c011c77e05127!2sButte+County+Fairgrounds!8m2!3d39.3659668!4d-121.6848503!16s%2Fm%2F0l4rcz0!3m5!1s0x80834d851e6a3589:0x4d6c011c77e05127!8m2!3d39.3659668!4d-121.6848503!16s%2Fm%2F0l4rcz0?entry=ttu\">199 E. Hazel St., Gridley, Butte County.\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Butte County: Neighborhood Church Evacuation Shelter, \u003ca href=\"https://maps.app.goo.gl/dte2uHYHQrP77GG27\">2801 Notre Dame Blvd. Chico, CA 95928\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Tehama County: Red Cross Los Molinos Vet’s Hall Evacuation Shelter, \u003ca href=\"https://maps.app.goo.gl/Xt3hqqbh9USvaQsa6\">7980 Sherwood Blvd., Los Molinos, CA 96055.\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Tehama County Evacuation Resource Center, St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, \u003ca href=\"https://maps.app.goo.gl/sw5R9CBdTWYCFZ5t5\">510 Jefferson St., Red Bluff, CA 96080.\u003c/a> Saturday: 9 a.m.–6 p.m. and Sunday: 11 a.m.–6 p.m.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Butte County: North Valley Animal Disaster Group Small Animal Shelter, \u003ca href=\"https://maps.app.goo.gl/8myuBQFm7x21Tja86\">2279 Del Oro Ave., Oroville, CA 95965,\u003c/a> 8 a.m.–9 p.m. No waterfowl or chickens are accepted. 530-895-0000\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Tehama County Small Animal Shelter, \u003ca href=\"https://maps.app.goo.gl/RNxQfsmuA9BFubZw9\">22005 Gilmore Ranch Road, Red Bluff, CA 96080, 8 a.m.–5 p.m.\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Butte County: Camelot Equestrian Park Large Animal Shelter, \u003ca href=\"https://maps.app.goo.gl/Qgh9cgyqTRTfhgdH9\">1985 Clark Road, Oroville, CA 95966.\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Tehama County: Ridgeway Park Large Animal Shelter, \u003ca href=\"https://maps.app.goo.gl/oLnQnD4m122CBBu47\">19725 Ridge Road, Red Bluff, CA 96080,\u003c/a> 7 a.m.–9 p.m. Self Service: Provide your own setup and feed. Ridgeway has open space, an arena area, and space for folks to bring panels in to set up locations for livestock.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Tehama County: Corning Rodeo Grounds at Estill C. Clark Park Large Animal Shelter, \u003ca href=\"https://maps.app.goo.gl/JbqBV2xYxCZcQhmV8\">103 E. Fig Lane, Corning, CA 96021\u003c/a>. Self Service: Provide your own setup and feed. Power and water will be available. Use the east gate at the road on Fig Lane to access the location; the gate will be shut but not locked.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Redding Rodeo Grounds Large Animal Shelter, \u003ca href=\"https://g.co/kgs/ccjMmsX\">715 Auditorium Drive, Redding, CA 96001.\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>The Tehama County Sheriff’s Office offers escorts for residents to evacuate or feed and water animals left behind. Owners can call 530-529-7940 to schedule a time slot to be escorted between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/kmonahan\">Katherine Monahan\u003c/a> contributed to this report. \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Stout was arrested at 1:30 a.m. on July 25, several hours after the fire started. Ramsey said that at the time of his arrest, Stout’s blood alcohol level was over the legal limit. Witnesses at the scene told investigators that Stout was driving erratically and behaving as if he was extremely intoxicated, according to Ramsey.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Why would he do this? What’s the reasoning? At this time, we don’t know,” Ramsey said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Witnesses also told investigators that they heard the sound of metal scraping on rock as if a car was stuck and the driver was revving the engine, which could have caused a spark.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11997504\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11997504\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240726-ParkFire-09-BL.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240726-ParkFire-09-BL.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240726-ParkFire-09-BL-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240726-ParkFire-09-BL-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240726-ParkFire-09-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240726-ParkFire-09-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240726-ParkFire-09-BL-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Park Fire burns along Route 32 northeast of Chico on July 26, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“The indication is he didn’t purposely light the car on fire because he was trying to get out of being stuck on the edge of a berm,” Ramsey said. “Being stuck on that edge of that berm, he was revving the engine. We have another witness who saw dirt and smoke coming up, then followed immediately by smoke. Then fire. There’s an extraordinary amount of dry grass.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Stout, who is on probation for driving under the influence of alcohol, has a history of arrests dating back to 1995, according to public records. Two of the most serious cases are felony convictions, including one in 2001 in Butte County for lewd and lascivious acts with a child under 14.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He was convicted of robbery with great bodily injury in 2002 in Kern County and sentenced to 20 years in prison. He was released in October 2018.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>KQED could not reach Stout’s attorney for comment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After continuing its explosive growth over the weekend, the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11997697/gov-newsom-declares-state-of-emergency-as-park-fire-swiftly-grows\">Park Fire\u003c/a> has burned more than 368,000 acres across four Northern California counties.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The fire, which began on Wednesday in Chico’s Upper Bidwell Park, has forced evacuation orders in Butte, Tehama, Plumas and Shasta counties. More than 4,800 personnel from around the country are battling the blaze, which is 12% contained.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is the largest fire in California right now, so we have a lot of resources assigned to it,” Cal Fire forestry assistant Jahaira Zaragoza said Monday morning. The Park Fire is the largest active blaze in the U.S. and the sixth largest in California history.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As of Monday morning, 109 structures had been destroyed and five had been damaged; the numbers were revised down over the weekend as damage assessment crews made their way through the path of the fire. An additional 4,200 structures remain threatened.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The blaze continued to spread overnight before fire activity seemed to ease in the early hours of the morning as humidity increased, but officials expected weather conditions to cause it to pick back up throughout the day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11997638\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11997638\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240726-PARKFIRE-70-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240726-PARKFIRE-70-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240726-PARKFIRE-70-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240726-PARKFIRE-70-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240726-PARKFIRE-70-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240726-PARKFIRE-70-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240726-PARKFIRE-70-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fire retardant from an airdrop covers a truck on Cohasset Road outside of Chico on July 26, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The fire is expected to continue to spread substantially despite an aggressive approach by firefighters, according to UCLA climate scientist Daniel Swain.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think what we’re realizing is that even with probably the most well-resourced wildland firefighting agency in the world in California, Cal Fire, it’s still beyond technology to address a fire at that scope,” Swain said in a \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wwqBlbhFHo\">webcast\u003c/a> on Saturday afternoon.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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