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Goals to fight fire with fire often fall short in US West

By AP • 22 hours ago
Brian Melley / AP Photo

The thick scent of smoke hung in the midday air when a trail along the Kings River opened up to an ominous scene: flames in the trees and thick gray smoke shrouding canyon walls.

Firefighters were on the job. In fact, they had started the blaze that chewed through thick ferns, blackened downed trees and charred the forest floor.

California lawmakers take up key wildfire proposals

By AP • Jul 8, 2019
Noah Berger / AP Photo

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California lawmakers are taking up proposals aimed at stabilizing the state's electric utilities in the face of devastating wildfires caused by their equipment.

How should CA rebuild, and who should be held accountable, after the state's devastating wildfires?

By & Laura Wenus • Jun 11, 2019
Noah Berger / AP

 


 

On the next Your Call, we’ll ask how California should rebuild, and who should be held accountable, after devastating wildfires.

 

City Visions: What can be done about PG&E?

By City Visions • Feb 4, 2019
Courtesy PG&E

Host Ethan Elkind does a deep dive into PG&E.  

After the Camp Fire, a Butte County business asks: How can we help?

By Asal Ehsanipour • Dec 6, 2018
Courtesy of Drunken Dumpling

It's been one month since the Camp Fire burned through the entire town of Paradise. Since then, nearby businesses like food trucks, printing companies, and breweries have banded together, finding creative ways to contribute on a small-scale.

What needs to change to address the crisis of worsening wildfires?

By & Laura Wenus • Nov 21, 2018
U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Master Sgt. Dennis W. Goff


  More than 80 lives have been lost in multiple fires blazing around California. Hundreds of thousands have been forced to flee their homes and hundreds of square miles have been scorched.

How are firefighters battling California's deadly fires?

By Laura Wenus & Renee Kemp • Nov 13, 2018
Photo by Joshua Stevens / NASA Earth Observatory

On this special segment of Your Call, we get an update from the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection on the deadly and destructive wildfires in California that have so far claimed 42 lives and forced more than 250,000 people to flee their homes. 

Sandip Roy: The Village Potter

By • Oct 3, 2018
photo courtesy of Greg Roberts

From the ashes of the Tubbs wildfire, a Sonoma, CA community rebuilds it’s community through one man’s pottery.