Oct 02 Watch 3:27 News Wrap: U.S. imposes sanctions on Belarusian officials In our news wrap Friday, the U.S. Treasury Department imposed sanctions on eight Belarusian officials for their roles in the country’s disputed presidential election -- and the violent crackdown that followed. The move came soon after the European Union had… Continue watching
Sep 30 Watch 5:19 Unrelenting fires continue to ravage Northern California By Stephanie Sy Wildfires are again devastating Northern California’s wine country, with dozens of homes and thousands of acres burning this week alone. More than 8,000 wildfires have raged across the state this season, destroying over 7,000 buildings and nearly 5,800 square miles. Continue watching
Sep 29 California’s wine country residents face fire fatigue By Olga R. Rodriguez, Terry Chea, Associated Press The Glass Fire has scorched more than 66 square miles (170 square kilometers) and destroyed about 95 structures. It's the fourth major fire in three years in the Napa-Sonoma area. Continue reading
Sep 29 Dying winds give crews hope in Northern California wildfires By Janie Har, Associated Press The Glass Fire tripled in size Monday and the San Jose Mercury News says some two dozen homes have burned. Continue reading
Sep 28 WATCH: Newsom warns about ‘pressing’ wildfires in Northern California By Isabella Isaacs-Thomas and Associated Press The latest inferno began with the Glass Fire at 3:50 a.m. Sunday, and two subsequent fires merged with it, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. Continue reading
Sep 20 Southern California wildfire grows, burns nature center By Stefanie Dazio, Associated Press The destruction wrought by a wind-driven wildfire in the mountains northeast of Los Angeles approached 156 square miles (404 square kilometers) Sunday, burning structures, homes and a nature center in a famed Southern California wildlife sanctuary in foothill desert communities. Continue reading
Sep 18 Firefighter dies battling wildfire sparked by gender reveal By Associated Press A firefighter has died battling a wildfire in California that officials say was sparked by a device used to reveal a baby's gender. Continue reading
Sep 14 Watch 3:53 Western wildfires highlight divergent stances of Trump, Biden on climate change By Lisa Desjardins The wildfire disaster in the American West is highlighting a major political difference between President Trump and Joe Biden: their perspectives on climate change. While scientists increasingly warn that climate change is driving extreme weather events like the western fires… Continue watching
Sep 14 Watch 6:17 With wildfires raging during a pandemic, Oregon residents are pushed to the brink By Cat Wise, Leah Nagy In Oregon, more than a million acres have burned already during this devastating early wildfire season -- twice the full-year average. Over 40,000 people have been forced to flee their homes, and at least 22 are missing. Air quality in… Continue watching
Sep 14 Watch 7:10 How climate change ‘exacerbates’ wildfires in the American West As large parts of California and the Pacific Northwest are beset by wildfires, the issue of climate change has taken on prominence in the national political conversation. Scientists increasingly point to rising temperatures and extreme dryness as exacerbating wildfires, but… Continue watching