Aug 11 California to require COVID-19 vaccine or test for teachers By Jocelyn Gecker, Associated Press Several large school districts in the state have issued similar requirements in recent days, including San Francisco, Oakland, San Jose and the Long Beach Unified school districts. Continue reading
Aug 11 Huge California fire grows as Montana blaze threatens towns By Associated Press California’s largest single wildfire in recorded history continued to grow after destroying nearly 550 homes while authorities in Montana ordered evacuations as a wind-driven blaze roared toward several remote communities. Continue reading
Aug 10 Watch 6:54 California prison inmates become a critical resource for fighting wildfires By William Brangham, Sam Lane, Lena I. Jackson The Dixie Fire, now the second-largest in California history, continues to burn northern parts of the state. It comes as California faces a shortage of firefighters, a scenario that's bringing new attention to a critical firefighting resource: prison inmates. William… Continue watching
Aug 06 Watch 1:57 California's Dixie Fire burns its way into the record books A catastrophic fire in northern California continued spreading on Friday. It already engulfed one town as it burned into the record books. Amna Nawaz reports. Continue watching
Aug 06 Wildfire explodes to third-largest in California history By Christopher Weber, Noah Berger, Associated Press People in the tiny mountain town of Greenville are mourning after California's largest fire incinerated much of the downtown. Authorities say at least 100 homes in and around the Sierra Nevada community burned as the wind-driven Dixie Fire exploded Wednesday… Continue reading
Aug 05 California to mandate COVID-19 vaccines for health workers By Adam Beam, Associated Press The order, issued Thursday by the California Department of Public Health, is different when Governor Gavin Newsom announced health care workers would have the choice of either getting vaccinated or submitting to weekly testing. Continue reading
Aug 05 Fast-moving wildfire decimates Northern California town By Noah Berger, Associated Press A 3-week-old wildfire engulfed Greenville, California, leaving much of its downtown in ashes, while a new wind-whipped blaze also destroyed homes as crews braced for another explosive run of flames in the midst of dangerous weather. Continue reading
Aug 03 Watch 6:29 Worsening wildfires in California's wine country threaten low-wage farm workers By Stephanie Sy, Leah Nagy, Sam Lane, Lena I. Jackson Wildfire season is here and in California alone, this year's fires have already burned more acres than at this time in 2020. In recent years, Sonoma County, north of San Francisco, where wine vineyards dot the landscape and tourism is… Continue watching
Aug 02 California may spend billions on permanent relief shelters as sweltering heat blankets the state By Cresencio Rodriguez-Delgado As millions of Americans across the Pacific Northwest and the Southeast are under heat advisories, extreme weather and its sometimes fatal implications are raising questions about whether infrastructure could help provide some relief. … Continue reading
Jul 31 California wildfire flares but within line crews have built By Associated Press The fire northeast of the town of Paradise, which was largely destroyed in 2018 by the nation's deadliest wildfire in a century, has been burning since July 13 and is more than 20% contained. Continue reading