California’s wildfire season has been growing longer, deadlier and more destructive every year. As residents worry about their area being hit next, there are steps that they can take to help protect themselves and their property when wildfire strikes.

More than 100 days after sparking at the Feather River Canyon, the destructive Dixie Fire is now considered 100% contained.

Those who had homes destroyed or damaged in the Dixie Fire have more time to sign up for government-sponsored debris removal than they might have thought.

The Dixie Fire has been burning for more than a month and thousands of people are still dealing with the impacts. Many towns that were threatened by the fire have been repopulated. But those going home are often returning to refrigerators filled with spoiled food, frequent power outages, and smoke-filled landscapes that officials say could last for weeks, if not months.

The federal judge who has been overseeing Pacific Gas & Electric Company’s criminal probation has been asking the utility about its possible role in starting the Dixie Fire. NSPR Reporter Andre Byik has been reviewing the judge’s questions and PG&E’s answers, the most recent of which came in court filings Wednesday.

NSPR's Alec Stutson spoke with Fire Advisor for the University of California Cooperative Extension Lenya Quinn-Davidson about community strategies for wildfire prevention.

NSPR's Andre Byik recently interviewed Chico State geography professor Mark Stemen. Stemen, who also sits on the city of Chico's Climate Action Commission, started the conversation by explaining the climate modeling he's done with his students over recent years.

The small town of Chester survived a fast-approaching firefront. But residents and visitors may be leery to return to the mountain town with so many fires devastating the Golden State.

It's been 30 days since the Dixie Fire was sparked on July 13. At more than half a million acres, the fire this week became the largest single wildfire in California history, coming in second only to last year's August Complex that was made up of multiple fires that burned more than a million acres.

The Dixie Fire is now the largest single wildfire in state history, burning nearly 488,000 acres. The fire is 25% contained, but high winds and steep terrain have made the fire hard to fight. NSPR's Alec Stutson spoke to CAL Fire Public Information Officer Tim Jones about the conditions in the field. Here are the highlights from their conversation.