wildfires

The Dixie Fire was 95 percent contained as of Tuesday, and it’s burned an area larger than the state of Rhode Island.

A California Newsroom analysis of federal filings found 20 Wall Street hedge funds collectively dumped 250 million PG&E shares, and grossed at least $2 billion after the utility emerged from bankruptcy protection last year.

Right before the park reopened to the public, the host of NSPR’s science show Blue Dot, Dave Schlom, visited the park to find out how things have changed. He joined NSPR’s Senior News Editor, Adia White, and spoke about what people can expect when they visit.

The Fawn Fire continues to burn north of Redding, fueled by high winds and dry conditions. A red flag warning is in effect until 8 p.m. Tuesday, indicating weather with a high potential to create and spread new fires. NSPR's Alec Stutson spoke with Cal Fire Public Information Officer David Clark about what residents can expect in the coming days.

Western wildfires pose a much broader threat to human health than to just those forced to evacuate the path of the blazes. Smoke from these fires, which have burned millions of acres in California alone, is choking vast swaths of the country, an analysis of federal satellite imagery by NPR’s California Newsroom and Stanford University’s Environmental Change and Human Outcomes Lab found.

Monitor the fires burning in our area. This article will be updated with the latest information on fires burning throughout the North State.

California officials are falling behind on goals to treat forest land via prescribed burns. Advocates rallied behind a bill to make the burns more accessible, saying that it’ll take the effort of more than state agencies to catch up.

In an ultimately uplifting conversation sprinkled with practical, data-based advice, Host Dave Schlom and Dr. Chad Hanson from the John Muir Project, talk about how nature's resiliency is baked into California's fire-prone landscapes.

Firefighters continue to battle more than a dozen major fires across the state. Cal Fire is urging residents to remember that fire season is far from over.

Attorneys in the fast-growing wildfire litigation industry are racing to recruit victims of fires ravaging parts of Northern California, and they're promising to take on a familiar target: PG&E.