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Report: Experts Worry California’s Wildfire Season Could Get Worse
Sep 24 2024 // Despite several early blazes and one of the state’s largest so far, experts worry California’s wildfire season could get worse when the seasonal winds responsible for fanning some of the biggest fires arrive. A...
Northwest Residents Concerned About Wildfire, But About 25% Don’t Prepare
Sep 24 2024 // The majority of Washington and Oregon residents (82%) have some level of concern about growing wildfire dangers, but only about one-in-four are taking precautions to combat the impacts of smoky air or fire before it...
California Fire Agency Employee Arrested on Suspicion of Starting 5 Blazes
Sep 23 2024 // A California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection employee was arrested on suspicion he started five brush fires in Northern California in recent weeks, officials said. Robert Hernandez, 38, was arrested at the...
California’s Lara Orders 1-Year Moratorium for 750K Residents Following Wildfires
Sep 20 2024 // California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara issued a mandatory one-year moratorium on insurance companies to preserve residential insurance coverage for 750,000 policyholders affected by the Airport, Bridge, and Line...
Wildfire Risk Upends California’s Cannabis Heartland as Insurance Vanishes
Sep 18 2024 // Hannah Whyte is one of thousands of Californians who have struggled to insure their property in the event of wildfire. Her 77-acre farm nestled deep in a wildfire-vulnerable forest lost its coverage from State Farm after...
California Commissioner, Cal Poly Humboldt Working on Public Wildfire Model
Sep 17 2024 // California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara and Cal Poly Humboldt plan to form a strategy group to undertake what Lara says will be the nation’s first public wildfire catastrophe model. The plan is for the group...
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