WildfiresWildfires

Californians can learn to survive wildfire in a warming world. KQED’s reporting includes vital resources, such as live maps on where fires are burning, current air quality and current PG&E power outages – as well as guides on what to pack for evacuation and how to protect your home. Our in-depth coverage examines fire from all angles, highlights solutions, and clearly explains the connection between a warming climate and severe fire.

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Map: See Where Wildfires Are Burning in California

Map: Your Current Air Quality Report for the Bay Area

Wildfire Season Just Got Worse. Here's How to Prepare Your Home

Wildfire NewsWildfire News

A man in a hard hat, wearing heavy brown pants, a gold shirt and work gloves, is on the side of a two-lane highway with smoky air obscuring trees in the distance. He has just tossed a large branch toward a pile of branches as part of clearing vegetation during a controlled burn.

Forest Service Halts Prescribed Burns in California. Is It Worth the Risk?

How Often Should Wild Lands Burn to Stay Healthy?

Butte County Residents Hard Hit by the Park Fire Struggle to Recover Without Insurance

Firefighters to Watch Oakland Hills Fire Overnight

PG&E Cuts Power to 15,000 Customers as Dry Winds Whip Across California

Bay Area Braces for Wicked Winds, PG&E Power Cuts. Here’s When to Expect Them

PG&E power lines

PG&E Shutoffs: What to Know About Power Outages in the Bay Area

Apagones de PG&E en el Área de la Bahía: Qué hacer si se queda sin luzsobre los cortes de energía

High California Fire Risk Could Lead to PG&E Power Outages in 30 Counties This Week

Bay Area Heat Wave Increases Risk of Wildfire

Living With WildfireLiving With Wildfire

One Potential Solution to Deadly Fires in the Wilderness: Don't Build There

'Increasingly Unavailable and Unaffordable': Home Insurance Threatened Amid Wildfire Crisis

Who’s Checking Your Neighborhood for Flammable Brush? Maybe No One

We Can Make California Wildfires Less Horrific. Will We?

In the Age of Fast-Moving Fires, What's the Best Way to Get People Out?

Town Unites Against Federal Mismanagement to Save Forest

This California Neighborhood Was Built to Survive a Wildfire. And It Worked

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