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

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Map: Your Current Air Quality Report for the Bay Area

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

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Wildfire NewsWildfire News

California Insurance Regulators Aim to Ease Coverage Crisis With New Rules

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Oakland Hills Polling Place Closed Due to Fire Risk, More Likely to Lose Power Election Night

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PG&E power lines

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

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California Fire Danger Could Cause PG&E Power Outages on Election Night

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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?

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How Often Should Wild Lands Burn to Stay Healthy?

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

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Firefighters to Watch Oakland Hills Fire Overnight

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

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

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Living With WildfireLiving With Wildfire

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

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

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

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We Can Make California Wildfires Less Horrific. Will We?

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

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Town Unites Against Federal Mismanagement to Save Forest

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

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