How Invasive Plants Are Fueling California’s Wildfire Crisis
Non-native grasses and eucalyptus trees brought to California centuries ago for agriculture and landscaping have reshaped the ...
Navajo Nation firefighters battle wildfires in Los Angeles
A quick-strike crew of Native American firefighters and journeymen utility workers from the Navajo Nation are helping Los Angeles residents cut through landslides, mangled trees and charred debris of ...
Alaska Dispatch News2d
Secret sauce: How some of Anchorage’s most authentic meal ingredients get here
By plane, car, mail and personal luggage, these ingredients arrive at local restaurants and storefronts at all costs.
UC San Francisco2d
Ecological Disaster in LA Highlights Indigenous Firekeeping
In contrast, the racial/ethnic background in Altadena, according to the U.S. Census Bureau, is the following: 46% white, 18% ...
Editorial: After the fires, must we get rid of our flammable eucalyptus and palm trees? Maybe not
Faced with more drought and increasingly frequent wildfires, Southern Californians have been encouraged, for years, to rip ...
Marin Independent Journal3d
Dugan Aguilar, California’s famed Native American photographer, found the beauty in his people
As a Native American photographer, the late Dugan Aguilar loved nothing more than to show Native American faces.
Redlands Daily Facts3d
Amid winds and wildfires, some thoughts on tree pruning and landscaping
The Santa Ana winds that spread the fires with lightning speed blew with hurricane force. Although nothing can compare to the ...
Jefferson Public Radio2d
A biomass plant stands amidst a climate debate on the Northern California coast
The tiny town of Scotia, California on the state’s remote Redwood Coast was built up entirely around a large sawmill. An ...
Inside Climate News2d
Are Southern California Fires Outpacing Wildlife’s Ability to Adapt?
The increased frequency and size of conflagrations like those burning in LA threaten even species that evolved with wildfires ...
People3d
Paris Hilton Says She Kept Her Christmas Trees Up for Her 2 Kids amid California Wildfires: 'Little Sparkle of Hope'
Hilton shares her daughter London and son Phoenix with husband Carter Reum Paris Hilton/Instagram Paris Hilton isn't putting her Christmas trees away just yet – and she's sharing the sweet ...
U.S. News & World Report3d
National Portrait Gallery and the Smithsonian American Art Museum
This museum showcases rotating exhibits, which have previously exposed visitors to work created in response to the Vietnam War, glasswork, native women artists and more. The Smithsonian American ...
New York Post5d
California is years behind in implementing a law to make homes more fire resistant
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Reeling from destructive wildfires, including the deadliest in California history, state lawmakers in 2020 passed new requirements for clearing combustible materials like ...