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California and other Western states are heading into the beginning of peak fire season — when rain is scarce and temperatures are high. But an ominous new trend is reshaping forest fire behavior. Not ...

The release of another new study on the impacts of natural disasters in California may not normally get more than a shrug of wider public attention. But a pending report out of the California ...

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