Wildfires

As fires clogged the air in Southern California, farmworkers continued to work, even as public-school students and others were told to stay home and indoors.

• By Jack Herrera

Both governments and people tend to adopt only short-term responses to wildfire dangers that don't necessarily reduce risk effectively—it's time for that to change.

• By Max Mortiz, Naomi Tague & Sarah Anderson

Record-high temperatures continue to exacerbate fire, drought, and other negative weather patterns around the world.

• By Emma Sarappo

The hot, dry winds turn drought-ridden areas of Southern California into a tinderbox in the fall.

• By Rebecca Worby

The Woolsey and Camp Fires mark a continuation of unprecedented burning in California.

• By Jack Herrera

The Trump administration announces new immigration rules, more wildfires erupt in California, and Google changes its sexual misconduct policies in response to walkouts.

• By Rebecca Worby

Studies show that removing trees actually make fires more intense, wreaking further havoc on both human and wildlife habitat.

• By Emily Moon

A ruined view following a wildfire affects property values, but only because it's a painful reminder of risk, economists find.

• By Sophie Yeo

Commodity-driven deforestation is most responsible, with farming and forestry also playing a major role in the global tree cover loss.

• By Rachel Fritts

Local leaders from around the world convene at this week's Global Climate Action Summit in San Francisco.

• By Lucia Graves

A new report looks at how the government responded to a quick succession of hurricanes and wildfires last year.

• By Francie Diep

The Trump administration has posited that more active management of forests could help prevent future fires, but the science doesn't back that up.

• By Derek E. Lee

After fleeing the Carr Fire, survivors ask: What did they leave behind?

• By Alissa Greenberg

A changing climate, increasingly destructive fires, and disappearing insurance policies have left homeowners wondering how much risk is too much.

• By Jackie Botts

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California considers mandating publicly held companies to include women on their boards of directors, a judge stymies the Trump administration's deportation efforts, and the Mendocino Complex Fire makes history.

• By Rebecca Worby

There are also major wildfires in five other states.

• By Emily Moon

A collection of some of our most important and timely stories, from a look at the major fires burning across California to a dispatch from Arizona in an especially deadly year for those attempting to cross the border.

• By Pacific Standard Staff
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California climatologists fact-check the president's tweets on fire and water.

• By Emily Moon

A selection of recent Pacific Standard stories on wildfires and their consequences.

• By Rebecca Worby

One idea for a long-term fix: Communities could designate clean air centers where residents can spend time in filtered air for free.

• By Francie Diep

Wildfires in the state are getting bigger and more costly.

• By Francie Diep

Fires have already scorched nearly 300,000 acres in the state this year.

• By Emily Moon

Smoke from the fire has created dangerous air-quality conditions in Yosemite Valley.

• By Emily Moon