Key Takeaways News in Brief Six Months Later, How Are the Communities Affected by the Camp Fire and Woolsey Fire Recovering? Both Butte County and Los Angeles County are still dealing with the social, environmental, and financial costs of the fires. Leah Dunlevy
Environment As Wildfire Smoke Fills the Air, Farmworkers Continue to Labor in the Fields 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. Jack Herrera
Environment What Are the Santa Ana Winds, and Why Are They Such a Wildfire Hazard? The hot, dry winds turn drought-ridden areas of Southern California into a tinderbox in the fall. Rebecca Worby
Footnotes From the Archives News in Brief Climate Change Continues to Intensify Fires in California The Woolsey and Camp Fires mark a continuation of unprecedented burning in California. Jack Herrera