Op-Ed: Practice makes prepared
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Piedmont Fire Chief Dave Brannigan asks residents to join him in a community wildfire evacuation exercise on June 14.
climate change
How labor killed a bill to let California wildfire victims sue Big Oil for climate change
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The death of this bill reiterates how environmentalists’ most aggressive policies regularly fizzle out when Big Labor works on behalf of Big Oil.Arts & Entertainment
‘I just can’t believe it’: East Bay Media Center lost in fire, erasing decades of film history
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Since the mid-1980s, the East Bay Media Center has supported Bay Area filmmakers with gear, training, and a screening room.climate change
California sets aside $170 million to thin vegetation, forests to help prevent wildfires
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The money comes from a $10 billion bond measure for environmental projects approved by California voters last year.Bay Area
New bill introduced in Congress to fund research on effects of wildfire smoke on winegrapes
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Investing in this research is critical to ensuring the future of winemaking is economically sustainable.California
New fire maps put nearly 4 million Californians in hazardous zones. What does that mean for the people who live there?
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CalFire released its fourth and final round of color-coded hazard maps -- and some designations for Piedmont homes have changed.climate change
‘It will not be survivable’: Lake Tahoe could be a deathtrap during major wildfires
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Evacuating the Tahoe basin in summer could take 14 hours, and 99% of properties are at risk.City
Piedmont fire chief to speak on wildfire readiness at EBMUD webinar
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Chief Dave Brannigan will be the guest speaker on the March 19 EBMUD “Water Wednesday” webinar series.California
California lawmakers propose fixes for ‘insurance industry in shambles’
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From pushing for oversight of the FAIR Plan to providing tax breaks for premiums, California lawmakers try to fix insurance market problems.California
An audit found California was unprepared to help vulnerable people in a fire. Five years later, lawmakers finally talk about it
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“We need to make sure that we’re having these discussions so that we can continue to protect our people.”Oakland
