City Op-Ed: Practice makes prepared By City of Piedmont | May 20, 2025 Piedmont Fire Chief Dave Brannigan asks residents to join him in a community wildfire evacuation exercise on June 14.
Bay Area Coliseum windfall allows Oakland Fire to do something it hasn’t been able to in 23 years By Kiley Russell | Bay City News | May 20, 2025 On Sunday, most of the city’s 26 fire stations were up and running despite Oakland’s ongoing and drastic budgetary struggles.
Bay Area Early fire season forecast fuels concerns about impact federal budget cuts could have By Caio Driver | Bay City News | May 6, 2025 Luckily, the Bay Area is less reliant on federal firefighters than many other parts of the state due to well-staffed local fire departments and Cal Fire.
Housing Welcome to the first fire-resistant neighborhood. Now what about the rest of California? By Ben Christopher | CalMatters | April 30, 2025 This is the first time the Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety plans to give its stamp of approval to an entire neighborhood.
California How Gavin Newsom is balancing the fight against Trump with Los Angeles fire relief By Alexei Koseff | CalMatters | April 24, 2025 The stakes are incredibly high, not only for the future of Los Angeles but also for Newsom's gubernatorial legacy.
climate change How labor killed a bill to let California wildfire victims sue Big Oil for climate change By Ryan Sabalow | CalMatters | April 16, 2025 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 By Ruth Dusseault | Bay City News | April 15, 2025 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 By Alejandro Lazo | CalMatters | April 14, 2025 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 By Sarah Stierch | Bay City News | March 30, 2025 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? By Ben Christopher | CalMatters | March 24, 2025 CalFire released its fourth and final round of color-coded hazard maps -- and some designations for Piedmont homes have changed.