Topic: wild-fires

FILE - In this Sept. 9, 2010 file photo, a massive fire roars through a neighborhood in San Bruno, Calif. Pacific Gas & Electric Co. says it is prepared to pay the maximum fine of $3 million after a jury convicted the company of deliberately violating pipeline safety regulations before a deadly natural gas pipeline explosion in the San Francisco Bay Area and then misleading investigators looking into the blast. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, File) (AP)

A glimpse into the future?

Nathanael Johnson - Grist
(AP/Jae C. Hong)

No, fire damage is not "random"

Faith Kearns - The Conversation
Leslie Garnica searches in the ashes of her home that was destroyed by fire in Santa Rosa, Calif., Oct. 10, 2017. (AP/Ben Margot)

California’s wildfires officially worst

Eric Holthaus - Grist

Sarah Gray
A firefighter watches for spot fires during a burnout operation while battling the Rim Fire near Yosemite National Park, Calif., Aug. 25, 2013. (AP/Jae C. Hong)

Jason Bittel