California is about to ban plants within 5 feet of homes in fire-prone areas of the state. Some residents and local officials are pushing back www.sfchronicle.com/california-w...

The gender issues associated with working from home are substantial and should be part of any policy discussion. (Gift link)

Lawmakers call this the biggest effort in decades to reduce electricity price hikes. Will it work?

Home hardening and defensible space can halve wildfire damage, study finds phys.org/news/2025-08...

The Pickett Fire had burned an estimated 1,200 acres by 5:30 p.m., according to Cal Fire.

How many ways do you think these Hollywood homeowners could improve their defensible space? @fireaside.bsky.social's CEO, Jason Brooks, found quite a few. bsky.app/profile/fire...

Berkeley says dogs — and people — shouldn’t dig in popular park atop contaminated landfill—Half a year after tests revealed elevated levels of radiation lurking beneath Berkeley’s beloved César Chávez Park built atop… www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti... @jjreport.bsky.social @sfchronicle.com

New fire just on the north end of Susanville, a threat to homes on end of Paiute Lane and Susanville Indian Rancheria. Viscious wind shift on this thing in last 10 minute. Susanville fires have a history of really ripping in the afternoon hours. Dangerous fire.

California weather forecasts could soon become less accurate when this data source goes offline www.sfchronicle.com/weather/arti...

Allegations mounting against LA city and state officials that the Palisades Fire was a rekindling of an earlier, abandoned blaze. With @mgafni.bsky.social www.sfchronicle.com/california-w...

EXCLUSIVE: CA National Guard troops sent by Trump to LA amid immigration protests are sleeping on concrete floors. No fed funding for food, water, fuel, equipment or lodging. Source: “Currently, there is no plan for where everyone is sleeping tonight” www.sfchronicle.com/california/a...

A good time to read up on the life of Ruben Salazar, the history of immigrant/Latino life in LA, and the manner of his death. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruben_S...

Smoke from Canada wildfires drifted over Northern California on Monday morning and could add a slight orange tint to the sky through Tuesday. #CAwx

California faces a rare combination of weather warnings Monday as a cut-off low-pressure system spinning off the coast simultaneously creates rough seas and elevated fire weather danger. #CAwx

Radical changes coming to California yards. Gift link: www.sfchronicle.com/projects/202...

A meditation on one Oakland neighborhood @brontewittpenn.bsky.social ‪@xianleonard.bsky.social‬ and Olivia Cruz Mayeda www.sfchronicle.com/eastbay/arti...

Exclusive footage: Deadly Palisades Fire may have grown from this Jan. 1 blaze www.sfchronicle.com/california-w...

See for yourself: Side-by-side footage shows the start of the Palisades fire in Los Angeles and small fire that broke out in the same area six days earlier. Did it rekindle? An exclusive, with @mgafni.bsky.social www.sfchronicle.com/california-w...

What would you do if famed chef Thomas Keller asked you to leave the French Laundry, then kept you there until 1 a.m.? bsky.app/profile/sfch...

This is very...2025.

The Trump administration is proposing a looser interpretation of the Endangered Species Act. Opponents of the change say it would lead to the extinction of species. apnews.com/article/trum... @apnews.com

A rising theory in protecting homes in fire-prone areas of California is to remove plants and other flammables within 5 feet. In Berkeley, some residents aren't so sure... www.sfchronicle.com/california-w...

Rare formal hearing on State Farm's latest California rate hike request begins today www.sfchronicle.com/california/a...

In trove of Farmers Insurance internal records, @susien.bsky.social + @meganmunce.bsky.social found the insurer shut down a probe of inaccurate rebuild estimates when wildfire survivors began to sue.

NEW INVESTIGATION: California is facing an underinsurance crisis, as wildfire survivors struggle to rebuild their homes. Insurers often blame homeowners for this crisis. But as @meganmunce.bsky.social & I found, the companies are largely responsible. Read more tinyurl.com/39pdydwj

The National Weather Service will stop issuing forecasts + storm warnings in Spanish after a translation software contract lapsed at midnight Tuesday. Unclear when/if service will return. Scoop with @weathersullivan.bsky.social (free link): www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Low stratus clouds are rapidly pushing into Monterey Bay and will eventually spread toward San Francisco Bay this evening. #CAwx Track the fog for yourself at @sfchronicle.com: www.sfchronicle.com/projects/202...

In today’s @latimes.com print edition: My column urging California lawmakers to spend more taxpayer dollars on wildfire prevention — because otherwise, that money is just going to come from our utility bills: www.latimes.com/environment/...

About 14 hours before the Eaton fire, which killed 17 people and destroyed over 9,400 buildings, started on the hills above Altadena and Pasadena, California, the transmission network of Southern California Edison in the area had signs of being under strain from intensifying winds, new data shows.

One of the first endangered California condors released by the Yurok Tribe, Pey-noh-pey-o-wok, has died from lead poisoning in a remote part of Redwood National Park. Stop using lead shot! Get the Lead Out: www.biologicaldiversity.org/campaigns/ge... Article: www.sfchronicle.com/climate/arti...

May I offer this hypnotic, swirling vortex as a Friday timeline cleanse www.sfchronicle.com/weather/arti...

The U.S. Government Accountability Office says Congress can't block California's 2035 ban on gasoline vehicle sales. Wonder if Congress will try to do it anyway: www.reuters.com/business/aut...

If you know of federal workers who have lost jobs in the Bay Area and beyond, especially in NPS and science fields, please send them my way. Today, @laura-waxmann.bsky.social documents some of the cruel mixed messages workers are getting www.sfchronicle.com/california/a...

@sfchronicle.com's Soleil Ho in Sep. '24 So, what’s on Project 2025’s to-do list? Many of its plans aim to kneecap the government’s ability to do literally anything that has to do with climate change and energy efficiency, including gutting and privatizing research and regulatory agencies like NOAA

Gov. Gavin Newsom directed state energy regulators to draft ideas for lowering Californians' electricity bills. Among their recommendations: scrap subsidies for rooftop solar. www.sfchronicle.com/climate/arti...

“We can’t even buy the rakes, if we wanted to rake the forest.” @jjreport.bsky.social

Katey Rusch and Casey Smith, in collaboration with Berkeley Journalism’s Investigative Reporting Program and San Francisco Chronicle, win 2025 Selden Ring Award for ‘Right to Remain Secret’ annenberg.usc.edu/news/spotlig...

New from me: Insurance companies are hyperaware of the risks of climate change. But the industry has collectively invested over $500 billion in fossil fuel companies whose products are the main driver of the crisis that's intensifying fires and other weather events.

Air traffic controllers resigned from this San Francisco Bay Area airport near approach to SFO www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...

Many congratulations to these grant winners! All are doing great and important work covering climate change: www.macfound.org/press/press-...

I hiked into the Palisades Fire burn scar to chronicle the painstaking on-the-ground work of wildfire containment www.sfchronicle.com/california-w...

Reporting from Altadena: “These trees are a symbol of the city — they survived so we can survive.” www.sfchronicle.com/california-w...

Pretty striking… southern CA is dangerously on fire today and northern CA is covered with prescribed burns

Incredible image of billowing wildfire smoke rising from the #PalisadesFire in the Pacific Palisades near Santa Monica via @shorfilms.bsky.social

Breaking News: California and 11 other states are expected to receive permission to ban the sale of new gasoline-powered cars after 2035. nyti.ms/3ZW0JHW

This oil refinery worker's story will break your heart and inspire you. www.sfchronicle.com/california/a...