The conversations taking place at my family’s dinner table have undergone a rapid divergence from daily recaps to discussion of an issue that has become inescapable in California. My family lives in Santa Barbara, so we are no strangers to fire. We were evacuated for two consecutive months during the Thomas Fire in 2018, and […]
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Fire Season: California, Climate Change, and Convict Labor
2018 summer fire season is on record as being one of California’s most demanding and devastating. In the 9 month fire season from January to September, over 4,800 wildfires burned 617,00 acres across the state. The effort to combat such extensive emergency is incredibly costly; California spent $431 million in just the two months following […]