After brutal fire season, California lawmakers call for seasonal firefighters to be employed year-round
State legislators are calling to extend Cal Fire's staffing to a year-round system, switching some roles from nine-month positions.
Legislators ask for year-round staffing for Cal Fire firefighters
Cal Fire firefighters currently operate on season employment, working nine months out of the year before they're laid off during the winter months, like January, when the Palisades and Eaton fires erupted.
California lawmakers renew effort to make state's firefighting force full-time and year-round
The three Louisiana poachers said they didn’t… President Donald Trump issued an executive order late last week canceling recently negotiated federal union contracts in an effort to target federal workers who had inked deals allowing telework.
As California’s fire season grows, state senators push for more year-round firefighters
Senate President Pro Tem Mike McGuire proposed that state firefighters work full time in place of the seasonal workforce the agency currently staffs for nine months each year.
CAL FIRE firefighters could become year-round employees, new bill proposes
State legislators say the bipartisan bill would support overworked firefighters by addressing staffing issues.
California lawmakers reach across the aisle for firefighting legislation
Both Republicans and Democrats have filed several bills this session related to wildfires in the wake of the massive deadly fires that decimated Los Angeles in January.
Heavy rain and landslides force road closures across California as another round of rainfall is on the way
California remains in the grip of an unrelenting atmospheric river delivering record-breaking rainfall, heavy mountain snow ...
California farmworker explains how undocumented immigrants find work
California has more undocumented immigrants than any other state in the country, and there is plenty of work done to bring ...
California coastal community shifts 4 inches closer to the ocean each week: NASA
A coastal community in Southern California is shifting downslope toward the Pacific Ocean at a rapid rate, according to NASA.
California governor meets Trump on wildfire relief
California Governor Gavin Newsom urged President Donald Trump on Wednesday to support federal disaster relief for his state ...
Despite his boasts, Trump's California water release order doesn't help L.A. fire victims
Opening two dams in central California to help L.A. fight fires is like pouring a glass of water down your sink in order to ...
A mass hunger strike transformed solitary confinement in California prisons. This documentary captures the fight
In 2013, nearly 4,000 California inmates in long-term solitary confinement (for decades, in some cases) went on what would ...
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Third Pacific storm to slam California this week with heavy rain, mudslides
Another storm will impact Northern California starting Thursday morning. That event is forecast to be somewhat less impactful ...
The climate science behind the Southern California firestorm
NBC News’ Al Roker sits down with climate scientist Alexander Gershunov to explain the climate drivers that helped fuel the ...
UnitedHealthcare to pay $2.5M in settlement claims: Here's who is eligible in California
Impacted individuals received a settlement notice by email or mail. Individual payments are estimated to be between ...
California County Sues Companies Over PFAS in Firefighting Foams, More
A lawsuit filed by Santa Clara County alleges that manufacturers covered up the toxic effects of the substances.
One of California’s new ‘trailer bills’ has origins in Capitol’s long history of closed-door politics
As required by law, Gov. Gavin Newsom’s budget staff this week posted initial drafts of 59 bills they say would be needed to ...