wildfire

The wildfires that devastated Southern California, reducing entire neighborhoods to checkerboards of ash, have left behind tough questions about how to rebuild in this land of dry brush and wind.

While sustainable logging can be a valuable forest management tool, research shows that when lands are managed primarily for resource extraction, they become less resilient to wildfire.

County, for imposing limits on growth in wildfire areas.

Residents who live near the landfills that are already accepting debris from the Eaton and Palisades wildfires say they are also worried about toxic dust.

Though the most pressing health concern is protecting our lungs from smoke and ash, wildfires can also affect and irritate our sinuses, skin and eyes.