Will Cal Fire’s plan to rip out vegetation in San Diego lead to an explosion in flammable invasive grasses? Highly flammable nonnative plants have increasingly played a major role in Southern California’s struggles with wildfire — providing kindling along roadsides...
The threat of deadly wildfires was no secret to residents of Paradise, CA. Nearly 20 years ago, they began to thin trees and shrubs on the edge of town, creating protective fuel breaks. Last November, a malfunctioning power line sparked a wildfire northeast of...
