CalMatters | High on the list of things most Californians take for granted is the ability to confidently drink water that comes from their kitchen taps, or to safely bathe in water from their bathroom faucets.
The Sacramento Bee | Just across the road from where California’s fourth largest fire in recorded history ignited last month, sat a 50-acre patch of extremely dry invasive yellow-star thistle that local authorities knew was dangerous.
CalMatters | Almost 400 water systems serving nearly a million Californians don’t meet state requirements for safe and reliable drinking water supplies — and fixing them would cost billions of dollars.
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San Francisco Chronicle | More than 50,000 Californians died prematurely due to wildfire smoke from 2008 to 2018, according to a study published Friday.
AP News | Extreme heat and wildfire smoke are independently harmful to the human body, but together their impact on cardiovascular and respiratory systems is more dangerous and affects some communities more than others.
Los Angeles Times | A nearly two-decade effort by Californians to cut their emissions of planet-warming carbon dioxide may have been erased by a single, devastating year of wildfires, according to UCLA and University of Chicago researchers.
