2024’s fire season is already underway.  A wildfire roughly sixty miles east of the city near Tracy, has burned about twenty square miles of grassland. The fire consumed homes and vehicles as it approached Tracy, although no lives have been lost as of Sunday. Ample warning gave residents sufficient time

If you were awake in San Francisco around 10 p.m. Tuesday night, you may have been able to see flames burning in the North Bay. As wind was whipping up the blaze, firefighters were heroically pushing ahead. Despite evening winds, the more than 5,000 fire crew personnel managed to double

I’ve got some awesome news! We received a grant from the Civic Joy Fund to put out a literary magazine celebrating SF and acting to counter the stupid “Doom Loop” narrative. It’s a gift to the people of San Francisco. And after months of working on this project it’s now available

(Updated Tuesday 9 am 10/29) – Exhausted firefighters continue to throw everything they have at the firestorm in Sonoma County.  The Kincade fire as of Tuesday morning has consumed over 75,000 acres making it easily the largest California fire of 2019, it is only 15% contained and it is threatening

Fire season in California has officially kicked into high gear. It has been less than one week since the National Weather Service issued the season’s first red flag warning on Friday, prompted by a heatwave with record-breaking temperatures and gusty, dry winds. Since then, firefighters have been racing from city

The fires are still burning and the smoke is still making the air unhealthy to breathe. It’s never to early to learn from hardship though. Here are three thoughts on the fires and three things we could consider changing. 1. Three Little Pigs We all know the story of the