Twenty-year study confirms California forests are healthier when burned -- or thinned

California wildfires created toxic chromium, research finds — As climate change intensifies wildfires, scientists are trying to figure out just how dangerous their smoke can be for human health.

How a drought led to the rise of skateboarding in 1970s California

Private timberland from Washington to California lost billions in value due to wildfires over the past two decades — Most of the losses were not due to forests burning directly but the perception that forests could burn due to neighboring fires.