Monterey County Local News: Resilience


All Local Resilience News articles contributed by our local media allies and other local newsrooms.

California Local Pin Marker From Monterey Herald...

05/03/2022
Standing in a field that was used as a helibase during Big Sur’s Colorado Fire earlier this year, Cal Fire officials discussed wildfire preparedness. Cal Fire’s Joe Tyler said, “Fire season is no longer a fire season but rather it is a fire year with fires burning from January through December.”

California Local Pin Marker From The Californian...

04/30/2022
For the first time, renewable electricity provided just shy of 100% of California’s electricity demand—a record-breaker hit on April 30, officials said, with much of the juice coming from solar power produced in the Coachella Valley.

California Local Pin Marker From YubaNet...

04/28/2022
The state of California has released an Extreme Heat Action Plan outlining a comprehensive set of state actions to adapt and strengthen resilience to extreme heat.

Monterey County Weekly logo From Monterey County Weekly...

04/27/2022
Image for display with article titled Long-needed Pajaro levee upgrade gets funding, but there is one more step.

For over 50 years, since 1966, the Pajaro River levee has been on the radar of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ reconstruction list as a needed upgrade to protect the community from flooding, yet it has remained undone. The…

California Local Pin Marker From California Local...

04/20/2022
Image for display with article titled California Can Increase Water Savings By 30 Percent or More, New Pacific Institute Report Shows

Urban consumers have already cut water use over the past decade, but more can be done.

California Local Pin Marker From KSBW NBC/ABC...

04/16/2022
The Cal Fire Air Attack Base in Hollister now has an even greater defense going into this fire season: the S70i. Also known as the fire hawk, the chopper is the newest version of the Blackhawk and its capabilities are a turning point for fighting fires.

California Local Pin Marker From The Sacramento Bee...

04/03/2022
This year figures to be a bad one for California wildfires. The driest regions include parts of the North Bay area and the northern Sacramento Valley, each devastated by major fires since 2017.

California Local Pin Marker From South Tahoe Now...

03/22/2022
Aerosols carried in wildfire smoke plumes that are hundreds of hours old can still affect climate, according to a study out of the University of California, Davis.

California Local Pin Marker From KSBW NBC/ABC...

03/13/2022
Winery owner and UC Santa Cruz chemistry professor Phil Crews teamed up with a group of researchers to conduct a study on how the taste of wine was affected by wildfire smoke.

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03/08/2022
Image for display with article titled Monterey County’s hazard mitigation plan up for review

MONTEREY COUNTY — The 2022 update to the Monterey County Multi-Jurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan, which describes the county’s vulnerability to various hazards, along with an array of actions and projects for reducing risk, is now available for public review. Monterey County and local jurisdictions are required to update their hazard mitigation plan every five years [...]

California Local Pin Marker From Mountain Democrat...

03/01/2022
Two California congressional representatives, Tom McClintock and Doug LaMalfa, have introduced legislation directing the U.S. Forest Service to suppress wildfires on national forest system lands and end the policy of letting fires burn.

California Local Pin Marker From The Sacramento Bee...

02/24/2022
Despite spending nearly $4.9 billion last year to prevent wildfires, PG&E Corp. still found itself responsible for the second-largest fire in California history. This year it promises to shell out almost $6 billion on its 2022 “wildfire mitigation plan.”

California Local Pin Marker From Comstock's Magazine...

02/21/2022
California’s wildfires have been burning hotter and longer. Cal Fire keeps records of acres burned, structures destroyed and human lives lost, but there are no records of how many animals die or are injured by wildfires.

California Local Pin Marker From Voices of Monterey Bay...

02/10/2022
Big Sur had two fires in two weeks, both human-caused, in the middle of winter. We are not accustomed to this, writes Kate Novoa, author of the BigSurKate blog.

California Local Pin Marker From YubaNet...

02/07/2022
Some plants and patches of Earth withstand heat and dry spells better than others. A new Stanford University study shows those different coping mechanisms are closely linked to wildfire burn areas.

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01/27/2022
Image for display with article titled Local Neighborhoods Take Fire Resilience Into Their Own Hands

In the wake of the 2016 Soberanes Fire and subsequent years of drought, several local communities in the wildland urban interface got to work hardening whole neighborhoods.

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01/26/2022
Image for display with article titled The Colorado Fire in Big Sur has upended the notion of a ‘wildfire season.’

By 9pm on Friday night, Jan. 21, a vague, wine-colored glow was visible from as far north as Santa Cruz. Wildfire reports in Big Sur had been surfacing for almost two hours, but with poor cell phone and internet service,…

California Local Pin Marker From Mountain Democrat...

01/25/2022
To address the growing need for a competitive insurance market for farm owners, wineries, ranchers and other outdoor agricultural businesses, California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara has approved the FAIR Plan starting Feb. 1.

California Local Pin Marker From Mountain Democrat...

01/23/2022
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has released a 10-year strategic plan, “Confronting the Wildfire Crisis: A Strategy for Protecting Communities and Improving Resilience in America’s Forests,” that maps out actions it believes is needed to protect communities and improve forest health.

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01/05/2022
Image for display with article titled The second consecutive La Niña year has been markedly different from the first.

It was the driest of winters, followed by the wettest of winters. For the Central Coast, the last two years have been a tale of two La Niñas, the irregular weather phenomenon associated with cold oceans and dry air.