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California
fromwww.mercurynews.com
16 hours ago

Letters: Put fire safety focus on neighborhoods, not backcountry

Prioritize community-focused wildfire measures—defensible space, ember-resistant construction, local mitigation—rather than distant backcountry forest thinning.
California
fromThe Mercury News
1 week ago

How to defend a home from wildfire: UC Berkeley researchers' lessons from infernos

Community-wide home hardening and clearing flammable materials, especially in dense neighborhoods, are necessary to reduce wildfire damage; individual efforts alone are insufficient.
Environment
fromwww.mercurynews.com
1 week ago

How to protect a home, and community, from wildfire: UC Berkeley researchers take lessons from California infernos

Communitywide home-hardening and clearing flammable materials, including a five-foot Zone 0 around houses, significantly reduce wildfire damage and risk.
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