#wildfire-management

#wildfire-management

The chatbot, intended to improve access to fire prevention resources, fails to accurately describe wildfire containment and does not reliably provide evacuation information.

Newsom stated that California has allocated more than $4 billion for wildfire protection and forest resilience, while the Trump administration appropriated only $7 billion for all federal lands.

"Make no mistake: this administration will do whatever it takes to sell off the places where we hunt, fish, recreate, and partake in long-standing traditions..."

The East Bay Municipal Utility District proposes a 13% rate increase for water and a 17% for wastewater over two years to modernize aging infrastructure.

The permanent pay raise comes as Trump and Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency has cut about 3,400 workers at the U.S. Forest Service, which many say threatens public safety.

"Uncertainty is at an all-time high. Morale is at an all-time low," one federal wildland firefighter said. Multiple federal employees asked not to be named because of their fear of retribution from the White House.

Despite being in office for less than a month, the Trump administration has already made the United States more exposed to catastrophic wildfires in ways that will be difficult to reverse.