Incarcerated Firefighters Battle California Blazes for Low Pay, Redemption
Roughly 30 percent of firefighters battling the California wildfires are incarcerated, earning time off their sentences and ...
Nearly 1,000 prison inmates fighting fires in California
California uses incarcerated firefighters to help battle the wildfires, but these men and women are also fighting stigma.
Newsom budget plan fully funds Pre-K, maintains money to clear homeless encampments
On Friday, state finance officials unveiled the governor’s full $322 billion budget proposal which funds Newsom’s signature ...
Santa Rosa Press Democrat10h
Hundreds of California prison firefighters join battle against Los Angeles wildfires
State prisoners have long been a part of California's firefighting force. Hundreds of them now are deployed in Los Angeles ...
LAist12h
California prisoners are battling wildfires in long-running and controversial practice
California has turned to incarcerated firefighters since 1915. To those opposed to the practice, the system is seen as exploitative.
Editorial: Cool Costco living project gives Chicago a blueprint on housing affordability
Costco has remained firm in its position not to raise the price of its hot dogs, and now it’s committing to a new kind of ...
Incarcerated Californians, working as firefighters, were on the frontlines of the Los Angeles wildfires
Over 1,800 incarcerated firefighters live year-round in minimum-security conservation camps, also known as “fire camps,” located across 25 counties in California, ...
No ‘water system in the world’ could have handled the LA fires. How the region could have minimized the damage
Widespread destruction from the L.A. fires was inevitable, given the drought and winds. Still, the region could have been ...
Prison inmates among those fighting the Los Angeles wildfires
Hundreds of incarcerated firefighters are working to extinguish the massive blaze scorching Los Angeles. Here's how much they earn.
New York Magazine16h
The New Threat to Los Angeles Firefighters: Drones
In the aftermath the FAA promised severe punishment for anyone caught flying drones in a way that interferes with ...
A drone collided with one of the only Super Scooper planes fighting the LA wildfires, grounding a key resource
The aircraft, named the Quebec 1, struck the drone at about 1 p.m. Thursday and has been grounded.
Death toll rises to 10 in California wildfires; 800 released from prison to help fight it
Nearly 800 people in prison have been temporarily freed to assist firefighters in controlling the deadly Southern California ...