- Author: Yana Valachovic, UC ANR Fire Network
Valachovic, UC Cooperative Extension advisor, visited neighborhoods affected by Palisades and Eaton Fires
This essay was written by Yana Valachovic, a member of UC ANR's Fire Network with a specialty in community resilience and the built environment. She is the county director and forest advisor for the University of California Cooperative Extension in Humboldt and Del Norte counties.
Many houses still stand among the blocks of fire-ravaged neighborhoods of both the Palisades and Eaton Fire footprints, each offering clues about what they and...
- Author: Pamela S Kan-Rice
UC experts offer tips on testing drinking water, rehabilitating gardens
As residents start to clean up after the Los Angeles County wildfires, the aftermath will continue to impact water and natural resources in and beyond the fire areas, according to water experts at University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources.
Urban wildfires have grown more frequent and intense in the past decade. Record dryness and high winds created conditions capable of enormous heat and destruction; in these types of wildfire events, infrastructure systems – including water supply and electricity – may be affected.
For example, high heat created in urban wildfires...
- Author: Pamela S Kan-Rice
- Author: Alison Hewitt, UCLA Senior Media Relations Officer
Light rain is expected to dampen Southern California this weekend, easing fire conditions but also raising landslide risks in burn areas. It won't end local fire risk. The drizzle is “enough to tamp down but not end fire season,” says Daniel Swain, UC ANR climate scientist.
Join Swain for a live briefing this afternoon with updates on new fires in greater Los Angeles, the rain and snow to come, and the fire outlook in February:
YouTube Office Hours with Daniel Swain
Friday, Jan. 24, 3 p.m. Pacific/6 p.m. Eastern
A recording of the briefing is at
- Author: Pamela S Kan-Rice
California water-rights holders are required by state law to measure and report the water they divert from surface streams. For people who wish to take the water measurements themselves, the University of California Cooperative Extension is offering in-person training to receive certification on Jan. 30 in Davis.
At the workshop, participants can expect to
- clarify reporting requirements for ranches.
- understand what meters are appropriate for different situations.
- learn how to determine measurement equipment accuracy.
- develop an understanding of measurement weirs.
- learn how to calculate and report volume from flow...
- Author: Alison Hewitt, ahewitt@stratcomm.ucla.edu
- Author: Pamela S Kan-Rice
New research links intensifying wet and dry swings to the atmosphere's sponge-like ability to drop and absorb water
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