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Map: Evacuation, perimeter of Smith River and Happy Camp wildfires – The Mercury News
As evacuation orders for the Smith River wildfire complex enter a third week, the fire line is being held at the edge of the evacuated Northern California community of Gasquet. The report on Wednesday, Aug. 30, from fire managers for the U.S. Forest Service said crews are braced for “near critical fire weather conditions” — windy and dry — into the evening. The wind conditions are also responsible for the smoky skies Wednesday in the Bay Area.
As El Niño nears, lawmakers look to fortify Pajaro levee – Los Angeles Times
As Californians brace for the possibility of yet another wet winter — thanks to a looming El Niño — anxiety is growing in the Central Coast towns of Pajaro and Watsonville, where epic storms caused extensive flood damage earlier this year. On Tuesday, California Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas (D-Hollister) introduced legislation designed to expedite construction and upgrades along the Pajaro River levee — a 74-year-old earthen flood control berm that breached just before spring, inundating the mostly migrant farmworker town of Pajaro.
Tearing down Klamath dams: The world’s largest dam demolition – CalMatters
As four aging hydroelectric dams are demolished, tribes and communities along the Klamath River wait anxiously to see what the future holds. “Once a river is dammed, is it damned forever?” experts ask.