UpFront

Live updates on the Glass Fire in Sonoma County; Plus: the California ecosystems on fire, through science and art

Watercolor by Obi Kaufmann (Instagram: @coyotethunder)

0:08 – CalFire update: Glass Fire, Shady Fire, Boysen Fire in Napa and Sonoma County

Lynnette Round is a Public Information Officer with CalFire. 

0:15 – Sonoma County response

Shirlee Zane is a Sonoma County Supervisor, and serves on the Board of the county’s Regional Climate Protection Authority.

0:24 – KPFA News: Now to Napa County, near where the Glass fire started. KPFA’s Karen Argoud’s been speaking to people who evacuated, and people who refused to. Here’s one story from yesterday. 

0:35 – The lands that are burning

Scott Stephens is a professor of fire science at UC Berkeley.

1:08 – KPFA Fund Drive Special: The Forests of California

Obi Kaufmann is an artist, naturalist, author of The Forests of California, recorded at KPFA’s first-ever virtual author event last Wednesday, Sep 23, 2020. Pledge today and support KPFA.