Climate

More than 150 detention facilities experienced “hazardous” air last week, according to an analysis by The Appeal. As wildfires have gotten worse, prisoners are facing a unique threat.

State officials funded by power companies have been warned, since at least 1989, that the power grid was at risk of failure in cold weather. They have consistently failed to act.

A coalition of environmental groups urges the legislature to force the repayment and dissociate from the CDAA.

Now, advocacy groups are struggling to keep unhoused people safe.