California spends billions rebuilding burned towns. The case for calling it quits

In a future ravaged by climate change, bringing back every town will only put people in mortal danger.

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October 1, 2022

California spends billions rebuilding burned towns. The case for calling it quits

It might sound far-fetched that a changing climate could one day force California to abandon entire towns in high-risk fire zones in the mountains, the way a handful of coastal communities have reluctantly embraced a “managed retreat” from rising sea levels. But it’s really not.

Rural climate skeptics are costing us time and money. Do we keep indulging them?

Climate change is making life in rural Northern California less safe, less sustainable and less beautiful than it used to be. Yet residents merely see it — and the fires it brings — as a challenge to overcome, like spotty cellphone service and far-off grocery stores and hospitals.

This COVID-19 tracker changed how we saw the pandemic. Its creator fears it won't be useful much longer

“We’re not magically creating any of this COVID data. It’s all 100% collected from what’s been publicly reported,” said Lauren Gardner, the engineer behind Johns Hopkins' lauded dashboard. Now the accuracy and timeliness of the data simply aren’t what they used to be, she said, “which is disheartening.”

Young adults in California experience alarming rates of anxiety and depression, poll finds

Young adults in California experience mental health challenges at alarming rates, with more than three-quarters reporting anxiety in the last year, more than half reporting depression, 31% experiencing suicidal thinking and 16% self-harm, according to a new survey.

‘You can’t get out’: Mentally ill languish in California jails without trial or treatment

Mentally ill defendants are being left behind bars and without substantive care for far longer than the courts have said is constitutional. While their rights to a speedy trial are put on hold, they are denied the services that might restore them to competency and allow their cases to proceed.

Column: I'm glad Courteney Cox is talking about menopause. Now can we do something about it?

Naomi Watts says it will empower you; Courteney Cox warns that it will consume you; one recent study argues it may be a reason women are leaving the workplace; and a British company is using NASA technology to help. I’m talking about menopause, and so are women in increasing numbers.

Meet the women hunting giant pythons ‘eating everything’ in the Everglades

Donna Kalil loves snakes. She’s been fascinated by them since she was a kid. Now she kills them. Not all snakes, just Burmese pythons. They’ve become a scourge in the Everglades of south Florida since one was first spotted in the 1970s — ferocious, fecund and indiscriminate in their feeding behavior.

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California spends billions rebuilding burned towns. The case for calling it quits

In a future ravaged by climate change, bringing back every town will only put people in mortal danger.

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