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Making a Home in Fire Country

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Crew members from the Fire Safe Council of Nevada County walk to the site where they were performing a ‘mop up’ following a prescribed burn in Nevada County on June 21, 2023.  (Erin Baldassari/KQED)

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Facing the Fire: California’s Sierra Foothills Residents Race to Adapt

This week, we’re featuring a story from Erin Baldassari, KQED’s Senior Editor for Housing Affordability. Erin’s reporting took her back to Nevada County, where she grew up.

She wanted to learn how people there are adapting to the rising risk of wildfires due to climate change. And she started by asking folks the same question she’s been asking herself: “What do you do if climate change makes the place you love an increasingly dangerous place to live?”

Erin’s story comes to us from the KQED podcast, Sold Out: Rethinking Housing in America.

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