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The 2022 California wildfire season was a series of wildfires throughout the U.S. state of California. By the end of the year, a total of 7,667 fires had been recorded, totaling approximately 363,939 acres (147,281 hectares) across the state. Wildfires killed nine people in California in 2022, destroyed 772 structures, and damaged another 104.
The 2020 California wildfire season, part of the 2020 Western United States wildfire season, was a record-setting year of wildfires in California. By the end of the year, 9,917 fires [1] had burned 4,397,809 acres (1,779,730 ha), [2] [3] [3] more than 4% of the state's roughly 100 million acres of land, making 2020 the largest wildfire season ...
The 2021 California wildfire season was a series of wildfires that burned across the U.S. state of California. By the end of 2021 a total of 8,835 fires were recorded, burning 2,568,948 acres (1,039,616 ha) across the state. [1] Approximately 3,629 structures were damaged or destroyed by the wildfires, and at least seven firefighters and two ...
The Thomas Fire destroyed at least 1,063 structures, while damaging 280 others; [1] [2] [21] [9] and the fire caused over $2.2 billion (2018 USD) in damages, [10] [13] [11] including $230 million in suppression costs, [11] [12] becoming the seventh-most destructive wildfire in state history at the time.
Google has fired more than two dozen employees who protested this week against the company’s cloud computing contract with the Israeli government. Google fires 28 employees for protesting Israel ...
In a statement, Google attributed the firing of the 28 employees to “completely unacceptable behavior” that prevented some workers from doing their jobs and created a threatening atmosphere. The Mountain View, California, company added it is still investigating what happened during the protests, implying more workers could still be fired.
Woolsey Fire. / 34.2350; -118.7013. The Woolsey Fire was a wildfire that burned in Los Angeles and Ventura Counties of the U.S. state of California. The fire ignited on November 8, 2018, and burned 96,949 acres (39,234 hectares) of land. The fire destroyed 1,643 structures, [4] killed three people, and prompted the evacuation of more than ...
Updated April 18, 2024 at 11:25 AM. Google has fired more than two dozen employees for protesting the company's $1.2 billion contract to provide the Israeli government and military with cloud and ...