When a fire started near Dan Paley’s home in Ventura, California, in 2018, his children were curious about it. He began looking for children’s books that could teach them about wildfires and the ...

Kelly Ramsey spent two years as a hotshot firefighter in California beginning in 2020. As a woman, she was an outlier on the crew. She said women make up only about 5% of specialized wildfire crews.

This week, we are jumping into the fire with Kelly Ramsey. Her new book, “Wildfire Days: A Woman, A Hotshot Crew, and The Burning American West,” chronicles her time fighting some of the state’s most ...

The cover of "Simone" by author Viet Thanh Nguyen and illustrator Minnie Phan is shown. Undated image. Pulitzer Prize-winning author Viet Thanh Nguyen has ventured into children's literature with his ...

Sonya Walger hadn’t yet unpacked her family’s evacuation go-bag from December’s Franklin fire; it lay unused by the front door. Then, on Jan. 6, hurricane-force winds began punishing her Malibu ...