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FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE) - Governor Newsom spoke astir however the authorities is combating the existent fires burning successful California astatine a property league connected Wednesday astatine the Cal Fire aviation absorption portion adjacent Sacramento, partially blaming clime alteration for California's occurrence season.
Newsom says it's a sobering clip to signifier an docket to code the underlying issues facing California.
"That's the burning of fossil fuels, the burning of lipid and gas, it's not complicated."
This twelvemonth California has seen less fires than the five-year average, but 197,000 much acres burned than past year.
Cal Fire Captain and Director Joey Tyler says conditions created this year's unsocial occurrence play - the precocious rains, steadfast snowfall back, precocious heat, and winds.
"It is mostly due to the fact that of the heat, the drying of the fuels, and the winds... that his vegetation has burned truthful rapidly," Tyler said.
Tyler said that "while the acres are big, the fatalities are zero," and that's due to the fact that of the exertion and resources Cal Fire has.
Newsom touted a $2.3 cardinal concern into the state's occurrence suppression fleet, the hundreds of AI-assisted occurrence alert cameras, and says they are moving to conscionable vegetation power targets, but thing tin vie with Mother Nature.
Newsom besides answered questions astir Prop 36 and different ballot initiatives.
When asked whether helium would see moving against Vice President Kamala Harris if the clip came, helium answered emphatically, no.
"[I am] focused connected supporting this campaign, this candidate. He's a antheral of quality decency and honor. Contrast that to the acheronian that is Trump," Newsom said.
