California At ‘Tip Of The Spear'; Newsom Signs $15B Package To Fight Climate Change

By CBS San Francisco Staff:

SEQUOIA NATIONAL PARK (CBS SF) — With ash falling from the sky from the nearby the KNP Complex Fire raging among California’s famed sequoia groves, Gov. Gavin Newsom Thursday signed a $15 billion climate package, the largest such investment in state history.

For months, drought conditions have worsened across the state as more than 2 million acres of parched forests and wilderness have burned in a series of wildfires.

There were record temperatures in July and August.

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