Why are we seeing California wildfires in January? Expert explains

Friday, January 28, 2022
SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- The Colorado Fire burning in Big Sur has many people talking because well... it's January and we're supposed to be seeing storms instead of fires.

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Dr. Maureen Kennedy, School of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences Assistant professor at UW Tacoma, joined us to talk about this, the drought and more.

Watch the video in the player above for the full interview.

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