The City of San Diego fined a family $53,367 after a homeowner cleared away brush in a city-owned nature preserve. The family say it was done to reduce wildfire risks by creating defensible space.

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Why clearing brush around Los Angeles won’t reduce fire danger After thousands of homes were destroyed, many are looking for ways to make Los Angeles safer from wildfires.

39 projects are set as part of a brush clearing and fire prevention project at the Douglas Family Preserve. Crews will be busy through January.

The Palm Springs Fire Department kicked off its annual brush mitigation program Thursday morning, with crews beginning work to clear more than 100 acres of city-owned property to reduce wildfire ...

In fact, because of the local ecology, they say clearing vast swaths of native brush could actually make the landscape even more flammable. That's the opposite of what California's forests need.