California Can't Continue to Ignore Growth Problem

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TWENTY-five million beleaguered Southern Californians may be relieved knowing that while the fire season is in full swing, the region will soon cool down and stop burning - at least for a little while.

The wildfires that ignited recently across foothills and mountains that were so dry they exploded like arsenals packed with gunpowder will end with the rains. But as development chews deeper into the shrinking margins of wild areas, the human impact of fast- moving infernos promises to grow only more costly - to say nothing of the price paid by the state's stunning biodiversity.

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California Can't Continue to Ignore Growth Problem

And while the water shortage that has turned some of the state's most prized cropland into dusty, dead fields may ease somewhat with the onse...

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