Cal Fire Requests $234M More In Funding After Burning Through Budget

REDDING (AP) – The California agency that fights wildfires says it’s about to exceed its budget and needs $234 million more.
Cal Fire director Ken Pimlott says in a letter to lawmakers Thursday that the agency spent $432 million through the end of August and had only about $11 million left.
Fire season generally picks up in fall, when winds and high temperatures can combine with dried-our forest and grasslands to create dangerous conditions.
Pimlott says Cal Fire would use some