[olezip]

<>Banning controlled burns

<>Limiting/Eliminating logging

<>Not having defensible space around structures

<>Wildfires have happened since the start of time

You might consider adding sabotage to the possible causes. There seems to be several organizations, both foreign and domestic, that might be happy with the destruction, not to mention firebugs.

[ptsal]

Perhaps, CNN can send an undercover team to the Bay Area to discover the arson aspect.