Kirk Sigler
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516 appearances
73 recordings
2 series
first heard Jul 2025
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Some ski areas have closed prematurely, but in the west, where the snowpack acts as the main water storage reservoir, cities and farmers are even more on edge.
If things don't turn around, especially at lower altitudes, NOAA says the wildfire risk will be even more severe going into spring.
Climate scientists point to a warm-weather blob stuck in the Pacific Ocean, possibly related to rapid melting in the Arctic, that's caused it to be unseasonably warm from Montana to California for weeks now.
Kirk Sigler, NPR News, Los Angeles.
Trump's order says wildfire victims should be able to rebuild without quote duplicative or obstructive requirements.
He's directing FEMA and Homeland Security to preempt local officials who issue building permits.
The number of building permits issued in the L.A.
fire zones is still sluggish at around 1,300 to date.
Likely the biggest delay in rebuilding is not red tape, but the fact that scores of fire victims are still in insurance limbo.
Governor Gavin Newsom accuses the president of deliberately slowing recovery, noting only a fraction of the billions of promised federal aid has been sent to California fire victims.
Kirk Ziegler, NPR News.
At a press conference in Minneapolis, Ogallala Sioux President Frank Starr comes out, says he's been trying to get information on reports that four homeless tribal members were detained by ICE, but he says he's at a stalemate with Homeland Security.
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The agency has so far said it has no reports of holding them.
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But in response, the Ogallala Sioux Tribe and others in the region are holding enrollment drives and issuing tribal IDs and urging their members in the Twin Cities to carry them at all times.
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Tribal leaders say their priority is to protect their sovereign members who are protected by treaties with the federal government.
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The Ogallala Sioux Tribe possibly banning ICE follows its banning of then-South Dakota Governor and now Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem.
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from entering Pine Ridge in 2019.
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Kirk Ziegler, NPR News.
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