. >>> welcome to kqed newsroom, i david clemens. wildfire smoke, fog, and wind came together this week to produce eerie end of the wod looking landscapes, autumn kicks off california speak fire season but a historic number fires have already blazed through the state. 3 more than million acres have burned in 2020. surpassing the previous record, set in 2018. nearly 15,000 firefighters are battling 28 major blazes across the state. they have also t aimed at le 12 lives. but amid the destruction comes opportunity, guided by science, san jose state iversity has just inaugurated a new wildfire research center. thoflargest one its kind in the nation. the scientists span a range of disciplines from meteorology, to ecology to a social science.e they are ping new tools and techniques to better study, predict, and adapt to living with wildfires. joining me now skype is craig clemts, the directorof the wildfire interdisciplinary research center, and a professor of meteorology at san jose state university. also joinin us from jose is amanda sto

. >>> welcome to kqed newsroom i am luigi molly filling in for priya david clemens who is off this week. on wednesday, u.s. supreme court chief justice john roberts eulogize his longtime colleague ruth bader ginsburg who died from pancreatic cancer last week. justice roberts said near 500 opinions and dissents she wrote in her 27 years on the bench will steer the court for decades. justice ginsburg was in champion of women's rights, who as an attorney argued six gender discrimination cases before the supreme court in the 1970s. winning five of them. meanwhile, a litical fight is heating up on capitol hill over her successor. president trump and top republicans are aiming to nominate and confirm a new justice in the coming weeks. despite objections from democrats. joining me now by skype from mountain view is chen, he has a hoover institution fellow and former adviser to the presidential campaigns of mitt romney and marco rubio. and joining by skype from cambridge massachusetts is meiko brown macon. and a constitutional law professor at harvard university. i would like to start with you,

i am point david clemens, you can reach me on facebook, an instagram. 2020 has not been an easy year,c but the econetbacks, and s with the wildfiit is easy to fill some level of despair. we will bring you some practice at the end of our show, i look at something beautiful in our e mmunity. enjoy thcially distanced hearts, which have been painted in several san francisco parts by e parks alliance, a reminderof love and caring in this difficult season. from all of us here at kqed, thanks for watching, good night. ro rt: supreme court justice ruth bader ginsbg has died. our panel wl discuss next. >> withy fidelalth management, a dedicated advisor can taylor recommendions to your life. >> additional funding is -provided by - the estate of arnold adams and patricia and koo yuen, through the yuen foundation. the corporation of public broadcasting and by crick from the viewers like you.

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. >>> welcome to kqed newsroom i am luigi molly filling in for priya david clemens who is off this weekn roberts eulogize his longtime colleague

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