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>>> tonight on kqed newsroom. the west coast is ablaze. fires in california , washington and oregon forced hundreds ofthousands from their homes, we talked with founding members of a brand-new wildfire researc center in san jose. who are addressing critical gaps in our prior knowledge. >>> and when a vaccine for mac comes out, will it be safe to take? we talk with two scientists, workinnaon the corus response about the unprecedented process to inoculate billions of people around the globe. >>> welcome kqed newsroom, i am. david clemens. wildfire smoke, fog, and wind came togethis week to produce eerie end of the world looking landscapes, autumn kicks off california speak fire season but historic number of through the state. blazed more than 3 million acres have burned in 2020. surpassing the previous record, set in 2018. nearly 15,000 firefightersare battling 28 major blazes across they have alclaimed at least 12 lives. but amid the destruction comes opportunity, ided by science, san jose state university has just inaugurated a new wildre

>>> tonight on kqed newsroom, the nation mourns the passing of u.s. supreme court ruth bader ginsburg. amid the eulogies, memorials and tributes, a bitter political fight is brewing to name her successor, just weeks before the presidential election. >>> it's been more than a month since classes resumed for students throughout the state, we will check in to see how school districts are navigating ongoing challenges and uncertainties over reopening classrooms for in person learning. >>> welcome to kqednewsroom 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 ngtime colleague ruth bader ginsburg who died from pancreatic cancer last week. justice roberts said nearly 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 political fight

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