Nonprofit organizations and foundations across Northern California have established funds and donation centers to help the 52,000 people affected by the #CampFire. Here's how you can help: bit.ly/2DhOr2x

Just want to say thank you to all of the brave firefighters and first responders in the state for keeping us safe. #CaliforniaStrong

We can’t avoid catastrophe but we can prepare for it, we can recover from it – and we will. #CaliforniaFires bit.ly/ButteFire

“Urban density is one cure for this” - referring to the risk we face when so much of our new housing is built in wildfire-prone areas

#TrafficAlert -- There are four #CaliforniaWildfires related closures as of 2 p.m. today. Please check quickmap.dot.ca.gov and call 1 (800) 427-ROAD before you go to learn about current traffic conditions, road closures and chain controls for winter travel.

Congratulations to our newest graduating class of IT Apprentices! Upward mobility for our members is a priority. #iChooseMyUnion

Want to help families affected by the #WoolseyFire? Donate to these local nonprofits this #GivingTuesday.

Orange County is about to get a lot more connected! 🍊🚋🔄🚅 Today OCTA officially broke ground on the #OCStreetcar, an exciting new project that's going to link business centers, transit systems, & communities through City of Santa Ana & City of Garden Grove!

Thank you Scott!

Climate change is a global crisis.

Attention all L.A. County residents affected by the #WoolseyFire: Important deadlines are coming soon. For more info and useful resources, visit lacounty.gov/lacountyrecove….

HISTORY THREAD: I spent a lot of time in the state archives and library for my piece on Article 34, the California constitutional provision passed in 1950 that requires a public vote before building public housing. The background is fascinating. latimes.com/politics/la-po… (1/10)

Between climate denial & vaccine denial, we‘re in a period of science denial. People are entitled to their opinion - even opinions that have no factual basis - but they aren’t entitled to their own facts. Let’s base public policy on science & facts.

Engineers have feared for years that BART’s Transbay Tube would leak — perhaps even flood — during a major earthquake, with water pouring in faster than people could get out. On Monday, BART will begin a $313 million retrofit. Read more: trib.al/vOUGioX

Many thanks to Caltrans HQ and all of the men & women from #CalTrans Districts across the State who have been working hard around the clock, in challenging conditions, to keep highways and major lifeline routes open during these storms! #Dedication #Service

"San Franciscans appear to be warming to the idea of building denser housing around transit hubs, an issue that has proved to be divisive in the city and across the Bay Area." sfchronicle.com/bayarea/articl…

Stay safe out there!