A helicopter drops fire retardant on the then-16,000-acre French Fire in central California on Aug. 24. (David McNew / Getty Images)
As another devastating fire season rips across the state, city officials want to develop more advanced, early-warning technologies.
Sep 3, 2021
By
Ryan Johnston
California Attorney General Rob Bonta speaks during a June 10 news conference at San Francisco General Hospital on June 10, 2021 in San Francisco, California. (Justin Sullivan / Getty Images)
Boston Acting Mayor Kim Janey (Maddie Meyer / Getty Images)
Several school districts around the U.S. have been hit with ransomware as a difficult school year begins. (Getty Images / Scoop News Group)
Oregon’s capitol building in Salem (Getty Images)
People cross the street in Detroit on March 24, 2020. (Seth Herald / AFP / Getty Images)
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Increasingly, small and midsize cities are joining the smart-city movement. Limerick, Ireland, is among those coming up in the world.