99% Invisible
99% Invisible
Roman Mars
Zone Zero
37 minutes Posted Nov 3, 2026 at 9:00 am.
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Across the West, there's a contentious debate playing out over how to adapt homes and neighborhoods to this era of increasingly extreme wildfire risk. In Berkeley, California, it's become a particularly emotional fight because of a very specific architectural history that began all the way back in the 1890s. Emmett Fitzgerald reports on the new rules about what plants you can grow around your house.