It’s only June, but temperatures are headed into 90-degree range, and a major fire is already front page news (“Santa Barbara County fire at 7,811 acres, 45 percent contained,” June 18).

Because of the continuing California drought, authorities predicted another dangerous year, and the Sherpa Fire is one of 1,800 wildfires state and forest service firefighters have battled since January.

In a June 1 Letter to the Editor, “SLO County tackles the health effects of climate change,” rising temperatures, frequent wildfires and drought were included by San Luis Obispo County’s health officer, Penny Borenstein in a list of climate change-caused events that impact human health.