California's wildfire issues are pretty much exactly the same thing what hurricanes on the eastern seaboard are. Except you can't really protect yourself nor your home from fire, and controlling wildfires is a bit of a hot button topic.
California wildfires are relevant for HN. Information/disinformation about said fires are relevant for HN. Political responses on said information/disinformation are one step beyond relevance for HN mission IMHO. Looks like the start of political rant festivals that HN avoids for good reason.