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Tensions Over 2018 Camp Fire Flare in Paradise
Tensions between the people of Paradise, California and PG&E workers have reached a boiling point. The mayor of the city is now asking the community to stop harassing workers. “I understand and am equally upset that they were the cause of burning or town down,” he said, “but they are working as hard as they can to finish their...
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Paradise Football Team Rises Again After California's Deadliest Fire Spared Team's Field
The Paradise football team was honored by the San Francisco 49ers as it continues to rebuild nearly 3 years after California’s deadliest wildfire.
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How PG&E Is Fighting Its Massive Wildfire Problem With Microgrids, Power Shutoffs and Cutting Down Trees
California’s largest utility company has been blamed for half of the state’s most destructive fires since 2015. Now it has a plan to reduce the risk of sparks.
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Bear Fire in Butte County Moves Toward Paradise, Worries Camp Fire Survivors
Just two years after the Camp Fire took lives and leveled entire neighborhoods, the Bear Fire has some leaving town just in case and others looking for a way to help.
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Bear Fire in Butte County Moves Towards Paradise, Worries Camp Fire Survivors
The Bear Fire burning across Butte County is triggering some very unwanted deja vu for thousands in the city of Paradise. Jodi Hernandez reports.
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Tropical Paradise for Your Home Office
Escape to Barbados for a year to live and work in paradise! The Caribbean island nation has a lot of enticing offers for Americans and Danielle Nottingham learns all about them.
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‘Rebuilding Paradise' Looks at Emotional Toll of Deadly Fire
A new documentary focuses on the massive cleanup and rebuilding after the Camp Fire in Paradise, California.
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Death Toll in Camp Fire Likely Includes 50 More People: Report
Doctors and other experts say at least 50 more people, many of them elderly or ill, likely died as a result of the 2018 wildfire that devastated the town of Paradise, California, but were not counted in the official death toll, an investigation by the Chico Enterprise-Record found.
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PG&E Still Has Rickety Power Line Near Paradise: Wildfire Victims
Pacific Gas & Electric is still operating a rickety power line near the one that ignited a 2018 wildfire that wiped out the Northern California city of Paradise and killed 85 people, according to an expert inspection conducted as part of a legal claim.
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A Californian in Australia Shares Advice From Paradise Fire
An American living in Australia who has endured wildfires on both continents is sharing heartfelt messages of hope and advice for those who have fled their homes Down Under.
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Paradise's Dream Football Season Ends One Year After Fire
“No one really knows how much they truly battled just to be at practice and to do what they did,” the team’s head coach said.
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Richmond Event Shows the Virtues of Small-House Living
More than 30 tiny houses (generally defined as 100 to 400 square feet), converted school buses and other minuscule dwellings were on display at the Richmond Art Center. The event continues all day Sunday.
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Health Impact From Smoke Rises With More Intense Wildfires
Climate change in the Western U.S. means more intense and frequent wildfires churning out waves of smoke that scientists say will sweep across the continent to affect tens of millions of people and cause a spike in premature deaths.
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Health Impact From Smoke Rises With More Intense Wildfires
Climate change in the Western U.S. means more intense and frequent wildfires churning out waves of smoke that scientists say will sweep across the continent to affect tens of millions of people and cause a spike in premature deaths.
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Sheltering in Place During a Wildfire Is a Dicey Strategy
For Californians who might have to escape wildfire again this year, the options are perilous. Many live in communities that don’t have well-thought-out public evacuation plans and lack the road capacity that’s needed to get everyone out fast.
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Cancer-Causing Chemical Taints Water After California Blaze
The drinking water in Paradise, California, where 85 people died last year in the nation’s worst wildfire in a century, is contaminated with the cancer-causing chemical benzene, officials said.
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'Toxic Cocktail' Poisoning Water in Fire-Ravaged Paradise
Water officials say the drinking water in Paradise, California, which was decimated by a wildfire last year, is contaminated with the cancer-causing chemical benzene.
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‘The Voice' Stylist Gives Haircuts to Camp Fire Evacuees
Following the destructive wild fires that roared throughout Southern California in November, Jerilynn Stevens, hair stylist on The Voice, decided to give back with free hair cuts to Camp Fire evacuees.
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Butte County Ravaged by Wildfire Sues PG&E
The Northern California county where a deadly wildfire killed 86 people last year sued Pacific Gas & Electric Co. on Tuesday, a day after the utility announced it will file for bankruptcy.
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California Gov. Newsom Proposes Wildfire Investments, 911 Fee
California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Tuesday pledged fresh investments to prevent, fight and escape wildfires, including millions to help local governments improve their communication during emergencies and a fee to fund an update for the state’s 911 system.