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California’s climate nomads: The 2018 Camp fire left them homeless, struggling to survive
3 years, 5 months ago

California’s climate nomads: The 2018 Camp fire left them homeless, struggling to survive

LA Times  

The nomads of Butte County must hide or keep moving — scope out a little wooded draw to park a trailer unnoticed, head down the mountain to rotate between driveways in Chico, or bivouac in tents deep in the Cascade foothills. “I feel like a failure as a mother that my daughter doesn’t have basic needs.” The Camp fire most …

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Who they were: Victims of the deadliest California wildfire
4 years, 6 months ago

Who they were: Victims of the deadliest California wildfire

Associated Press  

SAN FRANCISCO — Pacific Gas & Electric pleaded guilty Tuesday to killing 84 of the 85 victims of a 2018 wildfire in Northern California. Vincent Carota, 65, of Paradise, a partial leg amputee who did not have a vehicle, was found inside his home. Anna Hastings, 67, of Paradise, who couldn’t drive because of severe scoliosis, was found inside her …

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Must Reads: Here’s how Paradise ignored warnings and became a deathtrap
6 years ago

Must Reads: Here’s how Paradise ignored warnings and became a deathtrap

LA Times  

Embers blow in the wind as the Camp fire burns a KFC restaurant in Paradise, Calif., on Nov. 8. In the aftermath of the Camp fire — 86 dead, more than 13,900 homes destroyed and Paradise decimated — local and state officials said the tragedy was unforeseen and unavoidable, an “unprecedented” monster of fire. “Or they’ll think, ‘It was terrible …

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PG&E highlights bullet-riddled equipment and downed tree branches near Camp fire in letter to state regulators
6 years, 1 month ago

PG&E highlights bullet-riddled equipment and downed tree branches near Camp fire in letter to state regulators

LA Times  

Pacific Gas & Electric Co. this week submitted a letter to regulators noting it found downed tree branches and bullet-riddled equipment in the area of the Camp fire. In a letter sent to the California Public Utilities Commission on Tuesday, Pacific Gas & Electric Co. said that a worker on Nov. 9 found bullet-riddled PG&E equipment and a felled power …

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Camp fire survivors accuse PG&E of ‘callous and despicable disregard’ for safety
6 years, 1 month ago

Camp fire survivors accuse PG&E of ‘callous and despicable disregard’ for safety

LA Times  

A lawsuit against Pacific Gas & Electric has been filed on behalf of Lila Williams, 93, left, and her daughter Louise Howell, 66, who both lost their homes in the Camp fire. That suit, filed Monday evening on behalf of 93-year-old Lila Williams and her 66-year-old daughter Louise Howell, accuses PG&E of “callous and despicable disregard for the safety of …

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California Camp Fire: They survived the flames. But now they’re trapped.
6 years, 1 month ago

California Camp Fire: They survived the flames. But now they’re trapped.

Slate  

Last Wednesday morning, as a fellow reporter and I drove the three and a half hours from Oakland, California, to the tiny town of Pulga, our phones kept telling us to turn around. Jeff described how on the day the fire started, after things had calmed enough that Chuck could take care of any spot fires still threatening the property, …

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California fire: What started as a tiny brush fire became the state’s deadliest wildfire. Here’s how
6 years, 1 month ago

California fire: What started as a tiny brush fire became the state’s deadliest wildfire. Here’s how

LA Times  

A man rests at a shelter at the Church of the Nazarene in Oroville, Calif. Megan Butler, 26, and her daughter Aurora, 2, are homeless after their house burned down in Concow in the Camp fire. Alexandria Wilson, 21, consoles her boyfriend, Jacob Golden, 25, as they recount their harrowing escape from the Camp Fire at a relative’s house in …

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