The wildfire destroyed 11,000 homes, and the Issacs' house is one of the first on their street to be rebuilt. They committed to staying in Paradise, Calif., because of their jobs and growing family.
Dry vegetation and high winds combine again in a potentially dangerous Southern California fire. But firefighters could get help from an approaching rainstorm.
A year after the deadliest and most destructive wildfire in California history devastated Paradise, the state grapples with tough questions about how to rebuild in the era of worsening wildfires.
Democrat Gavin Newsom has been critical of the state's largest utility, PG&E, in the face of planned power outages that left 2 million customers without electricity.
Californians have been evacuated multiple times in recent years owing to smoke, fires, floods and power outages. Now people are reconsidering whether the state is the dream they had hoped for.
Firefighters now have Sonoma County's Kincade Fire 30% contained. But high winds are threatening to spread flames in both northern and southern parts of the state.
October marks not only fire season in California, but also the peak of the grape harvest. In areas not imminently threatened, some workers labor through heat and smoke to save harvests and paychecks.
As fires blaze across the state, California firefighters have called in some of the biggest air tankers for help. The giant jets are dumping a fire retardant, Phos-Chek, on the flames.
The Kincade Fire has burned more than 75,000 acres in Northern California, while another blaze is 5% contained in Los Angeles. Gusty conditions will make the job even tougher for firefighters.
The Getty wildfire erupted overnight, partially closing I-405 — the nation's busiest freeway. But that's not California's only worry, as the Kincade Fire continues to menace Sonoma County.
The deal, which a bankruptcy court must approve, covers most of the claims from the Camp Fire in 2018 and Northern California wine country fires in 2017. Insurance companies had sought $20 billion.
Warm temperatures have Californians again bracing for wildfires. But to better prepare, the residents of Ventura say they need a clearer picture of what went wrong in the destructive 2017 Thomas Fire.
The utility could cut power to as many as 5.4 million during extreme weather conditions. PG&E declared bankruptcy last month in the face of billions of dollars in wildfire-related liabilities.
The utility is facing billions of dollars in legal liability for fires caused by its equipment. PG&E filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, which would let it restructure its debts.
Pacific Gas & Electric is feeling some relief after it was determined by state investigators that the deadly 2017 Tubbs wildfire that killed 22 people in northern California was not caused by PG&E’s equipment but rather by a private electrical system.
The utility company is trying to convince a federal judge to modify a wide-ranging proposal to mitigate wildfire risk. PG&E is also seeking bankruptcy protection.
