California’s Effort to Fire-Harden Homes Faces Delays and Deep Divides

The Zone Zero regulations, designed to keep embers from igniting homes, have drawn more than 4,000 public comments and fierce ...
Los Angeles Times

22,500 homes lost. Over five years later, only 38% rebuilt: What California fire survivors face

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. More homes have been lost to wildfire in the last eight years than in any other period in California history. The ...
Reuters

Northern California wildfire death toll rises to 4 as crews scramble to beat winds

CALISTOGA, Calif., Sept 30 (Reuters) - The death toll from a wildfire raging in northern California's Cascade foothills climbed to four on Wednesday as firefighters battling that blaze and another ...

Bipartisan bill addresses wildfire crisis with comprehensive approach | Opinion

That devastation — and the federal and state dollars it burns through in suppression and prevention costs — has caught the ...
The Fresno Bee

Creek Fire ravaged Fresno County foothills. Rebuilding is ‘a path of twists and turns’

Five years after the Creek Fire, Fresno County rebuilt only a fraction of 856 structures. Shaver Lake residents navigate insurance, rising rebuilding costs and relocations. California wildfire trend ...
Los Angeles Times

Some California towns are on the brink of extinction after catastrophic wildfires

Over the last eight years, wildfires have burned down more houses than at any time in California history. Decades of homebuilding in forests and foothills have left millions of residents exposed as ...
East Bay Times

Survivors of past Northern California wildfires shut out of last-minute bill adding $18 billion for state’s restitution fund

A sprawling bill passed at the eleventh hour by California lawmakers a week ago to address energy affordability included a massive infusion to the state’s wildfire restitution fund, established in ...