After a Wildfire, Rebuilding Life Can Be Hardest for the Oldest

By ALEXANDRA S. LEVINE
NYT
Many who fled the flames ravaging Paradise, Calif., were retirees with health problems and few resources. “Half of them don’t have it in them to start all over again,” a nursing supervisor at a shelter said.
Published date: November 26, 2018 at 01:25AM
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Stay or Go? For This Californian, That’s an Easy Choice

By JOHN BRANCH
NYT
The long-fading myth of California as Eden has been scorched but John Branch, a California-based correspondent, remains a defender of his native state.
Published date: November 19, 2018 at 07:43PM
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Couples and Wedding Planners Seek New Sites During California Wildfires

By MARIELLE WAKIM
NYT Weddings
One bride said she’s grateful to have some perspective about changing plans. “We’re not in the worst situation. People are losing their homes.”
Published date: November 15, 2018 at 04:02PM
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The California Wildfires: How Experts Track a Blaze to Its Origin

By KIRK JOHNSON
NYT
Investigators looking for the cause of the most devastating wildfire in California history will begin with the premise that human beings were probably responsible.
Published date: November 15, 2018 at 12:00PM
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A Model T, Abandoned as Paradise Burned, Emerges With Barely a Scratch

By THOMAS FULLER and MITCH SMITH
NYT
The antique car stands out like a museum piece in a vast landscape of destruction. But that is little comfort to its owner, who lost his home and his town to the flames.
Published date: November 15, 2018 at 01:13AM
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When Paradise Is On Fire

By SARAH PAPE
NYT
In Butte County, we are flailing, trying to find the words to express what has happened, and that it’s still happening.
Published date: November 13, 2018 at 10:47PM
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In California’s Fires, Fear for the Missing: ‘I Loved Her. And I Don’t Know if I’ll Ever See Her Again.’

By JULIE TURKEWITZ
NYT
Four days after the Camp Fire blaze ripped through the small town of Paradise, Calif., more than 200 residents are still missing, the sheriff’s office said.
Published date: November 13, 2018 at 03:36AM
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California Wildfires Updates: Blazes Spread as Town Is Searched for Bodies

By JACK NICAS and THOMAS FULLER
NYT
Emergency workers are sifting through the ashes in a Northern California town struck by the state’s most destructive wildfire in modern history.
Published date: November 12, 2018 at 06:41PM
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Manresa, Bay Area Restaurant Damaged in Fire, Will Reopen

By TEJAL RAO
NYT
David Kinch’s acclaimed kitchen has been closed since mid-July, after its second fire in two years.
Published date: August 31, 2018 at 05:47PM
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Mass Arson Attack in Sweden Hits Over 100 Cars

By CHRISTINA ANDERSON
NYT Europe
The police said the vehicle fires had been coordinated by groups of young men using social media, but the authorities are at a loss to explain why.
Published date: August 15, 2018 at 03:41PM
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Inside the Mendocino Complex Fire Evacuation Zone

By TIM ARANGO
NYT

Published date: August 10, 2018 at 12:00PM
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They Bonded as the Pacific Crest Trail Burned. Now They Heal It.

By KIRK JOHNSON
NYT
Mark Beebe and Tara Prevo met over online conversations about hiking the famed trail. A year later, they’re together, and out fixing the wildfire-charred path.
Published date: July 17, 2018 at 12:00PM
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