PG&E Chief Is Out as Utility Faces California Fire Liability

By IVAN PENN
NYT Energy & Environment
The utility faces an estimated $30 billion exposure to liability for damages from the 2017 and 2018 wildfires that killed scores in Northern California.
Published date: January 14, 2019 at 04:28AM
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Their Plans Derailed by a Wildfire, Seniors at Paradise High School Wonder What’s Next

By DAN LEVIN
NYT
In the weeks since California’s deadliest wildfire, the senior class of Paradise High School is scattered across the region and country, their post-graduation plans disrupted.
Published date: December 13, 2018 at 12:00PM
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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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Packing Tips for an Evacuation

By MERRILL MARKOE
NYT Sunday Review
Benefit from my hard-earned experience.
Published date: November 24, 2018 at 06:00PM
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A Frantic Call, a Neighbor’s Knock, but Few Official Alerts as Wildfire Closed In

By SIMON ROMERO, TIM ARANGO and THOMAS FULLER
NYT
In the frenzied first hours of the Camp Fire as it bore down on Paradise, Calif., only a fraction of residents received emergency alerts or evacuation orders from local authorities.
Published date: November 21, 2018 at 08:40PM
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How Wildfires Are Making Some California Homes Uninsurable

By MARY WILLIAMS WALSH
NYT
“We’re not in a crisis yet, but all of the trends are in a bad direction,” said the insurance commissioner for California, which had to prevent insurers from abruptly dropping fire victims.
Published date: November 20, 2018 at 12:00PM
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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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California Utility Gets Reassurance on Wildfire Liability

By IVAN PENN and PETER EAVIS
NYT Energy & Environment
Pacific Gas and Electric shares ended a six-day plunge after a state regulator said his agency would consider the company’s finances in setting rates.
Published date: November 17, 2018 at 03:10AM
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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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California Fire Liability Poses Threat to PG&E, a Major Utility

By IVAN PENN and PETER EAVIS
NYT Energy & Environment
The company’s stock has been cut almost in half since last week as investors assess the potential payout if its equipment is found to blame.
Published date: November 15, 2018 at 03:01AM
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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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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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Minorities Are Most Vulnerable When Wildfires Strike in U.S., Study Finds

By KENDRA PIERRE-LOUIS
NYT
The research illustrates how the kinds of disasters that are exacerbated by climate change often hit people of color and the poor the hardest.
Published date: November 3, 2018 at 11:00AM
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Why We Ride Out Life-Threatening Storms and Do Other Crazy Things

By MALCOLM ROBERTS
NYT
It’s the absolute bane of the insurance industry.
Published date: October 11, 2018 at 06:05PM
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Where There’s Fire, Trump Blows Smoke

By THE EDITORIAL BOARD
NYT Opinion | Environment
The president, either willfully ignorant or playing to his base, tweets nonsense about the California wildfires and refuses to acknowledge the role of climate change in the disaster.
Published date: August 9, 2018 at 02:10AM
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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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The Places in the U.S. Where Disaster Strikes Again and Again

By SAHIL CHINOY
NYT
In the last 16 years, most of the damages caused by catastrophes like wildfires and hurricanes have been concentrated in just a few areas.
Published date: May 24, 2018 at 12:00PM
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