Fire Datelines - Story Links From the Fires

Dec 2: MAGALIA, Butte County -- Jaki Snead’s Hilltop Cafe survived the Camp Fire. But she has no customers:   sfchronicle.com

Nov 25: "The blaze, which ignited Nov. 8 in Butte County, has burned 152,336 acres and is 98 percent contained.   sfchronicle.com

Nov 25: How wildfires are making some California homes uninsurable:   sfchronicle.com

Nov 23: Chico -- "Thanksgiving mix of gratitude, grief" by Lizzie Johnston. Celebrity chefs including Guy Fieri basted more than 7,000 pounds of turkey for fire survivors.   sfchronicle.com

Nov 23: Netflix's "13 Reasons Why" season 3 filming in Vallejo, along with 30 shows filmed in Southern California was halted by wildfire smoke. "Location managers are used to natural disasters in California, but the scale of the recent fires and their effect on production is unprecedented, according to industry veterans."   sfchronicle via latimes.

Nov 23: OpEd says sprawl causes fire, and "Old forests are not immune to fire, but in all but extreme conditions, they are less likely to burn intensely."   sfchronicle.com

Nov 22: Storm brings firefighters needed help:   sfchronicle

Nov 22: The Golden State Warriors provided two buses, game tickets and meals for 80 Camp Fire evacuees, recognized them on court at halftime.   sfchronicle.com

Nov 21: CHICO -- Residents whose homes did not succumb to fire surrounded by homes which did, are not sure they want to live there anymore.   sfchronicle.com

Nov 20: A documentary filmmaker and chef screening his film on 2017's devastating wine country fires, "Uncrushable," worried his film might be old news amid this year's Northern California fires, still uncontained, more than 79 are dead, 699 reported missing and the entire town of Paradise leveled.   sfchronicle.com

Nov 20: 57 firefighters lost homes in the Camp Fire. Here's how to help them:   sfchronicle.com

Nov 16: CHICO -- Hundreds who fled wildfire living in shelters.   sfchronicle.com

Nov 14: CONCOW, Butte County -- Trapped by Camp Fire, more than a dozen people — one 90 — survived in chilly lake.   sfchronicle.com

Nov 13: High school team from fire-ravaged Paradise treated to transportation tickets to 49ers football game.   sfchronicle.com

Nov 13: OpEd Why California burns -- its forests have too many trees.    sfchronicle.com

Nov 12: Company pushes for forest fire bonds to pay for workers to cut down trees and perform controlled burns. The project is "a first step, one that the company's founders hope will lead to much larger projects costing tens of millions of dollars and covering vast parts of overgrown, fire-prone forests in Western states."   sfchronicle.com

Oct 7: Reporter Lizzie Johnston follows the residents who chose to rebuild after last year's fires in "Terror, Loss and Survival" a four-part series.    sfchronicle.com

Oct 7: Last year, the Detwiler Fire forced visitors to flee and merchants to close up shop during the busy summer season. In spring, flooding washed out a major highway into town. And for three weeks this summer, the Ferguson Fire did the unthinkable and shut down the area’s top draw, Yosemite National Park." Now Google maps "is regularly showing that roads to and from Mariposa are closed, when really they’re not, making it appear as though the region is still gripped by disaster."   sfchronicle.com





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