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"content": "\u003cp>Diane Moss lost her home in the Santa Monica Mountains after power lines ignited the apocalyptic Woolsey Fire in 2018. Since then, she’s pressed for a safer electric grid in California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s so easy to forget the risk that we live in — until it happens to you,” said Moss, a longtime clean energy advocate. “All of us in California have to think about how we better prepare to survive disaster, which is only going to be more of a problem as the climate changes.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In recent years, California’s power companies have been doing just that: insulating power lines and burying lines underground, trimming trees, deploying drones and using risk-detection technology.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As \u003ca href=\"https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.abc0020\">wildfires across the U.S. intensify\u003c/a>, California is on the leading edge of efforts to prevent more deadly and destructive fires ignited by downed power lines and malfunctioning equipment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Customers have shouldered a hefty price for wildfire safety measures. From 2019 through 2023, the California Public Utilities Commission authorized the three largest utilities to collect $27 billion in wildfire prevention and insurance costs from ratepayers, according to a \u003ca href=\"https://www.cpuc.ca.gov/-/media/cpuc-website/divisions/office-of-governmental-affairs-division/reports/2024/2024-sb-695-report.pdf#page=56\">report\u003c/a> to the Legislature.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And the costs are projected to keep rising: The three companies — Pacific Gas & Electric, Southern California Edison and San Diego Gas & Electric — continue to seek billions more from customers for wildfire prevention spending. Rates are expected to continue outpacing inflation\u003ca href=\"https://www.cpuc.ca.gov/-/media/cpuc-website/divisions/office-of-governmental-affairs-division/reports/2024/2024-sb-695-report.pdf#page=17\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> through 2027\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fire safety projects are a big part of the reason that Californians pay the\u003ca href=\"https://www.eia.gov/electricity/monthly/epm_table_grapher.php?t=epmt_5_6_a\"> highest electric bills\u003c/a> in the nation outside of Hawaii. Other reasons include rooftop solar incentives, new transmission systems and upgrades for electric vehicles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Higher electric bills have helped fuel a\u003ca href=\"https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/766\"> statewide affordability crisis\u003c/a> alongside soaring housing prices, expensive groceries and costly gasoline. \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/california-divide/2024/02/utility-rate-hikes-california/\">Small businesses\u003c/a> are feeling the burden, along with the state’s poorest residents:\u003ca href=\"https://www.publicadvocates.cpuc.ca.gov/press-room/commentary/240311-setting-the-record-straight-fixed-charge\"> One in three\u003c/a> low-income households served by the three utilities fell behind in paying their power bills this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California’s three investor-owned utilities are regulated monopolies, so when they spend money on costs related to wildfires, they recover it through customers’ bills.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The price of electricity has ignited debate about how much California families should bear for the cost of wildfire prevention, whether utilities are balancing risk and affordability and whether the money is being spent wisely.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https://datawrapper.dwcdn.net/9wC3J/29/\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" scrolling=\"yes\" class=\"iframe-class\" frameborder=\"0\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Loretta Lynch, a former head of the state utilities commission, said lack of oversight is a problem, with the commission “rubber-stamping outrageous costs” and allowing the companies to “address wildfires in the most expensive, least effective way possible.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of the biggest controversies is whether the utilities should be spending so much on burying power lines, an extremely costly and slow process.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last year, \u003ca href=\"https://information.auditor.ca.gov/reports/2022-115/index.html\">a state audit\u003c/a> concluded that the utilities commission and the state’s advocates office must do more to verify whether utilities were completing the work they sought payment for.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The three companies say the billions of dollars in spending is necessary as climate change worsens \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/california-wildfire-map-tracker/?gad_source=1&gbraid=0AAAAADM7b5fFuSe1NT8oR5odtxgzBtp-K&gclid=CjwKCAiA0rW6BhAcEiwAQH28IjlGhALav1D1122TKnYxkFmzscYW2x42CGExP5nWM4kziIahkVFJ6hoCkmAQAvD_BwE\">wildfires across the state\u003c/a>. Utility equipment has caused less than 10% of the state’s fires but nearly half of its most destructive fires, \u003ca href=\"https://www.cpuc.ca.gov/industries-and-topics/wildfires\">according to the utilities commission\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>PG&E, which \u003ca href=\"https://docs.cpuc.ca.gov/PublishedDocs/Published/G000/M338/K725/338725560.PDF\">a few years ago came out of bankruptcy\u003c/a> triggered by its liability for several deadly, destructive fires, has adopted the stance that \u003ca href=\"https://www.pge.com/assets/pge/docs/outages-and-safety/outage-preparedness-and-support/wildfire-mitigation-plan-executive-summary.pdf#page=2\">“catastrophic wildfires shall stop.”\u003c/a> The company, which serves the most high-risk areas in California, is the state’s largest spender on wildfire prevention.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>PG&E plans to bury 10,000 miles of power lines in its highest-risk areas — work that is highly contentious because it is costly and slow. The company has buried \u003ca href=\"https://www.pge.com/en/newsroom/press-release-details.5943ff56-7c74-4c60-ab87-602de41c5054.html\">800 miles since 2021\u003c/a>, with each mile costing between $3 and $4 million. Last year, the commission approved a $3.7 billion plan for PG&E to \u003ca href=\"https://docs.cpuc.ca.gov/PublishedDocs/Published/G000/M520/K799/520799852.pdf#page=289\">bury 1,230 miles\u003c/a> of lines through 2026.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sumeet Singh, PG&E’s chief operating officer, told CalMatters that the utility is concerned about rates, too. He said the company is “very committed to stabilizing our customer rates as we go forward without compromising safety. I think that’s clear that it’s a non-negotiable….There’s a pretty robust process and oversight that we are under.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kevin Geraghty, chief operating officer of SDG&E, called the wildfire spending process “the most highly-scrutinized, regulatory utility process I have ever been involved in, in my life.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gov. Gavin Newsom\u003ca href=\"https://www.gov.ca.gov/2024/10/30/governor-newsom-issues-executive-order-tackling-rising-electric-bills/\"> issued an executive order\u003c/a> in October aimed at tackling the high costs of electricity, asking state agencies to evaluate their oversight of wildfire projects and ensure that the utilities are focused on “cost-effective” measures. He is seeking proposals for changes in rules or laws by Jan. 1.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3 id=\"h-reduced-to-ash\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Reduced to ash\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>The spark for the increased spending came seven years ago \u003ca href=\"https://ca.water.usgs.gov/california-drought/california-drought-comparisons.html\">after California suffered one of its worst droughts\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.wsj.com/articles/families-scour-burnt-ruins-for-missing-in-california-1507936103?mod=article_inline\">a series of devastating wildfires\u003c/a> in 2017 and 2018, many ignited by utility equipment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sixteen fires were caused by \u003ca href=\"https://www.cpuc.ca.gov/-/media/cpuc-website/divisions/safety-policy-division/reports/root-cause-analyses-of-the-2017-18-wildfires.pdf\">PG&E equipment\u003c/a> during a rash of \u003ca href=\"https://www.cpuc.ca.gov/industries-and-topics/wildfires/october-2017-wildfires\">October 2017\u003c/a> fires that decimated Napa, Sonoma and other Northern California counties. That December, the \u003ca href=\"https://www.fire.ca.gov/incidents/2017/12/4/thomas-fire/\">Thomas Fire\u003c/a>, sparked by Southern California Edison equipment, engulfed parts of Ventura and Santa Barbara counties.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, the devastation of 2017 was only a prelude to an even graver year. On Nov. 8, 2018, the \u003ca href=\"https://www.fire.ca.gov/incidents/2018/11/8/camp-fire/\">Camp Fire\u003c/a> leveled the town of Paradise, killing 85 people, making it the deadliest wildfire in state history.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Camp Fire was caused by the \u003ca href=\"https://www.buttecounty.net/342/Camp-Fire\">failure of an old metal hook\u003c/a> attached to a PG&E transmission tower. An intense wind event pushed the fire at a rate of roughly 80 football fields per minute at its peak. The company in 2020 pleaded guilty to 84 counts of involuntary manslaughter for its role in the disaster.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The same day as the destruction in Paradise, another fire ignited some 470 miles south. In the Simi Hills of Ventura County, Southern California, Edison \u003ca href=\"https://www.cpuc.ca.gov/-/media/cpuc-website/divisions/safety-and-enforcement-division/investigations-wildfires/sed-investigation-report---woolsey-fire---redacted.pdf\">wires in two separate locations\u003c/a> made contact with others, triggering “arc” flashes that rained hot metal fragments and sparks onto the dry brush below. These triggered two blazes, which soon merged to form the Woolsey Fire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Santa Ana winds spread the conflagration across parched terrain, with swaths of the nationally protected Santa Monica Mountains reduced to ash.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11953264\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/110818-Paradise-Fire-AP-CM-01-copy.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11953264 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/110818-Paradise-Fire-AP-CM-01-copy.jpg\" alt=\"A burning structure with a firefighter in the foreground.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/110818-Paradise-Fire-AP-CM-01-copy.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/110818-Paradise-Fire-AP-CM-01-copy-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/110818-Paradise-Fire-AP-CM-01-copy-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/110818-Paradise-Fire-AP-CM-01-copy-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/110818-Paradise-Fire-AP-CM-01-copy-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/110818-Paradise-Fire-AP-CM-01-copy-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A home burns as the Camp Fire rages through Paradise on Nov. 8, 2018. \u003ccite>(Noah Berger/The Associated Press)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Moss, the clean energy advocate, evacuated her home with her son that day. Her husband, clinging to hope, stayed until the blaze threatened to swallow him whole. Their neighborhood near Malibu, with its heavily wooded surroundings, was no match for the inferno.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“My husband stayed until the last minute when it just — it looked like it could cost him his life,” Moss said. “Everybody else left, and just about all of us lost.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Three people died. Moss’ home was gone, reduced to a hollowed-out structure and charred rubble, along with about 100,000 acres of\u003ca href=\"https://www.nps.gov/samo/learn/management/2018-woolsey-fire.htm\"> parkland and wilderness\u003c/a>, more than any other fire in recorded history for that area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2019, downed PG&E lines ignited Sonoma County’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.wsj.com/articles/to-fight-california-fires-firefighters-seek-to-hold-the-line-in-sonoma-11572464115\">Kincade Fire\u003c/a>. Then, two years later, \u003ca href=\"https://www.fire.ca.gov/incidents/2021/7/13/dixie-fire/\">the Dixie Fire\u003c/a>, also caused by PG&E equipment, became the \u003ca href=\"https://34c031f8-c9fd-4018-8c5a-4159cdff6b0d-cdn-endpoint.azureedge.net/-/media/calfire-website/our-impact/fire-statistics/top-20-largest-ca-wildfires.pdf?rev=097f901c128347149e2614f2fca4f546&hash=27DDE83DFEF9A69E67C73765892A2B75\">second-largest wildfire\u003c/a> in California history, burning 963,000 acres north of Chico.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The 2021 Dixie Fire, which claimed one life and destroyed 1,311 structures, was the last catastrophic wildfire in California confirmed to be caused by utility equipment.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3 id=\"h-it-just-takes-the-wrong-ignition\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003cstrong>‘It just takes the wrong ignition’\u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>The number of fires triggered by the companies’ equipment fluctuates from year to year, driven by the huge variability in California’s weather. However, \u003ca href=\"https://www.cpuc.ca.gov/industries-and-topics/wildfires\">data from 2014 through 2023\u003c/a> indicate there were substantially fewer fires last year than in other recent years. SDG&E equipment caused 16 fires after its high of 32 fires in 2015, Southern California Edison had 90 fires, compared to a 2021 high of 173, and PG&E reported 374 fires after a high of 510 in 2020.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/25355999/pges-2023-annual-report-on-compliance-revision-1-r1.pdf#page=6\">PG&E also reported\u003c/a> that fires in its highest-risk areas trended down every month of 2023 compared to the same months in previous years. But that progress reversed this year, with \u003ca href=\"https://www.wsj.com/business/energy-oil/pg-e-is-racing-to-stem-increasing-fires-ignited-by-its-power-lines-0228c556\">62 fires\u003c/a> reported by August in high-risk areas, compared to 65 in all of 2023. (PG&E would not provide 2024 fire data to CalMatters.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11705327\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/WoolseyBurn.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11705327 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/WoolseyBurn.jpg\" alt=\"The Woolsey Fire burns along the ridgeline off Cornell Road near Paramount Ranch on the morning of Nov. 9, 2018 in Agoura Hills.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1274\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/WoolseyBurn.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/WoolseyBurn-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/WoolseyBurn-800x531.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/WoolseyBurn-1020x677.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/WoolseyBurn-1200x796.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/WoolseyBurn-1180x783.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/WoolseyBurn-960x637.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/WoolseyBurn-240x159.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/WoolseyBurn-375x249.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/WoolseyBurn-520x345.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Woolsey Fire burns along the ridgeline off Cornell Road near Paramount Ranch on the morning of Nov. 9, 2018, in Agoura Hills. \u003ccite>(Matthew Simmons/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Caroline Thomas Jacobs, inaugural director of the state Office of Energy Infrastructure Safety, established in 2021 to oversee utility safety, said progress can be hard to measure. Nevertheless, she said she has seen a cultural shift at electric companies in recent years, with a more focused approach in high-risk areas and an environment that empowers workers to prioritize safety.\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv id=\"datawrapper-vis-Va70l\" class=\"datawrapper-script-embed vis-height-fixed vis-d3-area\">\n\u003cp>“It just takes the wrong ignition … under the right conditions, to have a catastrophic fire,” Thomas Jacobs said. “But are we in a better place? The numbers seem to indicate we’re moving in the right direction.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>PG&E has installed more than 1,500 weather stations and 600 AI-enabled cameras to detect severe weather and ignitions, Singh said. Enhanced safety systems now cut power to lines within a tenth of a second. The utility has also cleared vegetation, ordered power shutoffs during high-risk times, insulated lines and buried some lines underground.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Where do we see the greatest risk?” Singh said the company asks itself, and “What is the most cost-effective way to be able to reduce that risk for every dollar that’s spent?”\u003cbr>\n\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https://datawrapper.dwcdn.net/Va70l/17/\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" scrolling=\"yes\" class=\"iframe-class\" frameborder=\"0\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Southern California Edison said since its investments began in 2019, the risk of catastrophic wildfire in its system has dropped between 85% and 90%. The company plans to bury 600 miles of lines in high-risk areas but it is relying much more on less-expensive insulating technology, which has already been used on more than 6,000 miles of lines.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>SDG&E began prioritizing wildfire prevention, including underground and insulated lines, a decade ahead of the other two utilities after its lines sparked three major fires in 2007. The company has avoided a catastrophic fire since 2007 despite operating in one of the nation’s most fire-prone regions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We continue to double down and do and do more tomorrow than we did yesterday,” said Brian D’Agostino, the utility’s vice president of wildfire and climate science. “We don’t take a single day without a fire for granted.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Wildfire spending — ‘an odd system’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Critics say the scramble to address the wildfire crisis has left the state vulnerable to overspending by utilities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>About two months before the Camp and Woolsey fires, outgoing Gov. Jerry Brown in 2018 signed a $1 billion plan to thin forests and clear out the tinderbox of California’s dead and dying trees. That measure came too late to prevent the devastation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, it opened the door to increased spending by utilities beyond limits set in the highly deliberative process known as their general rate cases, which determine what Californians pay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Newsom and the Legislature in 2019 created a $21 billion wildfire fund paid for by Wall Street investors and California ratepayers to help PG&E exit bankruptcy and protect utilities from being financially threatened by the wildfires they cause. The utilities cannot access the state’s $21 billion fund unless the energy safety office approves their wildfire plans.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https://datawrapper.dwcdn.net/H4pTN/16/\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" scrolling=\"yes\" class=\"iframe-class\" frameborder=\"0\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One problem, critics say, is that the safety plans are approved by one government entity while the spending to carry them out is approved by another.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We now have this very odd system,” said Lynch, who served on the utilities commission from 2000 through 2004. “The Office of Energy Infrastructure Safety reviews the plans, puts out guidelines, but then the (commission) still has to ratify the plans so that the utilities can take money from their ratepayers.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Wildfire safety goes underground\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>On a temperate, clear morning in the Sierra Nevada foothills east of Placerville in October, a PG&E construction crew donned yellow jackets and safety helmets and went about the work of burying power lines along a narrow, wooded road. Overhead lines snaked through thick trees in this area — prime fire risk territory. The workers buried the lines in a trench that had been dug using a heavy piece of equipment designed to cut hard concrete and soil.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Once those power lines are buried and activated, their risk of fires is all but eliminated.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12016434\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1200px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/101724_PGE-Underground-Cables_MG_CM_07.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12016434 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/101724_PGE-Underground-Cables_MG_CM_07.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/101724_PGE-Underground-Cables_MG_CM_07.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/101724_PGE-Underground-Cables_MG_CM_07-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/101724_PGE-Underground-Cables_MG_CM_07-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/101724_PGE-Underground-Cables_MG_CM_07-160x107.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Marking tape covers a layer of sand in the trench. Photos by Miguel Gutierrez Jr., CalMatters\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Burying lines in high-risk areas improves reliability amid rising wildfire risks and extreme weather, PG&E’s Singh said. Though it’s pricier up front, it eliminates the yearly expense of trimming trees and vegetation, which makes it a better, long-run value for customers, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Underground is a no-brainer when you look at it from that lens,” Singh said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, the high cost and the time it takes to do the work have left some skeptical. The company has buried 800 miles of wires underground since 2021 and plans to bury more than 1,600 by the end of 2026. It aims to get the cost per mile down to $2.8 million by the end of 2026 from $3 million at the end of 2023.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Michael Campbell, assistant deputy director of energy for the public advocates office, a state entity that represents utility customers, said PG&E should consider other means of preventing wildfire, like insulated wires, otherwise known as “covered conductors.” This can be deployed more quickly and at a lower cost, he said and is effective when combined with operational techniques like fast trip settings and power safety shutoffs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“In some areas, (burying power lines) really is the correct approach to minimize risk. But it’s also very slow and very expensive, and so there’s a need to address safety in as many miles as quickly as possible, to reduce overall risk,” Campbell said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The utilities commission has taken a proof-of-concept approach: The commission scaled back PG&E’s plan to bury 2,000 miles through 2026 to 1,230. The commission approved installing covered conductors, or insulated power lines, over 778 miles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lynch is skeptical of utilities and their big projects because they can profit from them, and Mark Toney, executive director of The Utility Reform Network, says too much spending is going unchecked.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The sense of urgency following fires paved the way for the multi-billion surge in spending. The commission authorized PG&E, for instance, to spend $4.66 billion on wildfire costs from 2020 through 2022, but the company ultimately spent $11.7 billion and is seeking payment through utility bills, according to The Utility Reform Network.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12016435\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1024px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/101724_PGE-Underground-Cables_MG_CM_09.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12016435\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/101724_PGE-Underground-Cables_MG_CM_09.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1536\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/101724_PGE-Underground-Cables_MG_CM_09.jpg 1024w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/101724_PGE-Underground-Cables_MG_CM_09-800x1200.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/101724_PGE-Underground-Cables_MG_CM_09-1020x1530.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/101724_PGE-Underground-Cables_MG_CM_09-160x240.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">PG&E employees and contractors stand next to a trench that was dug in Placer County so that electric cables can be buried to prevent wildfires. Burying lines costs PG&E ratepayers between $3 million and $4 million per mile. Photo by Miguel Gutierrez Jr., CalMatters\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Audits of nearly $2.5 billion in 2019 and 2020 wildfire spending found some costs from PG&E, Southern California Edison and SDG&E may already have been covered by previously approved rates, or more documentation was needed to confirm they had not been covered.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The utilities challenged many of the findings, saying they didn’t plan to claim some of the costs, and disputed the auditor’s conclusions as well as some of their calculations. In interviews with CalMatters, representatives for all three utilities said the process in place to oversee wildfire spending at the utilities commission was robust and thorough.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Geraghty, of SDG&E, said the process is transparent, with public comment periods and hearings. Regarding critics who say wildfire prevention should be cheaper and faster, “every one of them had that voice, had that say, had that transparency through this entire process,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some expenses, such as operating costs, have an immediate impact on how much people pay in their bills. But other costs, such as long-term investments in insulating or burying power lines, are stretched out over years, meaning they add to bills for decades to come.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Over time, these capital costs are growing due to factors like depreciation and the returns utilities are allowed to generate. This creates a compounding effect, meaning wildfire-related capital costs will take up an increasing share of what California customers are charged in the future.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Feeling the pinch in Oakland, the fear near Malibu\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The burden of the rising bills is hitting many Californians hard. Roshonda Wilson, of Oakland, couldn’t afford to pay her power bill even though she said she watches television only after sunset, refrains from running unnecessary appliances and is hyper-aware of every energy-consuming action in her household. At one point, PG&E turned her power off this year. “I couldn’t catch up,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On the other hand, Moss — who has weathered not just the trauma of losing her home near Malibu but also the difficult process of rebuilding — says the expensive wildfire prevention work is critical to prevent more tragedies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Even though (burying power lines) is costly and time-consuming, the cost and time of not doing it is starting to seem more devastating to a broader swath of people,” Moss said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nevertheless, the rate hikes have alarmed climate activists who fear rising power bills in California may trigger a backlash against the state’s effort to switch to renewable energy and influence other states, too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The state, we fear, will start to lose the political will to keep pushing on,” said Mohit Chhabra, a senior scientist with the Natural Resources Defense Council. “The problem with that is not that California will be a few years late — we can handle that. But the impact on all the other states who are looking at California.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Natasha Uzcátegui-Liggett and Miguel Gutierrez Jr. contributed to this report.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Diane Moss lost her home in the Santa Monica Mountains after power lines ignited the apocalyptic Woolsey Fire in 2018. Since then, she’s pressed for a safer electric grid in California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s so easy to forget the risk that we live in — until it happens to you,” said Moss, a longtime clean energy advocate. “All of us in California have to think about how we better prepare to survive disaster, which is only going to be more of a problem as the climate changes.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In recent years, California’s power companies have been doing just that: insulating power lines and burying lines underground, trimming trees, deploying drones and using risk-detection technology.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As \u003ca href=\"https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.abc0020\">wildfires across the U.S. intensify\u003c/a>, California is on the leading edge of efforts to prevent more deadly and destructive fires ignited by downed power lines and malfunctioning equipment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Customers have shouldered a hefty price for wildfire safety measures. From 2019 through 2023, the California Public Utilities Commission authorized the three largest utilities to collect $27 billion in wildfire prevention and insurance costs from ratepayers, according to a \u003ca href=\"https://www.cpuc.ca.gov/-/media/cpuc-website/divisions/office-of-governmental-affairs-division/reports/2024/2024-sb-695-report.pdf#page=56\">report\u003c/a> to the Legislature.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And the costs are projected to keep rising: The three companies — Pacific Gas & Electric, Southern California Edison and San Diego Gas & Electric — continue to seek billions more from customers for wildfire prevention spending. Rates are expected to continue outpacing inflation\u003ca href=\"https://www.cpuc.ca.gov/-/media/cpuc-website/divisions/office-of-governmental-affairs-division/reports/2024/2024-sb-695-report.pdf#page=17\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> through 2027\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fire safety projects are a big part of the reason that Californians pay the\u003ca href=\"https://www.eia.gov/electricity/monthly/epm_table_grapher.php?t=epmt_5_6_a\"> highest electric bills\u003c/a> in the nation outside of Hawaii. Other reasons include rooftop solar incentives, new transmission systems and upgrades for electric vehicles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Higher electric bills have helped fuel a\u003ca href=\"https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/766\"> statewide affordability crisis\u003c/a> alongside soaring housing prices, expensive groceries and costly gasoline. \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/california-divide/2024/02/utility-rate-hikes-california/\">Small businesses\u003c/a> are feeling the burden, along with the state’s poorest residents:\u003ca href=\"https://www.publicadvocates.cpuc.ca.gov/press-room/commentary/240311-setting-the-record-straight-fixed-charge\"> One in three\u003c/a> low-income households served by the three utilities fell behind in paying their power bills this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California’s three investor-owned utilities are regulated monopolies, so when they spend money on costs related to wildfires, they recover it through customers’ bills.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The price of electricity has ignited debate about how much California families should bear for the cost of wildfire prevention, whether utilities are balancing risk and affordability and whether the money is being spent wisely.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https://datawrapper.dwcdn.net/9wC3J/29/\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" scrolling=\"yes\" class=\"iframe-class\" frameborder=\"0\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Loretta Lynch, a former head of the state utilities commission, said lack of oversight is a problem, with the commission “rubber-stamping outrageous costs” and allowing the companies to “address wildfires in the most expensive, least effective way possible.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of the biggest controversies is whether the utilities should be spending so much on burying power lines, an extremely costly and slow process.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last year, \u003ca href=\"https://information.auditor.ca.gov/reports/2022-115/index.html\">a state audit\u003c/a> concluded that the utilities commission and the state’s advocates office must do more to verify whether utilities were completing the work they sought payment for.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The three companies say the billions of dollars in spending is necessary as climate change worsens \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/california-wildfire-map-tracker/?gad_source=1&gbraid=0AAAAADM7b5fFuSe1NT8oR5odtxgzBtp-K&gclid=CjwKCAiA0rW6BhAcEiwAQH28IjlGhALav1D1122TKnYxkFmzscYW2x42CGExP5nWM4kziIahkVFJ6hoCkmAQAvD_BwE\">wildfires across the state\u003c/a>. Utility equipment has caused less than 10% of the state’s fires but nearly half of its most destructive fires, \u003ca href=\"https://www.cpuc.ca.gov/industries-and-topics/wildfires\">according to the utilities commission\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>PG&E, which \u003ca href=\"https://docs.cpuc.ca.gov/PublishedDocs/Published/G000/M338/K725/338725560.PDF\">a few years ago came out of bankruptcy\u003c/a> triggered by its liability for several deadly, destructive fires, has adopted the stance that \u003ca href=\"https://www.pge.com/assets/pge/docs/outages-and-safety/outage-preparedness-and-support/wildfire-mitigation-plan-executive-summary.pdf#page=2\">“catastrophic wildfires shall stop.”\u003c/a> The company, which serves the most high-risk areas in California, is the state’s largest spender on wildfire prevention.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>PG&E plans to bury 10,000 miles of power lines in its highest-risk areas — work that is highly contentious because it is costly and slow. The company has buried \u003ca href=\"https://www.pge.com/en/newsroom/press-release-details.5943ff56-7c74-4c60-ab87-602de41c5054.html\">800 miles since 2021\u003c/a>, with each mile costing between $3 and $4 million. Last year, the commission approved a $3.7 billion plan for PG&E to \u003ca href=\"https://docs.cpuc.ca.gov/PublishedDocs/Published/G000/M520/K799/520799852.pdf#page=289\">bury 1,230 miles\u003c/a> of lines through 2026.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sumeet Singh, PG&E’s chief operating officer, told CalMatters that the utility is concerned about rates, too. He said the company is “very committed to stabilizing our customer rates as we go forward without compromising safety. I think that’s clear that it’s a non-negotiable….There’s a pretty robust process and oversight that we are under.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kevin Geraghty, chief operating officer of SDG&E, called the wildfire spending process “the most highly-scrutinized, regulatory utility process I have ever been involved in, in my life.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gov. Gavin Newsom\u003ca href=\"https://www.gov.ca.gov/2024/10/30/governor-newsom-issues-executive-order-tackling-rising-electric-bills/\"> issued an executive order\u003c/a> in October aimed at tackling the high costs of electricity, asking state agencies to evaluate their oversight of wildfire projects and ensure that the utilities are focused on “cost-effective” measures. He is seeking proposals for changes in rules or laws by Jan. 1.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3 id=\"h-reduced-to-ash\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Reduced to ash\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>The spark for the increased spending came seven years ago \u003ca href=\"https://ca.water.usgs.gov/california-drought/california-drought-comparisons.html\">after California suffered one of its worst droughts\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.wsj.com/articles/families-scour-burnt-ruins-for-missing-in-california-1507936103?mod=article_inline\">a series of devastating wildfires\u003c/a> in 2017 and 2018, many ignited by utility equipment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sixteen fires were caused by \u003ca href=\"https://www.cpuc.ca.gov/-/media/cpuc-website/divisions/safety-policy-division/reports/root-cause-analyses-of-the-2017-18-wildfires.pdf\">PG&E equipment\u003c/a> during a rash of \u003ca href=\"https://www.cpuc.ca.gov/industries-and-topics/wildfires/october-2017-wildfires\">October 2017\u003c/a> fires that decimated Napa, Sonoma and other Northern California counties. That December, the \u003ca href=\"https://www.fire.ca.gov/incidents/2017/12/4/thomas-fire/\">Thomas Fire\u003c/a>, sparked by Southern California Edison equipment, engulfed parts of Ventura and Santa Barbara counties.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, the devastation of 2017 was only a prelude to an even graver year. On Nov. 8, 2018, the \u003ca href=\"https://www.fire.ca.gov/incidents/2018/11/8/camp-fire/\">Camp Fire\u003c/a> leveled the town of Paradise, killing 85 people, making it the deadliest wildfire in state history.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Camp Fire was caused by the \u003ca href=\"https://www.buttecounty.net/342/Camp-Fire\">failure of an old metal hook\u003c/a> attached to a PG&E transmission tower. An intense wind event pushed the fire at a rate of roughly 80 football fields per minute at its peak. The company in 2020 pleaded guilty to 84 counts of involuntary manslaughter for its role in the disaster.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The same day as the destruction in Paradise, another fire ignited some 470 miles south. In the Simi Hills of Ventura County, Southern California, Edison \u003ca href=\"https://www.cpuc.ca.gov/-/media/cpuc-website/divisions/safety-and-enforcement-division/investigations-wildfires/sed-investigation-report---woolsey-fire---redacted.pdf\">wires in two separate locations\u003c/a> made contact with others, triggering “arc” flashes that rained hot metal fragments and sparks onto the dry brush below. These triggered two blazes, which soon merged to form the Woolsey Fire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Santa Ana winds spread the conflagration across parched terrain, with swaths of the nationally protected Santa Monica Mountains reduced to ash.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11953264\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/110818-Paradise-Fire-AP-CM-01-copy.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11953264 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/110818-Paradise-Fire-AP-CM-01-copy.jpg\" alt=\"A burning structure with a firefighter in the foreground.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/110818-Paradise-Fire-AP-CM-01-copy.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/110818-Paradise-Fire-AP-CM-01-copy-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/110818-Paradise-Fire-AP-CM-01-copy-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/110818-Paradise-Fire-AP-CM-01-copy-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/110818-Paradise-Fire-AP-CM-01-copy-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/110818-Paradise-Fire-AP-CM-01-copy-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A home burns as the Camp Fire rages through Paradise on Nov. 8, 2018. \u003ccite>(Noah Berger/The Associated Press)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Moss, the clean energy advocate, evacuated her home with her son that day. Her husband, clinging to hope, stayed until the blaze threatened to swallow him whole. Their neighborhood near Malibu, with its heavily wooded surroundings, was no match for the inferno.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“My husband stayed until the last minute when it just — it looked like it could cost him his life,” Moss said. “Everybody else left, and just about all of us lost.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Three people died. Moss’ home was gone, reduced to a hollowed-out structure and charred rubble, along with about 100,000 acres of\u003ca href=\"https://www.nps.gov/samo/learn/management/2018-woolsey-fire.htm\"> parkland and wilderness\u003c/a>, more than any other fire in recorded history for that area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2019, downed PG&E lines ignited Sonoma County’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.wsj.com/articles/to-fight-california-fires-firefighters-seek-to-hold-the-line-in-sonoma-11572464115\">Kincade Fire\u003c/a>. Then, two years later, \u003ca href=\"https://www.fire.ca.gov/incidents/2021/7/13/dixie-fire/\">the Dixie Fire\u003c/a>, also caused by PG&E equipment, became the \u003ca href=\"https://34c031f8-c9fd-4018-8c5a-4159cdff6b0d-cdn-endpoint.azureedge.net/-/media/calfire-website/our-impact/fire-statistics/top-20-largest-ca-wildfires.pdf?rev=097f901c128347149e2614f2fca4f546&hash=27DDE83DFEF9A69E67C73765892A2B75\">second-largest wildfire\u003c/a> in California history, burning 963,000 acres north of Chico.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The 2021 Dixie Fire, which claimed one life and destroyed 1,311 structures, was the last catastrophic wildfire in California confirmed to be caused by utility equipment.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3 id=\"h-it-just-takes-the-wrong-ignition\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003cstrong>‘It just takes the wrong ignition’\u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>The number of fires triggered by the companies’ equipment fluctuates from year to year, driven by the huge variability in California’s weather. However, \u003ca href=\"https://www.cpuc.ca.gov/industries-and-topics/wildfires\">data from 2014 through 2023\u003c/a> indicate there were substantially fewer fires last year than in other recent years. SDG&E equipment caused 16 fires after its high of 32 fires in 2015, Southern California Edison had 90 fires, compared to a 2021 high of 173, and PG&E reported 374 fires after a high of 510 in 2020.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/25355999/pges-2023-annual-report-on-compliance-revision-1-r1.pdf#page=6\">PG&E also reported\u003c/a> that fires in its highest-risk areas trended down every month of 2023 compared to the same months in previous years. But that progress reversed this year, with \u003ca href=\"https://www.wsj.com/business/energy-oil/pg-e-is-racing-to-stem-increasing-fires-ignited-by-its-power-lines-0228c556\">62 fires\u003c/a> reported by August in high-risk areas, compared to 65 in all of 2023. (PG&E would not provide 2024 fire data to CalMatters.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11705327\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/WoolseyBurn.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11705327 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/WoolseyBurn.jpg\" alt=\"The Woolsey Fire burns along the ridgeline off Cornell Road near Paramount Ranch on the morning of Nov. 9, 2018 in Agoura Hills.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1274\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/WoolseyBurn.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/WoolseyBurn-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/WoolseyBurn-800x531.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/WoolseyBurn-1020x677.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/WoolseyBurn-1200x796.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/WoolseyBurn-1180x783.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/WoolseyBurn-960x637.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/WoolseyBurn-240x159.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/WoolseyBurn-375x249.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/WoolseyBurn-520x345.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Woolsey Fire burns along the ridgeline off Cornell Road near Paramount Ranch on the morning of Nov. 9, 2018, in Agoura Hills. \u003ccite>(Matthew Simmons/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Caroline Thomas Jacobs, inaugural director of the state Office of Energy Infrastructure Safety, established in 2021 to oversee utility safety, said progress can be hard to measure. Nevertheless, she said she has seen a cultural shift at electric companies in recent years, with a more focused approach in high-risk areas and an environment that empowers workers to prioritize safety.\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv id=\"datawrapper-vis-Va70l\" class=\"datawrapper-script-embed vis-height-fixed vis-d3-area\">\n\u003cp>“It just takes the wrong ignition … under the right conditions, to have a catastrophic fire,” Thomas Jacobs said. “But are we in a better place? The numbers seem to indicate we’re moving in the right direction.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>PG&E has installed more than 1,500 weather stations and 600 AI-enabled cameras to detect severe weather and ignitions, Singh said. Enhanced safety systems now cut power to lines within a tenth of a second. The utility has also cleared vegetation, ordered power shutoffs during high-risk times, insulated lines and buried some lines underground.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Where do we see the greatest risk?” Singh said the company asks itself, and “What is the most cost-effective way to be able to reduce that risk for every dollar that’s spent?”\u003cbr>\n\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https://datawrapper.dwcdn.net/Va70l/17/\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" scrolling=\"yes\" class=\"iframe-class\" frameborder=\"0\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Southern California Edison said since its investments began in 2019, the risk of catastrophic wildfire in its system has dropped between 85% and 90%. The company plans to bury 600 miles of lines in high-risk areas but it is relying much more on less-expensive insulating technology, which has already been used on more than 6,000 miles of lines.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>SDG&E began prioritizing wildfire prevention, including underground and insulated lines, a decade ahead of the other two utilities after its lines sparked three major fires in 2007. The company has avoided a catastrophic fire since 2007 despite operating in one of the nation’s most fire-prone regions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We continue to double down and do and do more tomorrow than we did yesterday,” said Brian D’Agostino, the utility’s vice president of wildfire and climate science. “We don’t take a single day without a fire for granted.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Wildfire spending — ‘an odd system’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Critics say the scramble to address the wildfire crisis has left the state vulnerable to overspending by utilities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>About two months before the Camp and Woolsey fires, outgoing Gov. Jerry Brown in 2018 signed a $1 billion plan to thin forests and clear out the tinderbox of California’s dead and dying trees. That measure came too late to prevent the devastation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, it opened the door to increased spending by utilities beyond limits set in the highly deliberative process known as their general rate cases, which determine what Californians pay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Newsom and the Legislature in 2019 created a $21 billion wildfire fund paid for by Wall Street investors and California ratepayers to help PG&E exit bankruptcy and protect utilities from being financially threatened by the wildfires they cause. The utilities cannot access the state’s $21 billion fund unless the energy safety office approves their wildfire plans.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https://datawrapper.dwcdn.net/H4pTN/16/\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" scrolling=\"yes\" class=\"iframe-class\" frameborder=\"0\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One problem, critics say, is that the safety plans are approved by one government entity while the spending to carry them out is approved by another.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We now have this very odd system,” said Lynch, who served on the utilities commission from 2000 through 2004. “The Office of Energy Infrastructure Safety reviews the plans, puts out guidelines, but then the (commission) still has to ratify the plans so that the utilities can take money from their ratepayers.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Wildfire safety goes underground\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>On a temperate, clear morning in the Sierra Nevada foothills east of Placerville in October, a PG&E construction crew donned yellow jackets and safety helmets and went about the work of burying power lines along a narrow, wooded road. Overhead lines snaked through thick trees in this area — prime fire risk territory. The workers buried the lines in a trench that had been dug using a heavy piece of equipment designed to cut hard concrete and soil.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Once those power lines are buried and activated, their risk of fires is all but eliminated.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12016434\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1200px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/101724_PGE-Underground-Cables_MG_CM_07.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12016434 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/101724_PGE-Underground-Cables_MG_CM_07.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/101724_PGE-Underground-Cables_MG_CM_07.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/101724_PGE-Underground-Cables_MG_CM_07-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/101724_PGE-Underground-Cables_MG_CM_07-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/101724_PGE-Underground-Cables_MG_CM_07-160x107.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Marking tape covers a layer of sand in the trench. Photos by Miguel Gutierrez Jr., CalMatters\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Burying lines in high-risk areas improves reliability amid rising wildfire risks and extreme weather, PG&E’s Singh said. Though it’s pricier up front, it eliminates the yearly expense of trimming trees and vegetation, which makes it a better, long-run value for customers, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Underground is a no-brainer when you look at it from that lens,” Singh said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, the high cost and the time it takes to do the work have left some skeptical. The company has buried 800 miles of wires underground since 2021 and plans to bury more than 1,600 by the end of 2026. It aims to get the cost per mile down to $2.8 million by the end of 2026 from $3 million at the end of 2023.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Michael Campbell, assistant deputy director of energy for the public advocates office, a state entity that represents utility customers, said PG&E should consider other means of preventing wildfire, like insulated wires, otherwise known as “covered conductors.” This can be deployed more quickly and at a lower cost, he said and is effective when combined with operational techniques like fast trip settings and power safety shutoffs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“In some areas, (burying power lines) really is the correct approach to minimize risk. But it’s also very slow and very expensive, and so there’s a need to address safety in as many miles as quickly as possible, to reduce overall risk,” Campbell said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The utilities commission has taken a proof-of-concept approach: The commission scaled back PG&E’s plan to bury 2,000 miles through 2026 to 1,230. The commission approved installing covered conductors, or insulated power lines, over 778 miles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lynch is skeptical of utilities and their big projects because they can profit from them, and Mark Toney, executive director of The Utility Reform Network, says too much spending is going unchecked.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The sense of urgency following fires paved the way for the multi-billion surge in spending. The commission authorized PG&E, for instance, to spend $4.66 billion on wildfire costs from 2020 through 2022, but the company ultimately spent $11.7 billion and is seeking payment through utility bills, according to The Utility Reform Network.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12016435\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1024px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/101724_PGE-Underground-Cables_MG_CM_09.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12016435\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/101724_PGE-Underground-Cables_MG_CM_09.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1536\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/101724_PGE-Underground-Cables_MG_CM_09.jpg 1024w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/101724_PGE-Underground-Cables_MG_CM_09-800x1200.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/101724_PGE-Underground-Cables_MG_CM_09-1020x1530.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/101724_PGE-Underground-Cables_MG_CM_09-160x240.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">PG&E employees and contractors stand next to a trench that was dug in Placer County so that electric cables can be buried to prevent wildfires. Burying lines costs PG&E ratepayers between $3 million and $4 million per mile. Photo by Miguel Gutierrez Jr., CalMatters\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Audits of nearly $2.5 billion in 2019 and 2020 wildfire spending found some costs from PG&E, Southern California Edison and SDG&E may already have been covered by previously approved rates, or more documentation was needed to confirm they had not been covered.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The utilities challenged many of the findings, saying they didn’t plan to claim some of the costs, and disputed the auditor’s conclusions as well as some of their calculations. In interviews with CalMatters, representatives for all three utilities said the process in place to oversee wildfire spending at the utilities commission was robust and thorough.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Geraghty, of SDG&E, said the process is transparent, with public comment periods and hearings. Regarding critics who say wildfire prevention should be cheaper and faster, “every one of them had that voice, had that say, had that transparency through this entire process,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some expenses, such as operating costs, have an immediate impact on how much people pay in their bills. But other costs, such as long-term investments in insulating or burying power lines, are stretched out over years, meaning they add to bills for decades to come.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Over time, these capital costs are growing due to factors like depreciation and the returns utilities are allowed to generate. This creates a compounding effect, meaning wildfire-related capital costs will take up an increasing share of what California customers are charged in the future.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Feeling the pinch in Oakland, the fear near Malibu\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The burden of the rising bills is hitting many Californians hard. Roshonda Wilson, of Oakland, couldn’t afford to pay her power bill even though she said she watches television only after sunset, refrains from running unnecessary appliances and is hyper-aware of every energy-consuming action in her household. At one point, PG&E turned her power off this year. “I couldn’t catch up,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On the other hand, Moss — who has weathered not just the trauma of losing her home near Malibu but also the difficult process of rebuilding — says the expensive wildfire prevention work is critical to prevent more tragedies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Even though (burying power lines) is costly and time-consuming, the cost and time of not doing it is starting to seem more devastating to a broader swath of people,” Moss said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nevertheless, the rate hikes have alarmed climate activists who fear rising power bills in California may trigger a backlash against the state’s effort to switch to renewable energy and influence other states, too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The state, we fear, will start to lose the political will to keep pushing on,” said Mohit Chhabra, a senior scientist with the Natural Resources Defense Council. “The problem with that is not that California will be a few years late — we can handle that. But the impact on all the other states who are looking at California.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Natasha Uzcátegui-Liggett and Miguel Gutierrez Jr. contributed to this report.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>As Kenneth Gaines drove out of his driveway in his red Chevy Silverado truck around 7 p.m. on July 26, he could see fire glowing in the distance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I saw the flames, and they jumped the highway,” Gaines, 74, said. “It was less than a mile from my gate.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gaines evacuated from his 160-acre ranch in Paynes Creek, a census-designated place in Tehama County with a population under 100. It’s been his home for 25 years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Park Fire rapidly approached. He grabbed his phone and wallet but had no time to collect cherished mementos. He had already rounded his flock of 13 sheep and nine dogs into pens surrounded by space that he cleared of brush.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I didn’t want to leave. I stayed through the Ponderosa Fire,” Gaines, an Oakland native, said, referring to the 2017 wildfire that destroyed 54 buildings, including 32 homes, in neighboring Butte County. He thought, “This is a much bigger fire. It’s moving a lot faster, and it’s moving in my direction.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Park Fire, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11997808/northern-california-man-accused-of-starting-massive-park-fire-charged-with-arson\">allegedly started by a man who pushed a burning car into a gully\u003c/a>, is now the fifth largest in the state’s history. It has \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11997987/hundreds-of-pge-poles-damaged-in-massive-park-fire-as-crews-work-to-restore-power\">burned over 385,000 acres\u003c/a> — 600 square miles — in Butte and Tehama counties and destroyed at least 192 structures. Hundreds of PG&E power poles and other equipment suffered extensive damage as the fire swept through a vast area of rural Northern California, leaving thousands of people without electricity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11998356\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11998356\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240727-ParkFireEvacuee-007-BL.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240727-ParkFireEvacuee-007-BL.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240727-ParkFireEvacuee-007-BL-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240727-ParkFireEvacuee-007-BL-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240727-ParkFireEvacuee-007-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240727-ParkFireEvacuee-007-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gaines waits for news about his property and livestock in the town of Dales, Tehama County, on July 27, after evacuating his property near Paynes Creek the evening before. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11998358\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11998358\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240727-ParkFireEvacuee-024-BL.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240727-ParkFireEvacuee-024-BL.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240727-ParkFireEvacuee-024-BL-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240727-ParkFireEvacuee-024-BL-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240727-ParkFireEvacuee-024-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240727-ParkFireEvacuee-024-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gaines shows a photo on his phone of his sheep named Gray Boy. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Gaines’ property is situated along Highway 36 in Tehama County, about 150 miles north of Sacramento. Dense forests, open grazing fields and rugged volcanic rock formations mark the rural landscape. In the last week, a KQED photographer spent three days with Gaines as he waited to return to his property.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A retired Oakland Unified School District gardener, Gaines, who friends know as Kenny, was inspired to buy his land by fellow Oakland cowboys who purchased land outside the Bay. After seeing an ad for the property in the Oakland Tribune and visiting, Gaines said he fell in love. “I knew exactly where I wanted to be.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The area is known for its hot, dry summers and history of wildfires. The Finley Lake Fire scorched Gaines’ property in 1990, one year after he purchased it. The fire claimed ornate manzanita trees, some that were hundreds of years old, as well as California junipers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I was heartbroken, but it came back. It opened [the land] up, actually. Because it was really too thick,” Gaines said, referring to the brush that covered his land.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gaines sold his one-bedroom house in the Brookfield Village neighborhood of East Oakland and moved to Paynes Creek in 1999.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He spent most of his early years living on a farm in Bakersfield, working alongside his parents to pick cotton and vegetables. His first real paycheck was from working cattle at a nearby ranch.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gaines knew of the potential wildfire dangers and took precautions to keep his animals safe. He trained his sheep to come in when he blew a whistle, and he created defensible space.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I live in a heavily wooded, heavily brushy area. And this is just part of it,” he said. “I like it better than living in Oakland. I have my solitude. I’m right on Battle Creek Canyon. I don’t have to see anybody if I don’t want to. I really don’t have any neighbors. I love it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11998372\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11998372\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240727-ParkFire-30-BL.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240727-ParkFire-30-BL.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240727-ParkFire-30-BL-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240727-ParkFire-30-BL-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240727-ParkFire-30-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240727-ParkFire-30-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A fire burns next to charred ground along Highway 36 near Gaines’ property on July 27 after the Park Fire swept through the area the evening before. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>After leaving his property, Gaines went to a trailhead parking lot about 15 miles away. He spent the night in the front seat of his truck, getting what little sleep he could. As he watched the wildfire in the distance, he worried about his animals.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Early on July 27, he drove to the police checkpoint three times to see if they would let him enter the mandatory evacuation zone to check on the sheep and dogs. He was denied each time because the fire was still active near his home. After the third visit to the checkpoint, his truck broke down. His close friend, Ken Coates, helped Gaines work on the truck in Coates’ front yard. They watched fire trucks rolling past. That afternoon, a Cal Fire officer told Gaines that his animals had survived but that his home, a single-wide trailer, had not.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11998357\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11998357\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240727-ParkFireEvacuee-020-BL.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240727-ParkFireEvacuee-020-BL.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240727-ParkFireEvacuee-020-BL-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240727-ParkFireEvacuee-020-BL-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240727-ParkFireEvacuee-020-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240727-ParkFireEvacuee-020-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A Cal Fire officer informs Gaines on July 27 that while his home was destroyed in the Park Fire, his animals survived. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11998361\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11998361\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240728-ParkFireEvacuee-01-BL-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240728-ParkFireEvacuee-01-BL-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240728-ParkFireEvacuee-01-BL-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240728-ParkFireEvacuee-01-BL-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240728-ParkFireEvacuee-01-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240728-ParkFireEvacuee-01-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240728-ParkFireEvacuee-01-BL-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240728-ParkFireEvacuee-01-BL-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gaines works on the truck he evacuated in, which broke down the next day. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11998409\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11998409\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240728-ParkFireEvacuee-03-BL.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240728-ParkFireEvacuee-03-BL.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240728-ParkFireEvacuee-03-BL-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240728-ParkFireEvacuee-03-BL-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240728-ParkFireEvacuee-03-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240728-ParkFireEvacuee-03-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gaines works underneath his truck while Coates assists in Dales, California, near the police checkpoint for the Park Fire mandatory evacuation zone. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Like many of his neighbors, Gaines does not have fire insurance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“What are you going to do? Take the bitter with the sweet,” he said. “Thank God I didn’t get burned up.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gaines was relieved and saddened but remained resolute.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Even though my place is burnt to cinders, it’s still my place,” he said. “Burn the trees. You can’t burn the land. The trees will come back. The grass will come back. It’ll green up,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When he evacuated, he left behind items like photo albums and a leather carving that won him first prize at the Kern County Art Exposition in the 11th grade.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nearly 60 hours after evacuating, Gaines was escorted by the Tehama County Sheriff’s Search and Rescue team to tend to his livestock. Coates gave him a ride. As they two entered the property, they passed by the charred remains of his single-wide trailer and a truck he had parked in front. Navigating through the hazy, blackened landscape, they reached the pen.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He was only allowed 20 minutes on the property to feed his animals, which didn’t leave time to assess damages to the property.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11998362\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11998362\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240729-ParkFireEvacuee-06-BL.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240729-ParkFireEvacuee-06-BL.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240729-ParkFireEvacuee-06-BL-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240729-ParkFireEvacuee-06-BL-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240729-ParkFireEvacuee-06-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240729-ParkFireEvacuee-06-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ken Coates drives Gaines through his property to give food and water to his dogs and sheep on July 29. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11998364\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1878px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11998364\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240729-ParkFireEvacuee-58-BL.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1878\" height=\"1252\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240729-ParkFireEvacuee-58-BL.jpg 1878w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240729-ParkFireEvacuee-58-BL-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240729-ParkFireEvacuee-58-BL-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240729-ParkFireEvacuee-58-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240729-ParkFireEvacuee-58-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1878px) 100vw, 1878px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The charred remains of Gaines’ home and truck on July 29. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11998363\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11998363\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240729-ParkFireEvacuee-09-BL.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240729-ParkFireEvacuee-09-BL.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240729-ParkFireEvacuee-09-BL-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240729-ParkFireEvacuee-09-BL-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240729-ParkFireEvacuee-09-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240729-ParkFireEvacuee-09-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gaines speaks with Tehama County Sheriff’s Search and Rescue team members Garrett Gantenbein (center) and Mick Quirke about the location of the animals on his property. Gaines brought ice chests and other containers filled with water for the animals. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11998365\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11998365\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240729-ParkFireEvacuee-18-BL.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240729-ParkFireEvacuee-18-BL.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240729-ParkFireEvacuee-18-BL-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240729-ParkFireEvacuee-18-BL-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240729-ParkFireEvacuee-18-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240729-ParkFireEvacuee-18-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gaines’ flock of sheep wait to be fed on July 29, after they survived the Park Fire. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11998426\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11998426\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240729-ParkFireEvacuee-80-BL.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240729-ParkFireEvacuee-80-BL.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240729-ParkFireEvacuee-80-BL-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240729-ParkFireEvacuee-80-BL-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240729-ParkFireEvacuee-80-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240729-ParkFireEvacuee-80-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gaines feeds his sheep and dogs on July 29. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Gaines is focused on fixing his truck, finding clothes at Goodwill and buying a generator. He also needs another trailer to live on his property once again.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Despite facing yet another wildfire on his land, he declared, ‘‘I’m going to tell them to scatter my ashes there.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>If you’d like to help fire victims, \u003c/em>\u003cem>\u003ca href=\"https://www.gofundme.com/c/act/wildfire-relief/california/northern\">here’s a verified list of GoFundMe campaigns\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-Kenneth-Gaines-rebuild-after-park-fire\">including Kenneth Gaines\u003c/a>,\u003c/em>\u003cem> for Northern California wildfire relief.\u003cbr>\n\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I didn’t want to leave. I stayed through the Ponderosa Fire,” Gaines, an Oakland native, said, referring to the 2017 wildfire that destroyed 54 buildings, including 32 homes, in neighboring Butte County. He thought, “This is a much bigger fire. It’s moving a lot faster, and it’s moving in my direction.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Park Fire, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11997808/northern-california-man-accused-of-starting-massive-park-fire-charged-with-arson\">allegedly started by a man who pushed a burning car into a gully\u003c/a>, is now the fifth largest in the state’s history. It has \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11997987/hundreds-of-pge-poles-damaged-in-massive-park-fire-as-crews-work-to-restore-power\">burned over 385,000 acres\u003c/a> — 600 square miles — in Butte and Tehama counties and destroyed at least 192 structures. Hundreds of PG&E power poles and other equipment suffered extensive damage as the fire swept through a vast area of rural Northern California, leaving thousands of people without electricity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11998356\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11998356\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240727-ParkFireEvacuee-007-BL.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240727-ParkFireEvacuee-007-BL.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240727-ParkFireEvacuee-007-BL-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240727-ParkFireEvacuee-007-BL-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240727-ParkFireEvacuee-007-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240727-ParkFireEvacuee-007-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gaines waits for news about his property and livestock in the town of Dales, Tehama County, on July 27, after evacuating his property near Paynes Creek the evening before. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11998358\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11998358\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240727-ParkFireEvacuee-024-BL.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240727-ParkFireEvacuee-024-BL.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240727-ParkFireEvacuee-024-BL-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240727-ParkFireEvacuee-024-BL-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240727-ParkFireEvacuee-024-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240727-ParkFireEvacuee-024-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gaines shows a photo on his phone of his sheep named Gray Boy. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Gaines’ property is situated along Highway 36 in Tehama County, about 150 miles north of Sacramento. Dense forests, open grazing fields and rugged volcanic rock formations mark the rural landscape. In the last week, a KQED photographer spent three days with Gaines as he waited to return to his property.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A retired Oakland Unified School District gardener, Gaines, who friends know as Kenny, was inspired to buy his land by fellow Oakland cowboys who purchased land outside the Bay. After seeing an ad for the property in the Oakland Tribune and visiting, Gaines said he fell in love. “I knew exactly where I wanted to be.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The area is known for its hot, dry summers and history of wildfires. The Finley Lake Fire scorched Gaines’ property in 1990, one year after he purchased it. The fire claimed ornate manzanita trees, some that were hundreds of years old, as well as California junipers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I was heartbroken, but it came back. It opened [the land] up, actually. Because it was really too thick,” Gaines said, referring to the brush that covered his land.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gaines sold his one-bedroom house in the Brookfield Village neighborhood of East Oakland and moved to Paynes Creek in 1999.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He spent most of his early years living on a farm in Bakersfield, working alongside his parents to pick cotton and vegetables. His first real paycheck was from working cattle at a nearby ranch.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gaines knew of the potential wildfire dangers and took precautions to keep his animals safe. He trained his sheep to come in when he blew a whistle, and he created defensible space.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I live in a heavily wooded, heavily brushy area. And this is just part of it,” he said. “I like it better than living in Oakland. I have my solitude. I’m right on Battle Creek Canyon. I don’t have to see anybody if I don’t want to. I really don’t have any neighbors. I love it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11998372\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11998372\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240727-ParkFire-30-BL.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240727-ParkFire-30-BL.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240727-ParkFire-30-BL-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240727-ParkFire-30-BL-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240727-ParkFire-30-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240727-ParkFire-30-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A fire burns next to charred ground along Highway 36 near Gaines’ property on July 27 after the Park Fire swept through the area the evening before. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>After leaving his property, Gaines went to a trailhead parking lot about 15 miles away. He spent the night in the front seat of his truck, getting what little sleep he could. As he watched the wildfire in the distance, he worried about his animals.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Early on July 27, he drove to the police checkpoint three times to see if they would let him enter the mandatory evacuation zone to check on the sheep and dogs. He was denied each time because the fire was still active near his home. After the third visit to the checkpoint, his truck broke down. His close friend, Ken Coates, helped Gaines work on the truck in Coates’ front yard. They watched fire trucks rolling past. That afternoon, a Cal Fire officer told Gaines that his animals had survived but that his home, a single-wide trailer, had not.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11998357\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11998357\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240727-ParkFireEvacuee-020-BL.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240727-ParkFireEvacuee-020-BL.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240727-ParkFireEvacuee-020-BL-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240727-ParkFireEvacuee-020-BL-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240727-ParkFireEvacuee-020-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240727-ParkFireEvacuee-020-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A Cal Fire officer informs Gaines on July 27 that while his home was destroyed in the Park Fire, his animals survived. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11998361\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11998361\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240728-ParkFireEvacuee-01-BL-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240728-ParkFireEvacuee-01-BL-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240728-ParkFireEvacuee-01-BL-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240728-ParkFireEvacuee-01-BL-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240728-ParkFireEvacuee-01-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240728-ParkFireEvacuee-01-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240728-ParkFireEvacuee-01-BL-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240728-ParkFireEvacuee-01-BL-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gaines works on the truck he evacuated in, which broke down the next day. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11998409\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11998409\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240728-ParkFireEvacuee-03-BL.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240728-ParkFireEvacuee-03-BL.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240728-ParkFireEvacuee-03-BL-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240728-ParkFireEvacuee-03-BL-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240728-ParkFireEvacuee-03-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240728-ParkFireEvacuee-03-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gaines works underneath his truck while Coates assists in Dales, California, near the police checkpoint for the Park Fire mandatory evacuation zone. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Like many of his neighbors, Gaines does not have fire insurance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“What are you going to do? Take the bitter with the sweet,” he said. “Thank God I didn’t get burned up.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gaines was relieved and saddened but remained resolute.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Even though my place is burnt to cinders, it’s still my place,” he said. “Burn the trees. You can’t burn the land. The trees will come back. The grass will come back. It’ll green up,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When he evacuated, he left behind items like photo albums and a leather carving that won him first prize at the Kern County Art Exposition in the 11th grade.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nearly 60 hours after evacuating, Gaines was escorted by the Tehama County Sheriff’s Search and Rescue team to tend to his livestock. Coates gave him a ride. As they two entered the property, they passed by the charred remains of his single-wide trailer and a truck he had parked in front. Navigating through the hazy, blackened landscape, they reached the pen.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He was only allowed 20 minutes on the property to feed his animals, which didn’t leave time to assess damages to the property.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11998362\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11998362\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240729-ParkFireEvacuee-06-BL.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240729-ParkFireEvacuee-06-BL.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240729-ParkFireEvacuee-06-BL-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240729-ParkFireEvacuee-06-BL-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240729-ParkFireEvacuee-06-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240729-ParkFireEvacuee-06-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ken Coates drives Gaines through his property to give food and water to his dogs and sheep on July 29. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11998364\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1878px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11998364\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240729-ParkFireEvacuee-58-BL.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1878\" height=\"1252\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240729-ParkFireEvacuee-58-BL.jpg 1878w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240729-ParkFireEvacuee-58-BL-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240729-ParkFireEvacuee-58-BL-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240729-ParkFireEvacuee-58-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240729-ParkFireEvacuee-58-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1878px) 100vw, 1878px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The charred remains of Gaines’ home and truck on July 29. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11998363\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11998363\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240729-ParkFireEvacuee-09-BL.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240729-ParkFireEvacuee-09-BL.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240729-ParkFireEvacuee-09-BL-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240729-ParkFireEvacuee-09-BL-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240729-ParkFireEvacuee-09-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240729-ParkFireEvacuee-09-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gaines speaks with Tehama County Sheriff’s Search and Rescue team members Garrett Gantenbein (center) and Mick Quirke about the location of the animals on his property. Gaines brought ice chests and other containers filled with water for the animals. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11998365\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11998365\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240729-ParkFireEvacuee-18-BL.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240729-ParkFireEvacuee-18-BL.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240729-ParkFireEvacuee-18-BL-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240729-ParkFireEvacuee-18-BL-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240729-ParkFireEvacuee-18-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240729-ParkFireEvacuee-18-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gaines’ flock of sheep wait to be fed on July 29, after they survived the Park Fire. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11998426\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11998426\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240729-ParkFireEvacuee-80-BL.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240729-ParkFireEvacuee-80-BL.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240729-ParkFireEvacuee-80-BL-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240729-ParkFireEvacuee-80-BL-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240729-ParkFireEvacuee-80-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240729-ParkFireEvacuee-80-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gaines feeds his sheep and dogs on July 29. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Gaines is focused on fixing his truck, finding clothes at Goodwill and buying a generator. He also needs another trailer to live on his property once again.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Despite facing yet another wildfire on his land, he declared, ‘‘I’m going to tell them to scatter my ashes there.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>If you’d like to help fire victims, \u003c/em>\u003cem>\u003ca href=\"https://www.gofundme.com/c/act/wildfire-relief/california/northern\">here’s a verified list of GoFundMe campaigns\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-Kenneth-Gaines-rebuild-after-park-fire\">including Kenneth Gaines\u003c/a>,\u003c/em>\u003cem> for Northern California wildfire relief.\u003cbr>\n\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Butte County residents have been here before. The area \u003ca href=\"https://buttefiresafe.net/document-library/butte-county-fire-history-map/\">has seen significant blazes\u003c/a> nearly every year since 2016, including the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11785247/a-year-after-the-camp-fire-locals-are-rebuilding-paradise\">deadliest in California’s history\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now, with the Park Fire \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11997515/massive-park-fire-near-chico-destroys-134-structures-as-it-burns-out-of-control\">burning out of control\u003c/a> just west of the town of Paradise, which was leveled by the 2018 Camp Fire, thousands in Butte County are once again dealing with a dangerous and rapidly evolving situation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>About 4,000 people have been ordered to evacuate their homes in the rural woodland communities threatened by the wildfire, many of them landing in Chico — a city that’s no stranger to taking in those displaced by the fire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We have a lot of residents from Paradise here now living in Chico,” Chico Mayor Andrew Coolidge said. “It’s a hard moment for the city of Chico and the folks surrounding us.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Coolidge said many Chico residents were prepared for this, welcoming evacuees into their homes in 2018.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Chico is very good at taking folks from other towns during these kinds of times,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For Coolidge, the Park Fire is evoking painful personal memories. He lost his father in the Cascade Fire in 2017. Then-councilman Coolidge’s father, who was 78, lived in neighboring Yuba County and was \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11697682/pge-lines-caused-last-years-deadly-cascade-fire-cal-fire-says\">one of four killed in the fire\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’ve become that community that understands the hardships of fire,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sherry Alpers remembers the 2018 Camp Fire well.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It was 11 miles from my house, so it was kind of close too,” she said Thursday at an evacuation center set up at Neighborhood Church of Chico.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11997637\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11997637\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240726-PARKFIRE-33-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240726-PARKFIRE-33-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240726-PARKFIRE-33-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240726-PARKFIRE-33-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240726-PARKFIRE-33-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240726-PARKFIRE-33-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240726-PARKFIRE-33-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Forest Ranch resident Sherry Alpers takes her dog Valentino for a walk at the Neighborhood Church Evacuation Center in Chico on July 26, 2024, after evacuating her home due to the Park Fire. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Alpers and her dogs were evacuated from their home on Forest Ranch Road in Cohasset on Wednesday night.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We were just at the grocery store, and we saw the fire on the way up, and the airplane was dropping the fire retardant on it,” she said. “And then, a couple hours later, we got a warning about an evacuation. So, I just grabbed the dogs and, took off and came back down. I think I was one of the first people that got here.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Given the past few years of fire activity, Alpers said she’s not surprised by this latest blaze.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s fire season, and people are stupid,” she said. “It’s really dry out there. You got to be careful.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Arson investigators believe the blaze was started by a man who pushed a burning car into a gully in Chico’s upper Bidwell Park. Ronnie Dean Stout II, 42, of Chico, was \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1993684/arson-suspect-arrested-park-fire-near-chico-californias-largest-this-year\">arrested Thursday morning\u003c/a> on suspicion of arson and is being held without bail in Butte County Jail.[aside postID=news_11997515 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240726-ParkFire-25-BL-1020x680.jpg']“Everybody is just in complete awe,” Chico Councilmember Addison Winslow said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s only so many ways that you could create a public enemy worse than PG&E in our area,” he said, referring to the fact that one of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11747485/cal-fires-official-finding-pge-equipment-touched-off-camp-fire\">utility company’s transmission lines sparked \u003c/a>the 2018 Camp Fire. “This guy really managed to take the cake on that one.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Winslow said he’s concerned about the potential long-term ramifications of this fire after the Camp Fire left many residents homeless. Chico already lacks enough affordable housing for its residents, he said, and losing affordable homes in the foothills could supercharge the shortage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We have seen in the past enormous waves of secondary displacement following these fires,” Winslow said. “And my fear is that we’re going to enter into another such era right now.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Winslow said he’s working with the city attorney to ensure protections are in place, especially protections against price gouging by hotels and landlords in the fire’s aftermath.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s a lot of fear of what comes next,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For now, he said, he’s taking pride in how his community has stepped up to help its neighbors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m impressed. I’m proud. 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"content": "\u003cp>Chelsea and Noah Isaacs were busy new parents to twin daughters when they lost their home in the Camp Fire in Paradise. That same day — Nov. 8, 2018 — Chelsea discovered she was pregnant again; later she would learn it was with another set of twins.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"All of those things kind of created this perfect storm of appreciation for what I've got, but then at the same time this feeling of 'how is this all going to work?' that was really overwhelming initially,\" Chelsea said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11788784\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1300px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11788784\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/49a9820_e_npr_custom-87b31035be8ef53e08d57cb5c4c5db07754ee401-s1300-c85.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1300\" height=\"865\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/49a9820_e_npr_custom-87b31035be8ef53e08d57cb5c4c5db07754ee401-s1300-c85.jpg 1300w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/49a9820_e_npr_custom-87b31035be8ef53e08d57cb5c4c5db07754ee401-s1300-c85-160x106.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/49a9820_e_npr_custom-87b31035be8ef53e08d57cb5c4c5db07754ee401-s1300-c85-800x532.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/49a9820_e_npr_custom-87b31035be8ef53e08d57cb5c4c5db07754ee401-s1300-c85-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/49a9820_e_npr_custom-87b31035be8ef53e08d57cb5c4c5db07754ee401-s1300-c85-1200x798.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1300px) 100vw, 1300px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A view of the canyon on Aug. 1 in Magalia. Only a handful of homes in nearby Paradise have been rebuilt since the Camp Fire in November 2018. \u003ccite>(Rachel Bujalski/NPR)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The family evacuated safely, but their home was destroyed. Noah said just two artifacts mysteriously survived unscathed: his 1956 Studebaker Commander, and the small patch of grass beneath it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside tag=\"camp-fire\" label=\"Related coverage\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chelsea's mom, Kim Schwartz, had been living on the Isaacs' land in a tiny house before the fire and was displaced alongside them. Together, the family stayed with friends and relatives in the weeks after the fire as they assessed their options: Should they rebuild or relocate?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Noah and Kim both work in Chico, a city about 15 miles away, and needed to stay in the area. Noah said he and Chelsea considered buying a home in a neighboring town, but it was costly and just didn't feel right. \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2019/05/29/724407043/after-paradise-living-with-fire-means-redefining-resilience\">Rebuilding a new house\u003c/a> on the same property ultimately proved the better option for insurance purposes, as they could build a bigger structure from scratch at a reasonable rate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Really, as crappy as everything went ... when everything's said and done and we look back, we'll say that might have been one of the best things that's happened to us,\" Noah said. \"And I know a lot of people can't say that.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11788835\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1300px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11788835 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/49a9258_e_npr-edit_custom-4beec8ae0e36e9972cedd91968df28c5cc45b634-s1300-c85-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1300\" height=\"865\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/49a9258_e_npr-edit_custom-4beec8ae0e36e9972cedd91968df28c5cc45b634-s1300-c85-1.jpg 1300w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/49a9258_e_npr-edit_custom-4beec8ae0e36e9972cedd91968df28c5cc45b634-s1300-c85-1-160x106.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/49a9258_e_npr-edit_custom-4beec8ae0e36e9972cedd91968df28c5cc45b634-s1300-c85-1-800x532.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/49a9258_e_npr-edit_custom-4beec8ae0e36e9972cedd91968df28c5cc45b634-s1300-c85-1-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/49a9258_e_npr-edit_custom-4beec8ae0e36e9972cedd91968df28c5cc45b634-s1300-c85-1-1200x798.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1300px) 100vw, 1300px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chelsea holds her newborn twin boys, August and Bishop, while Noah watches Harper and Riley play outside their RV in August. Since the fire, Chelsea and Noah and Chelsea's mom decided to rebuild their home in Paradise, California, on their same piece of land. \u003ccite>(Rachel Bujalski/NPR)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>A year after the fire,\u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2019/11/09/777801169/the-camp-fire-destroyed-11-000-homes-a-year-later-only-11-have-been-rebuilt\"> only 11 of the 11,000 homes destroyed\u003c/a> in Paradise have been rebuilt. Noah credited his cousin, a longtime general contractor, and Chelsea's grandfather, an architect, with respectively providing the industry knowledge and \"fair deal\" needed to jump-start the process efficiently.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Isaacses place an enormous value on family. It's the reason they are able to rebuild in an area that was ravaged by fires, and the reason they want to stay there in the first place.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11788836\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1300px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11788836\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/paradise-trio1_custom-cb9335b81755e71dff51926de77d3422cecfadd3-s1300-c85.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1300\" height=\"1300\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/paradise-trio1_custom-cb9335b81755e71dff51926de77d3422cecfadd3-s1300-c85.jpg 1300w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/paradise-trio1_custom-cb9335b81755e71dff51926de77d3422cecfadd3-s1300-c85-160x160.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/paradise-trio1_custom-cb9335b81755e71dff51926de77d3422cecfadd3-s1300-c85-800x800.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/paradise-trio1_custom-cb9335b81755e71dff51926de77d3422cecfadd3-s1300-c85-1020x1020.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/paradise-trio1_custom-cb9335b81755e71dff51926de77d3422cecfadd3-s1300-c85-1200x1200.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/paradise-trio1_custom-cb9335b81755e71dff51926de77d3422cecfadd3-s1300-c85-1104x1104.jpg 1104w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/paradise-trio1_custom-cb9335b81755e71dff51926de77d3422cecfadd3-s1300-c85-912x912.jpg 912w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/paradise-trio1_custom-cb9335b81755e71dff51926de77d3422cecfadd3-s1300-c85-550x550.jpg 550w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/paradise-trio1_custom-cb9335b81755e71dff51926de77d3422cecfadd3-s1300-c85-470x470.jpg 470w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1300px) 100vw, 1300px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Left: Noah holds 4-month-old Bishop in the bedroom of their RV in November. Right: Riley looks out the window of their RV. Bottom: Harper and Riley, 2, wake up in their cribs. The Isaacses place an enormous value on family. It's the reason they are able to rebuild in an area that was ravaged by fires, and the reason they want to stay there in the first place. \u003ccite>(Rachel Bujalski/NPR)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\"I know we couldn't leave this area too far because we have everybody here, all our family's here and that's really important to us,\" Chelsea said. \"Noah has ... people who babysat him when he was a child that he still talks to, and stuff like that. I want my kids to have that.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chelsea said thinking about her growing family helped her get through this period of uncertainty. The timing was \"kind of perfect,\" she said, because it gave her an opportunity to focus on something other than the fire. And it forced her to keep stress-induced habits, like eating junk food and smoking cigarettes, at bay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11788838\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1300px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11788838\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/49a4147_e_npr_custom-1722918fa907bd124e1a7e760433e58b74db8d3e-s1300-c85.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1300\" height=\"865\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/49a4147_e_npr_custom-1722918fa907bd124e1a7e760433e58b74db8d3e-s1300-c85.jpg 1300w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/49a4147_e_npr_custom-1722918fa907bd124e1a7e760433e58b74db8d3e-s1300-c85-160x106.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/49a4147_e_npr_custom-1722918fa907bd124e1a7e760433e58b74db8d3e-s1300-c85-800x532.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/49a4147_e_npr_custom-1722918fa907bd124e1a7e760433e58b74db8d3e-s1300-c85-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/49a4147_e_npr_custom-1722918fa907bd124e1a7e760433e58b74db8d3e-s1300-c85-1200x798.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1300px) 100vw, 1300px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chelsea's mom, Kim Schwartz, holds Bishop. Schwartz will move into a tract home on a piece of land next to Chelsea and Noah's house. She is excited to have her own place but still be near her four grandchildren, with whom she hopes to arrange monthly individual overnights for quality one-on-one time. \u003ccite>(Rachel Bujalski/NPR)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>With construction underway, Kim, Chelsea, Noah and their girls — who were less than 2 years old at the time — moved into a temporary home. They bought an RV and parked it on a friend's vacant lot in nearby Magalia. Two newborns boys joined them in July 2019.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Space in the trailer is limited but used efficiently. For example, Chelsea's mom, Kim Schwartz, says there is just enough room for two pack-and-play cribs at the back of the RV, and she sleeps in the loft.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11788839\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1300px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11788839\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/49a3507_e_npr_custom-519af7e53870d7edef30e0bd930eb0bbac20d861-s1300-c85.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1300\" height=\"865\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/49a3507_e_npr_custom-519af7e53870d7edef30e0bd930eb0bbac20d861-s1300-c85.jpg 1300w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/49a3507_e_npr_custom-519af7e53870d7edef30e0bd930eb0bbac20d861-s1300-c85-160x106.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/49a3507_e_npr_custom-519af7e53870d7edef30e0bd930eb0bbac20d861-s1300-c85-800x532.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/49a3507_e_npr_custom-519af7e53870d7edef30e0bd930eb0bbac20d861-s1300-c85-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/49a3507_e_npr_custom-519af7e53870d7edef30e0bd930eb0bbac20d861-s1300-c85-1200x798.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1300px) 100vw, 1300px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Noah and Chelsea take their kids to look at their new house they're rebuilding in Paradise. \u003ccite>(Rachel Bujalski/NPR)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Schwartz says her family is \"exceptional at this situation.\" They have always been close, and have adapted to their new routine.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2016/03/28/468172578/ready-for-a-road-trip-rvs-are-rolling-back-into-fashion\">life in the RV \u003c/a>has its challenges. Privacy is limited, the structure doesn't necessarily feel stable or safe, and it is parked in a relatively remote area surrounded by trees — a fire hazard that makes Chelsea nervous. Beyond that, when her daughters play inside, they shake the thin-walled structure and wake up their brothers, and Chelsea wishes she didn't have to tell them \"no\" so much.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11788840\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1300px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11788840\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/49a3825_e_npr_custom-9ecc5405bbd34dc501672a1ea1a3136b8b320476-s1300-c85.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1300\" height=\"865\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/49a3825_e_npr_custom-9ecc5405bbd34dc501672a1ea1a3136b8b320476-s1300-c85.jpg 1300w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/49a3825_e_npr_custom-9ecc5405bbd34dc501672a1ea1a3136b8b320476-s1300-c85-160x106.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/49a3825_e_npr_custom-9ecc5405bbd34dc501672a1ea1a3136b8b320476-s1300-c85-800x532.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/49a3825_e_npr_custom-9ecc5405bbd34dc501672a1ea1a3136b8b320476-s1300-c85-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/49a3825_e_npr_custom-9ecc5405bbd34dc501672a1ea1a3136b8b320476-s1300-c85-1200x798.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1300px) 100vw, 1300px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chelsea takes her kids to the grocery store. The family won't miss the RV when it's time to move into their new home in January. They are looking forward to the big things, like making the house their own, and the little things, like having better water pressure. \u003ccite>(Rachel Bujalski/NPR)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\"At least we have something that's ours again, we're regaining something,\" Chelsea said. \"But then having to adapt to how different our lives had become overnight was ... intense.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The family members say they are thankful for their time in the trailer. It gave them a place to call home in a time of extreme transition. And, as Noah says, it brought them literally and figuratively closer together.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11788841\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1300px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11788841\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/49a2957_e_npr_custom-ae183c5c8b42e03a11291d28cd1d5809dcf5bec3-s1300-c85.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1300\" height=\"865\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/49a2957_e_npr_custom-ae183c5c8b42e03a11291d28cd1d5809dcf5bec3-s1300-c85.jpg 1300w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/49a2957_e_npr_custom-ae183c5c8b42e03a11291d28cd1d5809dcf5bec3-s1300-c85-160x106.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/49a2957_e_npr_custom-ae183c5c8b42e03a11291d28cd1d5809dcf5bec3-s1300-c85-800x532.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/49a2957_e_npr_custom-ae183c5c8b42e03a11291d28cd1d5809dcf5bec3-s1300-c85-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/49a2957_e_npr_custom-ae183c5c8b42e03a11291d28cd1d5809dcf5bec3-s1300-c85-1200x798.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1300px) 100vw, 1300px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chelsea watches her twin daughters, Harper and Riley, while her mom, Kim, plays with the twin boys, August and Bishop, in their RV. Noah and Chelsea don't know how it will feel to be back in their house, one of the first on their street to be rebuilt. \u003ccite>(Rachel Bujalski/NPR)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But they won't miss it when it's time to move into their new home in January. They are looking forward to the big things, like making the house their own, and the little things, like having better water pressure.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I think I'll ... take the things that I've learned here, and the patience that I've had to gain with my kids and with Noah and with my mom, and I'll take those things and use them in the future and credit this time in the trailer to it,\" Chelsea said. \"But I don't know that I'll be like, 'Man, I wish I was ... standing under that trickling shower.' \"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Schwartz will move into a tract home on a piece of land next to Chelsea and Noah's house. She is excited to have her own place but still be near her four grandchildren, with whom she hopes to arrange monthly individual overnights for quality one-on-one time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11788842\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1300px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11788842\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/49a3715_e_npr_custom-c58d7a616039b7c4e0f218e5d446655b2936cf88-s1300-c85.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1300\" height=\"865\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/49a3715_e_npr_custom-c58d7a616039b7c4e0f218e5d446655b2936cf88-s1300-c85.jpg 1300w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/49a3715_e_npr_custom-c58d7a616039b7c4e0f218e5d446655b2936cf88-s1300-c85-160x106.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/49a3715_e_npr_custom-c58d7a616039b7c4e0f218e5d446655b2936cf88-s1300-c85-800x532.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/49a3715_e_npr_custom-c58d7a616039b7c4e0f218e5d446655b2936cf88-s1300-c85-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/49a3715_e_npr_custom-c58d7a616039b7c4e0f218e5d446655b2936cf88-s1300-c85-1200x798.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1300px) 100vw, 1300px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Noah and Chelsea hug after taking their kids to look at their new house they are rebuilding in Paradise on Nov. 8. The family members say they are thankful for their time in the trailer. It gave them a place to call home in a time of extreme transition. \u003ccite>(Rachel Bujalski/NPR)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Noah and Chelsea don't know how it will feel to be back in their house, one of the first on their street to be rebuilt. Grocery stores in Paradise won't have everything they need, and as far as they know their kids won't have others to play with in the neighborhood. But returning to their old property feels right, and Chelsea says that if that changes, they will reevaluate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"You wouldn't be able to pick our yard out of any other yard on the street because they're all the same, just dirt,\" she said. \"But that dirt felt like ours still. It still felt like we weren't done there yet, and it felt in a good way, like we need to be here.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.rachelbujalski.com/\">\u003cem>Rachel Bujalski\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem> is a documentary photographer based in San Francisco and Los Angeles.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Rachel Treisman\u003c/em> \u003cem>is an intern on NPR's National Desk.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"fullattribution\">\u003cem>Copyright 2019 NPR. To see more, visit \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https://www.npr.org\u003c/a>.\u003cimg src=\"https://www.google-analytics.com/__utm.gif?utmac=UA-5828686-4&utmdt=The+Camp+Fire+Burned+Their+Home%2C+But+Strong+Family+Ties+Kept+Them+In+Paradise&utme=8(APIKey)9(MDAxOTAwOTE4MDEyMTkxMDAzNjczZDljZA004)\">\u003c/em>\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chelsea's mom, Kim Schwartz, had been living on the Isaacs' land in a tiny house before the fire and was displaced alongside them. Together, the family stayed with friends and relatives in the weeks after the fire as they assessed their options: Should they rebuild or relocate?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Noah and Kim both work in Chico, a city about 15 miles away, and needed to stay in the area. Noah said he and Chelsea considered buying a home in a neighboring town, but it was costly and just didn't feel right. \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2019/05/29/724407043/after-paradise-living-with-fire-means-redefining-resilience\">Rebuilding a new house\u003c/a> on the same property ultimately proved the better option for insurance purposes, as they could build a bigger structure from scratch at a reasonable rate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Really, as crappy as everything went ... when everything's said and done and we look back, we'll say that might have been one of the best things that's happened to us,\" Noah said. \"And I know a lot of people can't say that.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11788835\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1300px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11788835 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/49a9258_e_npr-edit_custom-4beec8ae0e36e9972cedd91968df28c5cc45b634-s1300-c85-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1300\" height=\"865\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/49a9258_e_npr-edit_custom-4beec8ae0e36e9972cedd91968df28c5cc45b634-s1300-c85-1.jpg 1300w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/49a9258_e_npr-edit_custom-4beec8ae0e36e9972cedd91968df28c5cc45b634-s1300-c85-1-160x106.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/49a9258_e_npr-edit_custom-4beec8ae0e36e9972cedd91968df28c5cc45b634-s1300-c85-1-800x532.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/49a9258_e_npr-edit_custom-4beec8ae0e36e9972cedd91968df28c5cc45b634-s1300-c85-1-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/49a9258_e_npr-edit_custom-4beec8ae0e36e9972cedd91968df28c5cc45b634-s1300-c85-1-1200x798.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1300px) 100vw, 1300px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chelsea holds her newborn twin boys, August and Bishop, while Noah watches Harper and Riley play outside their RV in August. Since the fire, Chelsea and Noah and Chelsea's mom decided to rebuild their home in Paradise, California, on their same piece of land. \u003ccite>(Rachel Bujalski/NPR)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>A year after the fire,\u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2019/11/09/777801169/the-camp-fire-destroyed-11-000-homes-a-year-later-only-11-have-been-rebuilt\"> only 11 of the 11,000 homes destroyed\u003c/a> in Paradise have been rebuilt. Noah credited his cousin, a longtime general contractor, and Chelsea's grandfather, an architect, with respectively providing the industry knowledge and \"fair deal\" needed to jump-start the process efficiently.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Isaacses place an enormous value on family. It's the reason they are able to rebuild in an area that was ravaged by fires, and the reason they want to stay there in the first place.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11788836\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1300px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11788836\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/paradise-trio1_custom-cb9335b81755e71dff51926de77d3422cecfadd3-s1300-c85.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1300\" height=\"1300\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/paradise-trio1_custom-cb9335b81755e71dff51926de77d3422cecfadd3-s1300-c85.jpg 1300w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/paradise-trio1_custom-cb9335b81755e71dff51926de77d3422cecfadd3-s1300-c85-160x160.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/paradise-trio1_custom-cb9335b81755e71dff51926de77d3422cecfadd3-s1300-c85-800x800.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/paradise-trio1_custom-cb9335b81755e71dff51926de77d3422cecfadd3-s1300-c85-1020x1020.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/paradise-trio1_custom-cb9335b81755e71dff51926de77d3422cecfadd3-s1300-c85-1200x1200.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/paradise-trio1_custom-cb9335b81755e71dff51926de77d3422cecfadd3-s1300-c85-1104x1104.jpg 1104w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/paradise-trio1_custom-cb9335b81755e71dff51926de77d3422cecfadd3-s1300-c85-912x912.jpg 912w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/paradise-trio1_custom-cb9335b81755e71dff51926de77d3422cecfadd3-s1300-c85-550x550.jpg 550w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/paradise-trio1_custom-cb9335b81755e71dff51926de77d3422cecfadd3-s1300-c85-470x470.jpg 470w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1300px) 100vw, 1300px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Left: Noah holds 4-month-old Bishop in the bedroom of their RV in November. Right: Riley looks out the window of their RV. Bottom: Harper and Riley, 2, wake up in their cribs. The Isaacses place an enormous value on family. It's the reason they are able to rebuild in an area that was ravaged by fires, and the reason they want to stay there in the first place. \u003ccite>(Rachel Bujalski/NPR)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\"I know we couldn't leave this area too far because we have everybody here, all our family's here and that's really important to us,\" Chelsea said. \"Noah has ... people who babysat him when he was a child that he still talks to, and stuff like that. I want my kids to have that.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chelsea said thinking about her growing family helped her get through this period of uncertainty. The timing was \"kind of perfect,\" she said, because it gave her an opportunity to focus on something other than the fire. And it forced her to keep stress-induced habits, like eating junk food and smoking cigarettes, at bay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11788838\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1300px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11788838\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/49a4147_e_npr_custom-1722918fa907bd124e1a7e760433e58b74db8d3e-s1300-c85.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1300\" height=\"865\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/49a4147_e_npr_custom-1722918fa907bd124e1a7e760433e58b74db8d3e-s1300-c85.jpg 1300w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/49a4147_e_npr_custom-1722918fa907bd124e1a7e760433e58b74db8d3e-s1300-c85-160x106.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/49a4147_e_npr_custom-1722918fa907bd124e1a7e760433e58b74db8d3e-s1300-c85-800x532.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/49a4147_e_npr_custom-1722918fa907bd124e1a7e760433e58b74db8d3e-s1300-c85-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/49a4147_e_npr_custom-1722918fa907bd124e1a7e760433e58b74db8d3e-s1300-c85-1200x798.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1300px) 100vw, 1300px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chelsea's mom, Kim Schwartz, holds Bishop. Schwartz will move into a tract home on a piece of land next to Chelsea and Noah's house. She is excited to have her own place but still be near her four grandchildren, with whom she hopes to arrange monthly individual overnights for quality one-on-one time. \u003ccite>(Rachel Bujalski/NPR)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>With construction underway, Kim, Chelsea, Noah and their girls — who were less than 2 years old at the time — moved into a temporary home. They bought an RV and parked it on a friend's vacant lot in nearby Magalia. Two newborns boys joined them in July 2019.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Space in the trailer is limited but used efficiently. For example, Chelsea's mom, Kim Schwartz, says there is just enough room for two pack-and-play cribs at the back of the RV, and she sleeps in the loft.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11788839\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1300px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11788839\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/49a3507_e_npr_custom-519af7e53870d7edef30e0bd930eb0bbac20d861-s1300-c85.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1300\" height=\"865\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/49a3507_e_npr_custom-519af7e53870d7edef30e0bd930eb0bbac20d861-s1300-c85.jpg 1300w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/49a3507_e_npr_custom-519af7e53870d7edef30e0bd930eb0bbac20d861-s1300-c85-160x106.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/49a3507_e_npr_custom-519af7e53870d7edef30e0bd930eb0bbac20d861-s1300-c85-800x532.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/49a3507_e_npr_custom-519af7e53870d7edef30e0bd930eb0bbac20d861-s1300-c85-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/49a3507_e_npr_custom-519af7e53870d7edef30e0bd930eb0bbac20d861-s1300-c85-1200x798.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1300px) 100vw, 1300px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Noah and Chelsea take their kids to look at their new house they're rebuilding in Paradise. \u003ccite>(Rachel Bujalski/NPR)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Schwartz says her family is \"exceptional at this situation.\" They have always been close, and have adapted to their new routine.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2016/03/28/468172578/ready-for-a-road-trip-rvs-are-rolling-back-into-fashion\">life in the RV \u003c/a>has its challenges. Privacy is limited, the structure doesn't necessarily feel stable or safe, and it is parked in a relatively remote area surrounded by trees — a fire hazard that makes Chelsea nervous. Beyond that, when her daughters play inside, they shake the thin-walled structure and wake up their brothers, and Chelsea wishes she didn't have to tell them \"no\" so much.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11788840\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1300px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11788840\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/49a3825_e_npr_custom-9ecc5405bbd34dc501672a1ea1a3136b8b320476-s1300-c85.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1300\" height=\"865\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/49a3825_e_npr_custom-9ecc5405bbd34dc501672a1ea1a3136b8b320476-s1300-c85.jpg 1300w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/49a3825_e_npr_custom-9ecc5405bbd34dc501672a1ea1a3136b8b320476-s1300-c85-160x106.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/49a3825_e_npr_custom-9ecc5405bbd34dc501672a1ea1a3136b8b320476-s1300-c85-800x532.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/49a3825_e_npr_custom-9ecc5405bbd34dc501672a1ea1a3136b8b320476-s1300-c85-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/49a3825_e_npr_custom-9ecc5405bbd34dc501672a1ea1a3136b8b320476-s1300-c85-1200x798.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1300px) 100vw, 1300px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chelsea takes her kids to the grocery store. The family won't miss the RV when it's time to move into their new home in January. They are looking forward to the big things, like making the house their own, and the little things, like having better water pressure. \u003ccite>(Rachel Bujalski/NPR)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\"At least we have something that's ours again, we're regaining something,\" Chelsea said. \"But then having to adapt to how different our lives had become overnight was ... intense.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The family members say they are thankful for their time in the trailer. It gave them a place to call home in a time of extreme transition. And, as Noah says, it brought them literally and figuratively closer together.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11788841\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1300px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11788841\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/49a2957_e_npr_custom-ae183c5c8b42e03a11291d28cd1d5809dcf5bec3-s1300-c85.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1300\" height=\"865\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/49a2957_e_npr_custom-ae183c5c8b42e03a11291d28cd1d5809dcf5bec3-s1300-c85.jpg 1300w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/49a2957_e_npr_custom-ae183c5c8b42e03a11291d28cd1d5809dcf5bec3-s1300-c85-160x106.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/49a2957_e_npr_custom-ae183c5c8b42e03a11291d28cd1d5809dcf5bec3-s1300-c85-800x532.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/49a2957_e_npr_custom-ae183c5c8b42e03a11291d28cd1d5809dcf5bec3-s1300-c85-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/49a2957_e_npr_custom-ae183c5c8b42e03a11291d28cd1d5809dcf5bec3-s1300-c85-1200x798.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1300px) 100vw, 1300px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chelsea watches her twin daughters, Harper and Riley, while her mom, Kim, plays with the twin boys, August and Bishop, in their RV. Noah and Chelsea don't know how it will feel to be back in their house, one of the first on their street to be rebuilt. \u003ccite>(Rachel Bujalski/NPR)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But they won't miss it when it's time to move into their new home in January. They are looking forward to the big things, like making the house their own, and the little things, like having better water pressure.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I think I'll ... take the things that I've learned here, and the patience that I've had to gain with my kids and with Noah and with my mom, and I'll take those things and use them in the future and credit this time in the trailer to it,\" Chelsea said. \"But I don't know that I'll be like, 'Man, I wish I was ... standing under that trickling shower.' \"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Schwartz will move into a tract home on a piece of land next to Chelsea and Noah's house. She is excited to have her own place but still be near her four grandchildren, with whom she hopes to arrange monthly individual overnights for quality one-on-one time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11788842\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1300px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11788842\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/49a3715_e_npr_custom-c58d7a616039b7c4e0f218e5d446655b2936cf88-s1300-c85.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1300\" height=\"865\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/49a3715_e_npr_custom-c58d7a616039b7c4e0f218e5d446655b2936cf88-s1300-c85.jpg 1300w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/49a3715_e_npr_custom-c58d7a616039b7c4e0f218e5d446655b2936cf88-s1300-c85-160x106.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/49a3715_e_npr_custom-c58d7a616039b7c4e0f218e5d446655b2936cf88-s1300-c85-800x532.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/49a3715_e_npr_custom-c58d7a616039b7c4e0f218e5d446655b2936cf88-s1300-c85-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/49a3715_e_npr_custom-c58d7a616039b7c4e0f218e5d446655b2936cf88-s1300-c85-1200x798.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1300px) 100vw, 1300px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Noah and Chelsea hug after taking their kids to look at their new house they are rebuilding in Paradise on Nov. 8. The family members say they are thankful for their time in the trailer. It gave them a place to call home in a time of extreme transition. \u003ccite>(Rachel Bujalski/NPR)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Noah and Chelsea don't know how it will feel to be back in their house, one of the first on their street to be rebuilt. Grocery stores in Paradise won't have everything they need, and as far as they know their kids won't have others to play with in the neighborhood. But returning to their old property feels right, and Chelsea says that if that changes, they will reevaluate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"You wouldn't be able to pick our yard out of any other yard on the street because they're all the same, just dirt,\" she said. \"But that dirt felt like ours still. It still felt like we weren't done there yet, and it felt in a good way, like we need to be here.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>The Hornbacks were a close-knit family before the Camp Fire destroyed their hometown of Paradise one year ago. But now, they’re really close.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The multigenerational family of 11 lost all four of their houses in the catastrophic fire that incinerated the town and killed 85 people. After struggling to find new places to live, the individual households pooled their savings to buy one big house on the outskirts of Paradise, moving into it in February.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size='medium' align='right' citation=\"Ed Mayer, Butte County Housing Authority\"]'We still see large numbers of people looking for housing, looking for meaningful housing, looking for stable housing.'[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We were empty nesters and now we're one huge family, 24 hours,” said Lori Hornback, whose kids, Brittani and JB, now have their own families. “Now they don't go home. They stay here.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The new household includes Lori, her husband Jon, their two children and their spouses, four grandchildren and their daughter-in-law’s mother. That's 11 people under one roof, ages 2 to 58.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The large white house sits on a 40-acre lot at the end of a long dirt road, removed from the fire-damaged areas, with a pristine view of the nearby mountains and valleys.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Hornbacks never thought they would all be living together. After the fire, Butte County's already tight housing market was flooded with demand from more than 13,000 displaced families, many living in tents, trailers, on friends’ couches or in shelters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11785668\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/pic5.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11785668\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/pic5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/pic5.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/pic5-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/pic5-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/pic5-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/pic5-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jon and Lori Hornback used to be empty nesters. Now they live with nine other members of their extended family in a three-bedroom house on the outskirts of Paradise. \u003ccite>(Andrew Nixon/Capital Public Radio)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The town's roughly 1,000 rental units that survived the fire were all quickly claimed by fire survivors, according to Ed Mayer, executive director of the Butte County Housing Authority.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The scarcity of housing led to major price spikes, with rental rates jumping around 13% per square foot and sale prices jumping 20% per square foot in the first three weeks after the fire, based on data from Zillow, a real estate listing firm.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rents and home prices have dropped slightly in recent months and there’s now a bit more availability, said Mayer. But finding housing is still a major uphill battle.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We still see large numbers of people looking for housing, looking for meaningful housing, looking for stable housing,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But even as the market is pressuring people to leave, many don’t want to.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There's a real population here, particularly in the hill country, of folks who've lived here ... this is all they know,” Mayer said. “It’s a rural lifestyle and there are the kind of communities up there that are mutually supportive.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>'I Don't Think We Had a Choice'\u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>“I don't think we had a choice,” said Jon Hornback, Lori’s husband, explaining why the extended family moved in together. “We’d looked all over the valley as well. And I'd had my insurance company looking for us, you know, for two months. They looked and never could find anything.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On a recent Wednesday evening, the Hornbacks stood around their kitchen island eating dinner by the glow of electric lanterns. That night, PG&E had shut off power in a preemptive effort to avoid a repeat of the Camp Fire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Nothing’s really the same for us,” Jon said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11785651\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/pic4.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11785651\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/pic4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/pic4.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/pic4-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/pic4-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/pic4-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/pic4-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lori Hornback displays a painting the family asked an artist to make on a portion of a tree stump they found outside their destroyed home. \u003ccite>(Andrew Nixon/Capital Public Radio)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The kitchen spills out onto a large open living room area where the extended family hangs out each night, although now they hardly ever watch TV anymore; everyone streams shows on their own devices so as not to disturb each other.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We've learned to app just about everything,” Jon said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When they’re not trying to be quiet in the mornings, the Hornbacks are such a loud family that “at times you can't hear yourself think,” he added.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But they have a solution for that, too: Even though the house is only technically three bedrooms, the family converted the garage and a couple of other side rooms into extra sleeping areas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When it gets chaotic ... we go to our respective corners and put ourselves in time-out room,” Lori said, laughing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The setup seems to work for Ayden Richardson, Lori and Jon's 9-year-old grandson.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This house is very nice,” he said. “And I love living in it. It's my future home.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Future home?\" Lori interjected. \"It’s your forever home.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Yeah, forever home,” Ayden corrected himself.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lori said when she first saw this house, she knew it was a place they could all live in together. “I got in the foyer and I said, ‘I'm home.’ ”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>Life After Fire\u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Brittani Hornback — Ayden's mom and Jon and Lori’s daughter — said that she and her family lived in a trailer for four months after losing their home in the fire, while searching for a new place to move into near Paradise. But the selection was scarce.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I didn't want to be away from my family and I wanted to go back home,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Not everyone in the family, though, was sold on moving back to Paradise — especially Lori, who was still traumatized from the day they escaped the fire, and worried about lingering toxins from the debris.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The morning the fire broke out, she fled town in a caravan with Brittani and her kids, the flames closing in on them and propane tanks exploding in every direction.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That's all we heard, was propane tanks,” Lori said. “I was picking my son up from elementary school and there were just these big embers. ... We were running from flames and smoke.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11785661\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/pic3-1.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11785661\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/pic3-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/pic3-1.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/pic3-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/pic3-1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/pic3-1-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/pic3-1-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lori Hornback sits with her husband Jon while feeding her granddaughter Marlee. \u003ccite>(Andrew Nixon/Capital Public Radio)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>A number of family members continue to struggle with that trauma, and living under the same roof is helping them deal with it. That was on display that night as they sat around the kitchen table talking, and something started beeping.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Why is the fire alarm going off?” Kelli Hornback, Jon and Lori’s daughter-in-law, asked, in a slightly panicked tone.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Brittani and Kelli ran upstairs to check and quickly informed everyone that smoke from their generator had drifted into the house through a window, setting off the alarm. Nothing to be concerned about.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The two said they also felt disturbed when they came across the candles that were being used to illuminate the bathroom during the power shutoff, the flame casting a red glow on the wall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It was just a big trigger for me and my sister because, you know, the glow of fire is something that we don't like to look at,” Brittani said. “So when you see certain things, you freak out.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label=\"Related Coverage\" tag=\"paradise\"]There are also plenty of other uncomfortable reminders. Two of Brittani's kids, who were in the backseat of her car as she fled that day, have regressed in their development. Her daughter McKenzee, who was 1-year old at the time, abruptly stopped crawling.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“She wouldn’t do anything. She would just sit there and just cry,” Brittani said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Her 4-year-old daughter Marlee, who used to be really talkative, pretty much stopped speaking, she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It doesn't feel good at all,” Brittani noted. “It was really sad because they went backwards and that's not good. It's not a good sign.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Marlee sat on Brittani’s lap, holding a doll they were able to rescue from the ruins of their house, its plastic head partially melted by fire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That was the only thing she had left of her home,” she said. “We named him Ash after the fire. And he survived.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>New Beginnings\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Jerillyn Ramsey, a 73-year-old Camp Fire survivor whose mobile home burned down, struggled for months to find housing in Butte County.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In mid-January, months after the fire, she was still living in a Red Cross shelter in Chico.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I felt adrift,” she said. “I didn't know what's going to happen, just trying to get by one day at a time.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11785645\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/IMG_0846-e1573233795324.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11785645 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/IMG_0846-e1573233795324-800x548.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"548\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/IMG_0846-e1573233795324-800x548.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/IMG_0846-e1573233795324-160x110.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/IMG_0846-e1573233795324-1020x699.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/IMG_0846-e1573233795324-1200x823.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/IMG_0846-e1573233795324-1920x1316.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jerillyn Ramsey, 73, at the Red Cross shelter last winter where she lived for several months after the Camp Fire destroyed her Paradise mobile home. \u003ccite>(Sonja Hutson/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Caseworkers at the shelter weren’t able to find Ramsey a place anywhere nearby that she could afford. By the end of January, they had found her a one-bedroom apartment nearly 200 miles north in the town Yreka, near the Oregon border.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It feels good to have a place of my own to gather my thoughts and pull myself together,” said Ramsey, sitting comfortably on a sofa in her new home.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Her doctor, Ramsey said, diagnosed her with post-traumatic stress disorder, a condition brought on by her harrowing experience fleeing her home as flames closed in around her. For three days, she said, she couldn't find her son, who has a disability, thinking he had died. She remained homeless for more than two months afterwards.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Her new life, though, is far from Butte County, where her son still lives.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11785646\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/IMG_2812.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11785646 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/IMG_2812-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/IMG_2812-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/IMG_2812-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/IMG_2812-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/IMG_2812-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/IMG_2812-1920x1440.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/IMG_2812-1832x1374.jpg 1832w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/IMG_2812-1376x1032.jpg 1376w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/IMG_2812-1044x783.jpg 1044w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/IMG_2812-632x474.jpg 632w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/IMG_2812-536x402.jpg 536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jerillyn Ramsey, one year after the Camp Fire, in the living room of her new one-bedroom apartment in Yreka, nearly 200 miles north of Paradise. \u003ccite>(Sonja Hutson/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Being a mom, you want to be closer to take care of your children if they need [you],” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ramsey said she hopes to move back to Butte County someday. But for now, she’s focused on building a new community in Yreka.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It may be temporary, this place,” Ramsey said. “But it feels good to have a place at least you can call home.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We were empty nesters and now we're one huge family, 24 hours,” said Lori Hornback, whose kids, Brittani and JB, now have their own families. “Now they don't go home. They stay here.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The new household includes Lori, her husband Jon, their two children and their spouses, four grandchildren and their daughter-in-law’s mother. That's 11 people under one roof, ages 2 to 58.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The large white house sits on a 40-acre lot at the end of a long dirt road, removed from the fire-damaged areas, with a pristine view of the nearby mountains and valleys.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Hornbacks never thought they would all be living together. After the fire, Butte County's already tight housing market was flooded with demand from more than 13,000 displaced families, many living in tents, trailers, on friends’ couches or in shelters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11785668\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/pic5.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11785668\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/pic5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/pic5.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/pic5-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/pic5-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/pic5-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/pic5-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jon and Lori Hornback used to be empty nesters. Now they live with nine other members of their extended family in a three-bedroom house on the outskirts of Paradise. \u003ccite>(Andrew Nixon/Capital Public Radio)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The town's roughly 1,000 rental units that survived the fire were all quickly claimed by fire survivors, according to Ed Mayer, executive director of the Butte County Housing Authority.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The scarcity of housing led to major price spikes, with rental rates jumping around 13% per square foot and sale prices jumping 20% per square foot in the first three weeks after the fire, based on data from Zillow, a real estate listing firm.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rents and home prices have dropped slightly in recent months and there’s now a bit more availability, said Mayer. But finding housing is still a major uphill battle.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We still see large numbers of people looking for housing, looking for meaningful housing, looking for stable housing,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But even as the market is pressuring people to leave, many don’t want to.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There's a real population here, particularly in the hill country, of folks who've lived here ... this is all they know,” Mayer said. “It’s a rural lifestyle and there are the kind of communities up there that are mutually supportive.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>'I Don't Think We Had a Choice'\u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>“I don't think we had a choice,” said Jon Hornback, Lori’s husband, explaining why the extended family moved in together. “We’d looked all over the valley as well. And I'd had my insurance company looking for us, you know, for two months. They looked and never could find anything.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On a recent Wednesday evening, the Hornbacks stood around their kitchen island eating dinner by the glow of electric lanterns. That night, PG&E had shut off power in a preemptive effort to avoid a repeat of the Camp Fire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Nothing’s really the same for us,” Jon said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11785651\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/pic4.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11785651\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/pic4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/pic4.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/pic4-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/pic4-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/pic4-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/pic4-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lori Hornback displays a painting the family asked an artist to make on a portion of a tree stump they found outside their destroyed home. \u003ccite>(Andrew Nixon/Capital Public Radio)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The kitchen spills out onto a large open living room area where the extended family hangs out each night, although now they hardly ever watch TV anymore; everyone streams shows on their own devices so as not to disturb each other.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We've learned to app just about everything,” Jon said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When they’re not trying to be quiet in the mornings, the Hornbacks are such a loud family that “at times you can't hear yourself think,” he added.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But they have a solution for that, too: Even though the house is only technically three bedrooms, the family converted the garage and a couple of other side rooms into extra sleeping areas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When it gets chaotic ... we go to our respective corners and put ourselves in time-out room,” Lori said, laughing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The setup seems to work for Ayden Richardson, Lori and Jon's 9-year-old grandson.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This house is very nice,” he said. “And I love living in it. It's my future home.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Future home?\" Lori interjected. \"It’s your forever home.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Yeah, forever home,” Ayden corrected himself.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lori said when she first saw this house, she knew it was a place they could all live in together. “I got in the foyer and I said, ‘I'm home.’ ”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>Life After Fire\u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Brittani Hornback — Ayden's mom and Jon and Lori’s daughter — said that she and her family lived in a trailer for four months after losing their home in the fire, while searching for a new place to move into near Paradise. But the selection was scarce.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I didn't want to be away from my family and I wanted to go back home,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Not everyone in the family, though, was sold on moving back to Paradise — especially Lori, who was still traumatized from the day they escaped the fire, and worried about lingering toxins from the debris.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The morning the fire broke out, she fled town in a caravan with Brittani and her kids, the flames closing in on them and propane tanks exploding in every direction.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That's all we heard, was propane tanks,” Lori said. “I was picking my son up from elementary school and there were just these big embers. ... We were running from flames and smoke.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11785661\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/pic3-1.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11785661\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/pic3-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/pic3-1.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/pic3-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/pic3-1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/pic3-1-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/pic3-1-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lori Hornback sits with her husband Jon while feeding her granddaughter Marlee. \u003ccite>(Andrew Nixon/Capital Public Radio)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>A number of family members continue to struggle with that trauma, and living under the same roof is helping them deal with it. That was on display that night as they sat around the kitchen table talking, and something started beeping.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Why is the fire alarm going off?” Kelli Hornback, Jon and Lori’s daughter-in-law, asked, in a slightly panicked tone.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Brittani and Kelli ran upstairs to check and quickly informed everyone that smoke from their generator had drifted into the house through a window, setting off the alarm. Nothing to be concerned about.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The two said they also felt disturbed when they came across the candles that were being used to illuminate the bathroom during the power shutoff, the flame casting a red glow on the wall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It was just a big trigger for me and my sister because, you know, the glow of fire is something that we don't like to look at,” Brittani said. “So when you see certain things, you freak out.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>There are also plenty of other uncomfortable reminders. Two of Brittani's kids, who were in the backseat of her car as she fled that day, have regressed in their development. Her daughter McKenzee, who was 1-year old at the time, abruptly stopped crawling.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“She wouldn’t do anything. She would just sit there and just cry,” Brittani said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Her 4-year-old daughter Marlee, who used to be really talkative, pretty much stopped speaking, she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It doesn't feel good at all,” Brittani noted. “It was really sad because they went backwards and that's not good. It's not a good sign.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Marlee sat on Brittani’s lap, holding a doll they were able to rescue from the ruins of their house, its plastic head partially melted by fire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That was the only thing she had left of her home,” she said. “We named him Ash after the fire. And he survived.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>New Beginnings\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Jerillyn Ramsey, a 73-year-old Camp Fire survivor whose mobile home burned down, struggled for months to find housing in Butte County.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In mid-January, months after the fire, she was still living in a Red Cross shelter in Chico.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I felt adrift,” she said. “I didn't know what's going to happen, just trying to get by one day at a time.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11785645\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/IMG_0846-e1573233795324.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11785645 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/IMG_0846-e1573233795324-800x548.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"548\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/IMG_0846-e1573233795324-800x548.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/IMG_0846-e1573233795324-160x110.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/IMG_0846-e1573233795324-1020x699.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/IMG_0846-e1573233795324-1200x823.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/IMG_0846-e1573233795324-1920x1316.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jerillyn Ramsey, 73, at the Red Cross shelter last winter where she lived for several months after the Camp Fire destroyed her Paradise mobile home. \u003ccite>(Sonja Hutson/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Caseworkers at the shelter weren’t able to find Ramsey a place anywhere nearby that she could afford. By the end of January, they had found her a one-bedroom apartment nearly 200 miles north in the town Yreka, near the Oregon border.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It feels good to have a place of my own to gather my thoughts and pull myself together,” said Ramsey, sitting comfortably on a sofa in her new home.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>On a secluded corner of Marywood Drive in Paradise sit two vacant lots, side by side. The empty space used to hold single-family residences surrounded by Ponderosa pines. That was until the November 2018 Camp Fire — California’s deadliest and most destructive wildfire — leveled the Butte County town and destroyed more than 13,000 homes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now, one year later, these lots are being rebuilt by two Paradise natives, Christine and Dave Williams, who bought the properties after the fire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The pair didn’t lose their own home but are deeply invested in the future of their town, and see these purchases as part of that investment. So far, Dave and Christine have been focused on cleaning the lot by removing dead trees and debris. But they’re planning to build two traditional, single-family homes, reminiscent of what used to be there before the fire, and are already looking at floor plans.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11785402\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11785402 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/Screen-Shot-2019-11-06-at-3.53.52-PM-e1573084598757-800x685.png\" alt=\"After the fire, residents posted their concerns on Facebook that the town would be bought up by out-of-town developers.\" width=\"800\" height=\"685\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/Screen-Shot-2019-11-06-at-3.53.52-PM-e1573084598757-800x685.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/Screen-Shot-2019-11-06-at-3.53.52-PM-e1573084598757-160x137.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/Screen-Shot-2019-11-06-at-3.53.52-PM-e1573084598757.png 813w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">After the fire, residents posted their concerns on Facebook that the town would be bought up by out-of-town developers.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“I just want it the way it used to be,” said Christine Williams. “It’s a beautiful town, a beautiful place to live, a great place to raise families. And we just want to encourage people to come back.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the days and weeks after the Camp Fire struck, there were concerns among residents that their town would be bought up by big developers who would rebuild a Paradise not meant for the people who lived there.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But according to a KQED analysis of data from Butte County, including property sales and building permits from the day the fire hit through September 2019, big developers didn’t move in — locals did.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The analysis found that 71% of people who purchased parcels in the town of Paradise had a Butte County mailing address. The majority of purchases were very local: 38% of buyers have an address in Paradise and 25% in nearby Chico.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s not how post-wildfire rebuilding typically plays out. Often, large development companies invest in these areas and purchase multiple properties.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Locals Are Mainly Purchasing Properties in Paradise\" aria-label=\"Column Chart\" src=\"//datawrapper.dwcdn.net/tNaNp/4/\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border: none;\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Paradise Rebuilds Itself\" aria-label=\"Column Chart\" src=\"//datawrapper.dwcdn.net/tWSNJ/7/\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border: none;\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Paradise vs. Santa Rosa\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>After the 2017 Tubbs Fire — which burned about 36,807 acres and destroyed 5,636 structures — out-of-town developers purchased large quantities of real estate in Santa Rosa and the surrounding burn areas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’ve seen a big emphasis from builders in the greater Bay Area, and some of those are bigger production homebuilders,” said Doug Solwick, a real estate broker in Santa Rosa. “We’ve seen smaller builders that have people from as far away as L.A. and other states, from as far away as Utah.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rebuilding after a fire can be prohibitively expensive and time-consuming — something that survivors of a fire might not be up for.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We started talking with [Santa Rosa] homeowners, and we realized that 40% of the people don’t actually rebuild — they just choose to sell,” said developer Greg Owen, whose Fairfield-based company Silvermark Luxury Homes purchased around 100 properties in Santa Rosa neighborhoods burned by the Tubbs Fire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said his company considered purchasing property in Paradise after the fire, but those infrastructure issues dissuaded him.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11785436\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11785436 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/IMG_0189-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"The widespread destruction after the Camp Fire means there's a lot of rebuilding to be done and not enough labor to support it.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The widespread destruction after the Camp Fire means there’s a lot of rebuilding to be done and not enough labor to support it. \u003ccite>(Sonja Hutson/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“We went up and surveyed it after the fire, and then about three months later, and realized it was unlike Santa Rosa,” explained Owen. “The infrastructure wasn’t there. The hospitals were gone, most of the homes were on septic systems and they also had a problem getting water.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And it’s not just infrastructure issues that complicate rebuilding. Due to the widespread destruction, Paradise has a lot of rebuilding to be done, and there are not enough construction workers to support it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Before the Camp Fire, Assistant Town Manager Marc Mattox said Paradise would process 25-35 permits “on a good year.” This year, from February through the end of September, Paradise approved 962 permits, according to data obtained from Paradise officials.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside tag=\"camp-fire\" label=\"RELATED COVERAGE\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Owen said he might consider developing in the Paradise area but not for at least two to three years. That’s in part because, right now, investing in the town seems risky, especially if Paradise doesn’t recover.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But local developers don’t want to wait. They have more confidence that the town will bounce back because they can see it recovering in real time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chico-based developer Luigi Balsamo is one of them. He has purchased four parcels in Paradise since the fire, according to data from the county.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think people like myself are here with, sort of, your finger on the pulse,” said Balsamo. “There’s a lot of group meetings, town halls and things going on here. But I think it’s also kind of a feeling. … I believe in Paradise, I want to see it come back.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>A Good Investment\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>But purchasing property in Paradise could also be a good investment: Land values have significantly decreased since the fire hit. In fact, 30% of the properties sold in Paradise after the Camp Fire went for less than their assessed value, according to a KQED analysis.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11785422\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11785422 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/RS40162_IMG_2766_v2-qut-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Chico-based developer Luigi Balsamo bought 4 lots in Paradise after the Camp Fire and plans to put pre-fab manufactured homes on them.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/RS40162_IMG_2766_v2-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/RS40162_IMG_2766_v2-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/RS40162_IMG_2766_v2-qut-1020x764.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/RS40162_IMG_2766_v2-qut-1200x899.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/RS40162_IMG_2766_v2-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/RS40162_IMG_2766_v2-qut-1832x1374.jpg 1832w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/RS40162_IMG_2766_v2-qut-1376x1032.jpg 1376w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/RS40162_IMG_2766_v2-qut-1044x783.jpg 1044w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/RS40162_IMG_2766_v2-qut-632x474.jpg 632w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/RS40162_IMG_2766_v2-qut-536x402.jpg 536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chico-based developer Luigi Balsamo bought four lots in Paradise after the Camp Fire and plans to put prefab manufactured homes on them. \u003ccite>(Sonja Hutson/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The median price of parcels sold in Paradise was $57,250, compared to $281,000 countywide, from the start of the Camp Fire in November 2018 through mid-September 2019.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Balsamo said he paid less than the assessed value on 75% of the land he bought, and all of the properties he purchased came from people who moved out of the area after the fire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Balsamo argued that low property costs are offset by the high cost of rebuilding in the area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“What you’re not taking into account is that … the soil work alone is costs,” Balsamo explained. “The underground work is costing me more than I’m even buying a lot for.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To offset some of those costs, Balsamo is using prefab manufactured homes, which are cheaper and faster to build.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Ongoing Fire Danger\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>But there’s always a chance the area could burn again. Almost all of Paradise is designated a very high fire risk zone by Cal Fire, and experts say that one big fire sweeping through doesn’t decrease the likelihood that the area will burn again.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Christine Williams, Paradise resident\"]“It’s a beautiful town, a beautiful place to live, a great place to raise families. And we just want to encourage people to come back.”[/pullquote]\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think just ecologically, in terms of the equation, there’s vegetation upslope — that’s going to burn. Winds are going to blow, embers will fall onto houses, that will happen again,” said Greg Suba, conservation director at the California Native Plant Society. “What may be true, if we do it correctly, is that the catastrophe doesn’t need to happen again. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>On a secluded corner of Marywood Drive in Paradise sit two vacant lots, side by side. The empty space used to hold single-family residences surrounded by Ponderosa pines. That was until the November 2018 Camp Fire — California’s deadliest and most destructive wildfire — leveled the Butte County town and destroyed more than 13,000 homes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now, one year later, these lots are being rebuilt by two Paradise natives, Christine and Dave Williams, who bought the properties after the fire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The pair didn’t lose their own home but are deeply invested in the future of their town, and see these purchases as part of that investment. So far, Dave and Christine have been focused on cleaning the lot by removing dead trees and debris. But they’re planning to build two traditional, single-family homes, reminiscent of what used to be there before the fire, and are already looking at floor plans.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11785402\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11785402 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/Screen-Shot-2019-11-06-at-3.53.52-PM-e1573084598757-800x685.png\" alt=\"After the fire, residents posted their concerns on Facebook that the town would be bought up by out-of-town developers.\" width=\"800\" height=\"685\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/Screen-Shot-2019-11-06-at-3.53.52-PM-e1573084598757-800x685.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/Screen-Shot-2019-11-06-at-3.53.52-PM-e1573084598757-160x137.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/Screen-Shot-2019-11-06-at-3.53.52-PM-e1573084598757.png 813w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">After the fire, residents posted their concerns on Facebook that the town would be bought up by out-of-town developers.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“I just want it the way it used to be,” said Christine Williams. “It’s a beautiful town, a beautiful place to live, a great place to raise families. And we just want to encourage people to come back.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the days and weeks after the Camp Fire struck, there were concerns among residents that their town would be bought up by big developers who would rebuild a Paradise not meant for the people who lived there.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But according to a KQED analysis of data from Butte County, including property sales and building permits from the day the fire hit through September 2019, big developers didn’t move in — locals did.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The analysis found that 71% of people who purchased parcels in the town of Paradise had a Butte County mailing address. The majority of purchases were very local: 38% of buyers have an address in Paradise and 25% in nearby Chico.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s not how post-wildfire rebuilding typically plays out. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Owen said he might consider developing in the Paradise area but not for at least two to three years. That’s in part because, right now, investing in the town seems risky, especially if Paradise doesn’t recover.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But local developers don’t want to wait. They have more confidence that the town will bounce back because they can see it recovering in real time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chico-based developer Luigi Balsamo is one of them. He has purchased four parcels in Paradise since the fire, according to data from the county.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think people like myself are here with, sort of, your finger on the pulse,” said Balsamo. “There’s a lot of group meetings, town halls and things going on here. But I think it’s also kind of a feeling. … I believe in Paradise, I want to see it come back.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>A Good Investment\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>But purchasing property in Paradise could also be a good investment: Land values have significantly decreased since the fire hit. In fact, 30% of the properties sold in Paradise after the Camp Fire went for less than their assessed value, according to a KQED analysis.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11785422\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11785422 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/RS40162_IMG_2766_v2-qut-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Chico-based developer Luigi Balsamo bought 4 lots in Paradise after the Camp Fire and plans to put pre-fab manufactured homes on them.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/RS40162_IMG_2766_v2-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/RS40162_IMG_2766_v2-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/RS40162_IMG_2766_v2-qut-1020x764.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/RS40162_IMG_2766_v2-qut-1200x899.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/RS40162_IMG_2766_v2-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/RS40162_IMG_2766_v2-qut-1832x1374.jpg 1832w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/RS40162_IMG_2766_v2-qut-1376x1032.jpg 1376w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/RS40162_IMG_2766_v2-qut-1044x783.jpg 1044w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/RS40162_IMG_2766_v2-qut-632x474.jpg 632w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/RS40162_IMG_2766_v2-qut-536x402.jpg 536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chico-based developer Luigi Balsamo bought four lots in Paradise after the Camp Fire and plans to put prefab manufactured homes on them. \u003ccite>(Sonja Hutson/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The median price of parcels sold in Paradise was $57,250, compared to $281,000 countywide, from the start of the Camp Fire in November 2018 through mid-September 2019.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Balsamo said he paid less than the assessed value on 75% of the land he bought, and all of the properties he purchased came from people who moved out of the area after the fire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Balsamo argued that low property costs are offset by the high cost of rebuilding in the area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“What you’re not taking into account is that … the soil work alone is costs,” Balsamo explained. “The underground work is costing me more than I’m even buying a lot for.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To offset some of those costs, Balsamo is using prefab manufactured homes, which are cheaper and faster to build.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Ongoing Fire Danger\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>But there’s always a chance the area could burn again. Almost all of Paradise is designated a very high fire risk zone by Cal Fire, and experts say that one big fire sweeping through doesn’t decrease the likelihood that the area will burn again.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Last fall’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/camp-fire/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Camp Fire\u003c/a> — the deadliest and most destructive wildfire in modern California history — has brought renewed questions about whether towns in high-risk areas like Paradise should even be rebuilt.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Barry Long tried to squash those immediately recently, as he kicked off a crowded town hall meeting at the Paradise Alliance Church.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“One of the first questions we get is, ‘are they really going to rebuild Paradise?’,” Long said. “And we say that’s not a question, [the city] council made an immediate decision [that] we’re going to rebuild Paradise.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=”right” citation=\"Cathe Wood, Paradise resident\"]‘We have a great opportunity up here for a complete reset.’[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That was met by a resounding applause from a large crowd of anxious Paradise residents. Long’s firm, Urban Design Associates, was hired by the town council to develop a long-term recovery plan for Paradise. They’ve begun holding meetings — the latest scheduled for March 19 — discussing with residents how they think their town should be rebuilt. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many people have had to leave Paradise after about 90 percent of the town — almost 19,000 structures — burned to the ground last November in the Camp Fire, which also claimed 85 lives. But for the few who do remain and are eager to begin rebuilding, Long sought to give them reassurances: you can’t just abandon a community that’s been a fixture in the Sierra Nevada foothills since the the 1800s, he said. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It took 140 years to build Paradise and obviously things did survive, like the church here,” Long said. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Urban Design Associates also consulted for the state of Louisiana after Hurricane Katrina. And that’s what this still unfolding crisis is starting to be likened to: a rural Katrina. One big parallel emerging so far is anxiety over gentrification. Once Paradise is rebuilt, there’s resounding agreement it will have much tougher, fire-safe building codes. And that won’t be cheap.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We just need affordable living and our home back,” said Cathe Wood.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11731317\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/03/image-from-ios-7-ba10d2c97008e4f7315d853a2810731814e70c75-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Paradise Mayor Jody Jones talks with anxious constituents at a recent town hall meeting at Paradise Alliance Church about rebuilding their town, destroyed in last fall's Camp Fire.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11731317\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Paradise Mayor Jody Jones talks with anxious constituents at a recent town hall meeting at Paradise Alliance Church about rebuilding their town, destroyed in last fall’s Camp Fire. \u003ccite>(Kirk Siegler/NPR)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>Anxiety Over Gentrification \u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Wood has lived in Paradise for 30 years. She’s planning to rebuild, but is still applying for permits and dealing with insurance claims. For now anyway, her job is still in Paradise. She works at an accounting firm that didn’t burn. Her home and her family weren’t so lucky. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I lost everything,” Wood said. “All my family members are homeless, scattered throughout California, I just want to come home.” \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Paradise was a haven for retirees and others who couldn’t afford the city or just wanted to live in the country. Like a lot of western towns, it grew too quickly — without a lot of planning and scant zoning. 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And neighborhoods are drawn with more cleared out, open space between smaller, modern and up to code homes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11731318\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/03/image-from-ios-8-_sq-a11d05925eea1aa5ee08ac1d67eb32f37e8e55dd-800x800.jpg\" alt=\"Third-year architecture student Alessandro Zanghi is proposing a new vocational college in Paradise, to train carpenters, plumbers and other trades that will be in high demand as the foothills town looks to rebuild.\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11731318\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Third-year architecture student Alessandro Zanghi is proposing a new vocational college in Paradise, to train carpenters, plumbers and other trades that will be in high demand as the foothills town looks to rebuild. \u003ccite>(Kirk Siegler/NPR)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>A few curious members of the public mingled around the presentation talking to students who said their models were still a work in progress.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re trying to figure out a different way to rearrange the town so that it better suits the inhabitants and brings new people to Paradise” said Allessandro Zanghi. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They’re calling it a “re-imagined Paradise.” The class typically consults for underserved communities. And when the Camp Fire happened, the curriculum was re-designed to cater to Paradise and surrounding burnt-out towns. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For Zanghi, it’s been a challenge trying to redesign proposals that preserve Paradise’s rural character. But he said it’s a misnomer that rebuilding or redeveloping a mountain community like this will result in a more expensive town.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s really important to have architecture be more than just luxury high rises,” Zanghi said. “It should be things that help a community grow and flourish.” \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Affordability and gentrification are some of the more heated topics emerging so far in the town’s preliminary discussions. At some cantankerous city council meetings, fire survivors have argued with officials over whether they could put campers on burnt-out properties and how FEMA resources will be allocated. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The students’ instructor, Stacey White, said those are tough conversations that have to happen. 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"content": "\u003cp>It's been three months since the deadly \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11705243/california-wildfires-what-you-need-to-know\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Camp Fire\u003c/a> ravaged the town of Paradise and surrounding areas, and thousands of survivors are still waiting for secure housing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In its most recent estimate, the Federal Emergency Management Agency this week said about 13,000 people were still in need of stable housing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Approximately 14,000 residences were lost to the massive blaze that scorched more than 150,000 acres, making it the most destructive wildfire in modern California history in terms of structures destroyed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We continue to work with eligible survivors to see what the best housing solutions are for each family,\" FEMA spokesman Ken Higginbotham said on Tuesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Two-hundred FEMA trailers are currently inhabited by survivors, he said, and 67 additional trailers, as well as 187 larger structures, are being prepared for people to move in to.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The agency said it has also located hookups for more than 300 trailers and mobile homes at sites in eight counties, including Butte, Glenn, Mendocino, Sacramento, Shasta, Sutter, Tehama and Yuba.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"alignright\">\n\u003ch3>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11718337/in-the-aftermath-of-the-camp-fire-a-slow-simmering-crisis-in-chico\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">In the Aftermath of the Camp Fire, a Slow, Simmering Crisis in Chico\u003c/a>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11718337/in-the-aftermath-of-the-camp-fire-a-slow-simmering-crisis-in-chico\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/image-from-ios-4-fcac4a2fb2c31ba472991da9a3c6e8b684f5709d-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"\">\u003c/a>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, the nearby city of Chico is still struggling to accommodate the inundation of Paradise residents. That includes those survivors who had initially been allowed to camp out on their properties, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11723656/camp-fire-survivors-must-leave-their-properties-where-will-they-go\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">but were told this week\u003c/a> by authorities that they had to vacate during the lengthy waste and removal process.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s a significant impact to our community,\" said Chico Mayor Randall Stone, noting that the number of people displaced within Chico itself could be close to 20,000.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Beyond basic housing issues, Chico is also facing other challenges related to real estate. Paradise businesses that were destroyed are looking for new places to set up shop, while schools need spaces to hold classes. And in some cases, Paradise residents who owned rental properties in Chico are evicting their tenants to make space for themselves, fueling even more displacement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"You have a whole new set of people that were not burned out, that don't have insurance because there was no cataclysmic impact and they need to find a place to live,\" said Stone. \"So the trickle down is really, really devastating.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The large population influx has also resulted in major traffic issues in and around Chico, including a sharp uptick in congestion and accidents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Stone said the city is asking the state for $12 million to help with traffic mitigation systems that can better accommodate the current flood of vehicles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Polly Stryker and Lily Jamali contributed to this report. \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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