Map shows rising wildfire threat across the U.S.: See if you're affected
A combination of hotter and drier weather and more people living in places that naturally burn are making things complicated.
Covering the Devastation of Water, and Then Fire
Isabelle Taft, a reporting fellow for The New York Times, writes of the parallels and differences in covering hurricanes and ...
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Estimated cost of fire damage balloons to more than $250 billion
Estimated financial costs surpass the damage and economic loss numbers for the entire 2020 wildfire season, which was a very active U.S. wildfire season, Porter said. Insurance companies will be ...
Newport Beach teen deploys AI-driven early wildfire detection system for the first time
Ryan Honary, founder of SensoRy AI, has been working on the project since fifth grade after seeing the devastation of the ...
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Keller Rohrback LLP Announces Nearly $50M in Damages Awarded to Seven Labor Day 2020 Fire Survivors
A fourth jury in Portland, Oregon has awarded approximately $50 million in compensation to 7 individual wildfire survivors, ...
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Gov. Kotek, Legislature want to pause action on wildfire hazard map to quell public frustration
Amid mounting criticism from the public and lawmakers from both parties, Gov. Tina Kotek has paused any further agency action ...
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Jury awards $50M to 2020 Oregon wildfire survivors, adding to PacifiCorp’s growing tab
FILE - The charred remains of a home burned in the Santiam Fire near Gates, Ore., Sept. 9, 2020. Fires burned across Oregon that year, causing billions of dollars in damage. Bradley W. Parks / OPB ...
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Trial delayed in wine 'smoke taint' lawsuit against PacifiCorp
"Pushing for delay is part of the defense playbook that PacifiCorp has employed in all the 2020 wildfire cases since its equipment caused the fires that led to all of this," Dustin Dow, one of the ...
A 2020 wildfire nearly destroyed this classic Napa Valley winery. Now it’s closing for good
An esteemed Napa Valley winery — which was mostly destroyed in the 2020 Glass Fire — is closing for good. In an email to wine club members on Thursday, which the Chronicle reviewed, Newton Vineyard ...