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In this Friday Dec. 7, 2018 image from video provided by Shayla Sullivan, “Madison,” the Anatolian shepherd dog that apparently guarded his burned home for nearly a month, approaches his owner, Andrea Gaylord, as she was allowed back to check on her burned property in Paradise, Calif. Sullivan, an animal rescuer, left food and water for Madison during his wait. Gaylord fled when the Nov. 8 fire destroyed the town of 27,000. (Shayla Sullivan via AP) LA705 LA705

December 8, 2018 at 12:23 pm

Dog that waited weeks in ruins of California wildfire is reunited with owner WATCH

After the deadly Camp fire turned a California community into cinders, a dog waited a month for his owner to return the ruins of their...

In this Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2018 photo Michael Jones organizes a pile of donated blankets, sleeping bags and clothes in a fairgrounds parking lot that’s become home to some of the people displaced by California’s deadliest wildfire in Chico, Calif. Jones lost nearly everything he owns when the fire destroyed his trailer and his mom’s home in Paradise last month, but he’s determined to stay put because he doesn’t want to be a burden on his friends and relatives. (AP Photo/Jonathan J. Cooper) RPJC404 RPJC404

December 6, 2018 at 10:58 am

Some California fire victims were already living on the edge

The future is uncertain for all of the Camp Fire's survivors, but it's uniquely challenging for the many like Bob Talk who were already living...

Brenda Russell sifts through her family’s burned belongings in their garage. MUST CREDIT: Photo by Mason Trinca for The Washington Post.

December 5, 2018 at 9:20 am

Nearly a month after the Camp Fire began razing their towns, Californians return to ruin VIEW

Many who returned to Magalia were the adult sons and daughters of those who cannot yet make the trip, because of distance or health. This,...

Jean Uno searches for heirlooms at her parent’s Magalia, Calif., home, destroyed by the Camp Fire, on Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2018. Uno also lost her home in Paradise during the blaze. (AP Photo/Noah Berger) CANB102 CANB102

December 5, 2018 at 7:37 am

Residents return to California town leveled by wildfire VIEW

The communities will have very limited services for residents for the immediate future, and authorities urged residents to bring food, water and fuel for their...

FILE – In this Nov. 21, 2018, file photo, Amy Sheppard accepts banana bread from Margarita and William Bradbury as she packs up items outside her tent in a Walmart parking lot in Chico, Calif., that’s been a makeshift campground for people displaced by wildfire. Sheppard lost her home in Magalia to the Camp fire. Authorities are lifting evacuation orders for some Northern California communities ravaged by the state’s deadliest wildfire but said no traffic will be allowed into the town of Paradise. The Butte County Sheriff’s office on Sunday, Dec. 2, said residents of neighborhoods in nearby Magalia can return to the area at noon on Sunday and public access would resume 24 hours later. (AP Photo/Kathleen Ronayne, File) LA703 LA703

December 3, 2018 at 9:03 am

After California wildfire, new and old homeless populations collide

Almost a month after the fire erupted, with the weather worsening and evacuation shelters closing or relocating farther away, tensions are growing between those who...

FILE – The burned remains of the Paradise Elementary school is seen in a Friday, Nov. 9, 2018 file photo, in Paradise, Calif. Monday Dec. 3 Monday marks a return to school and some semblance of routine for thousands of children who lost their homes and schools in the wildfire. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File) NYSP103 NYSP103

December 2, 2018 at 9:24 pm

Children return to school 3 weeks after California wildfire WATCH

Schools in Butte County have been closed since Nov. 8, when the Camp Fire ignited and quickly swept through the towns of Paradise, Concow and...

Body camera video released by the Butte County Sheriff’s Office shows Deputy Aaron Parmley evacuating a retirement home in Paradise, Calif., and escaping the Camp fire Nov. 8 with four nurses and a highway patrol officer after his cruiser died. He turned on the cam when he thought it might his last day.

November 29, 2018 at 6:08 pm

Bodycam footage shows California wildfire rescue of nurses WATCH

Body camera video released by the Butte County Sheriff’s Office shows Deputy Aaron Parmley evacuating a retirement home in Paradise, Calif., and escaping the Camp...

FILE – In this Nov. 9, 2018 file photo, Pacific Gas & Electric crews work to restore power lines in Paradise, Calif. PG&E said in a new filing with the state that it determined weather conditions were no longer dangerous enough to warrant a massive power shut off on Nov. 8 – a decision that came as a massive fire was tearing through a Northern California town. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File) FX203 FX203

November 29, 2018 at 1:30 pm

California regulators question utility’s safety commitment

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — California regulators on Thursday ordered the Pacific Gas & Electric Co. utility to improve its "safety culture" after questioning the safety...

This 2017 photo provided by Thomasine Rose shows Dixie Singh in Paradise, Calif. More than 150 names are on the official list of those ‘missing’ after Northern California’s catastrophic fire. The Associated Press called one of them and she’s safe. ‘I am alive,’ says Singh. Her story raises hope that others currently listed as missing will turn up. It also illustrates the confusion that continues three weeks after the nation’s deadliest wildfire in a century. (Thomasine Rose via AP) FX401 FX401

November 29, 2018 at 11:47 am

Some of those ‘missing’ after California fire are just fine VIEW

Three weeks after the nation's deadliest wildfire in a century, people listed as unaccounted for keep turning up. As of Thursday, the missing on the...

Bob Wilson who attended Escondido High School and now lives in Rancho Santa Fe was struck when he read a news story about Paradis High School. Next Tuesday Wilson a shopping center developer will donate $1,000 to all 980 Paradise High School students and also to the more than 100 employees of the school. (Nelvin C. Cepeda/Los Angeles Times) 1247232 1247232

November 29, 2018 at 7:28 am

After wildfire destroys Paradise High, businessman donates $1,000 to every student, worker at high school

Bob Wilson stuffed envelopes with $1,000 checks - $1.1 million worth - placed them into two suitcases and traveled more than 500 miles to hand...

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