Mandatory evacuations due to Kincade Fire expand to city of Santa Rosa

Authorities ordered major new mandatory evacuations due to the Kincade Fire late Saturday morning including the town of Windsor and the city of Healdsburg.

Kincade Fire forces residents to flee; one couple has moved 6 times in 2 years

The drill was all too familiar for Mary Ceglarski-Sherwin and her husband Matt Ceglarski-Sherwin. They have had to move six times since the Santa Rosa Tubbs Fire of 2017.

List of schools closed because of Kincade Fire in Sonoma County

Cloverdale Unified and Healdsburg Unified school districts announced that they will close all schools  because of the shifting winds and the the fire threat to their communities.

Wildfire Victim? Monday is the last day for filing a claim against PG&E

Claims in PG&E’s Chapter 11 cases must be filed and received no later than October 21, 2019, at 5:00 p.m. (Pacific Time), known as the Bar Date. If any person or entity believes money is owed to them by PG&E from the period before PG&E filed for Chapter 11 on January 29, 2019, then they must file a Proof of Claim before the Bar Date.

Wildfire victims have until Monday to file claims against Pacific Gas and Electric Company
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If those who are affected do not submit a Proof of Claim by this deadline, they may be barred from filing a claim against Pacific Gas and Electric Company and give up rights to any payment or other compensation.

PG&E may have caused 10 wildfires in 2019, details on 4

PG&E equipment may have ignited ten wildfires that broke out in 2019. The utility identified those fires in court filings stemming from the federal criminal case surrounding the 2010 San Bruno pipeline explosion. On Wednesday, the company filed its latest response detailing four of the ten wildfires.

PG&E power shutoffs bring back painful memories for North Bay fire survivors

Survivors of the North Bay firestorm in 2017 say Wednesday's Red Flag threat and widespread power shutdown add another layer to their trauma.  

As power shutoff continues, hundreds of thousands already in the dark
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Power officials released a statement early Wednesday citing forecast winds of 60-70 mph at higher elevations from Wednesday morning until Thursday morning for the start of the shut downs.

Tubbs firestorm anniversary overshadowed by PG&E public safety power shutoff

The two year remembrance of the deadly Tubbs fires that destroyed thousands of homes is being heavily overshadowed by the very real possibility of a Public Safety Power Shutoff to prevent another such conflagration.

Emergency proclamations declared in parts of North Bay

Chris Godley, Sonoma County's Department of Emergency Management  director, told the board he is "99 percent sure it is going to happen tonight." 

Rescuing everything from birds to yaks
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In Sonoma County, hardest hit by wildfires, a community meeting, just concluded, signified the ongoing transition from outright emergency to the recovery phase. With some roads still closed and some neighborhoods still off limits, officials answer many questions county residents put forward.