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It was a night of much-needed laughter in Sonoma County Thursday night right in the heart of the fire zone and proceeds from the sell out event went to a good cause.

A list of fees, long lines for permits, and red tape have many families struggling to get back on their feet following the North Bay wildfires.

Sonoma County has released the 911 calls recorded the night and early morning the deadly North Bay fires broke out.

Here in this vineyard along the Napa-Sonoma county line, 500 people all sat at one table. They each paid $500 for a lunch, where all the proceeds are going to go to help victims of the north Bay fire storms.

Sonoma County is seeing a second wave of fire victims as renters are being evicted because their homes are now needed by the landlords.

It's been more than a month since wildfires killed dozens, devastated communities and destroyed thousands of homes in the North Bay. Over the weekend Sonoma County authorities say a man shot and killed himself outside the site where his home once stood before the fire.

A new fundraiser is picking up steam for North Bay Fire victims. In Santa Rosa, Sonoma Pride is raising a pint for the cause. The beer label involves dozens of breweries.

Tourism is the life blood of Napa and Sonoma. Those communities will eventually need visitors to return so they can get back on their feet. A block party was thrown on Friday night in an effort to bring back some of those visitors.

A reunion Thursday night brought tears to a Santa Rosa woman, seeing the deputy who saved her, for the first time since the Tubbs Fire.

A software engineer in Silicon Valley is raising money to help a wildlife preserve in Sonoma County affected by the wildfire. Miraculously, all 1,000 animals at Safari West were saved, but the owner and employees’ homes were not. So far, the engineer has raised nearly $50,000.

A Santa Rosa couple who lost their home in the Tubbs Fire sued PG&E Co. in San Francisco Superior Court today, claiming the fire was caused by alleged negligence by the utility in maintaining electric lines and pruning trees and vegetation.

A Santa Rosa couple who lost their home in the Tubbs Fire sued PG&E Co. in San Francisco Superior Court today, claiming the fire was caused by alleged negligence by the utility in maintaining electric lines and pruning trees and vegetation.

More evacuation order were lifted Tuesday for areas in Sonoma County, including Oakmont where residents began to return home. Neighbors were greeting each other in the street as ash fell and the Nuns Fire continued to burn in the hills surrounding the retirement community.

Response to raging wildfires in Sonoma County will be assessed and reviewed at the state and county level following complaints and criticism that residents were not given enough warning, or no warning at all.

The Sonoma County Sheriff Department released body camera video taken Sunday night as officers responded to raging wildfires.

Firefighters in Napa and Sonoma Counties called in more than a dozen reports of downed power lines, live wires, and blown transformers in just the first three hours after devastating wildfires erupted in the North Bay, according to dispatch audio reviewed by 2 Investigates.

Despite the grim news of the Sonoma County Sheriff identifying 10 of the fire victims weather conditions were more beneficial for fire crews battling flames.

Santa Rosa residents haven’t seen the clear sky or smelled clean air in days because of the fire. KTVU's Debora Villalon reports from Bennet Valley where what happens next depends on Mother Nature.