Recovery

Major carriers need to follow through with enhancements to public safety alerts.

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Although the air has cleared since the North Bay fires filled the skies with smoke, creating the dirtiest air ever recorded in the region, concerns remain about the health effects of the toxic ash left behind by the 7,000 structures incinerated.

'Nobody could have stopped that fire. But the people could have got out.'

From ventilating the firehouse garage to more stringent decontamination protocols, over the past two years Medford Fire-Rescue has implemented programs, procedures and systems to reduce firefighters' contact with hazardous chemicals linked to cancer.

As the gunman left the church, a town resident grabbed his own rifle and confronted him. The gunman dropped his gun and fled in his vehicle, and the resident pursued him.

Projections show the state will advance about $665 million for hurricane-related expenses.

The city, which is on the hook for 25 percent of the costs of the federal project, has written a letter to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers asking to be reimbursed for more than $1.8 million the city made in two payments on the project.

Tens of thousands more could join the legal fight in the coming years, lawyers told federal judges Wednesday in a Houston courtroom.

The reports show damage to the power lines and other PG&E equipment in areas close to the origins of the fires that burned 142 square miles of Sonoma County, killing at least 23 people and destroying about 7,000 structures, mostly homes.

'I think the storm did take them by surprise.That’s just not acceptable.'

New York City Police Commissioner credited his officer for stopping the 'carnage soon after it began.'

Disasters can make or break a politician and maybe a campaign.

The Public Utilities Commission also is working with other city departments to build additional flood-resilience measures into San Francisco’s planning and design codes.

An intense storm from Sunday night into Monday morning stripped power from an estimated 320,000 customers across the state.