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Information about the North By Area fires.
Out of the ashes of the October fires grew a variety of organizations to help rebuild the county. Today begins a series looking into them to find out what makes each unique in what they bring to the recovery effort. To start off this series, reporter J. Mateo Baker looked into the Rebuild Northbay Foundation, founded just days after the fire, with this report.
The Rebuild Northbay Foundation website can be found at rebuildnorthbay.org
When the fires moved on the Redwood Valley Rancheria on October 8, eleven members of the Little River Band of Pomo Indians stayed behind to fight the flames.
Sonoma County Assessor, William F. Rousseau, is urging residents displaced by the October 2017 wildfires to update their mailing address with the Assessor’s office.
Today, we’ve got two reports about the aftermath of October’s fires. They come to us through our partnership with KQED’s California Report.
Yesterday we heard from new Board of Supervisors Chair James Gore speaking at a Town Hall on fire recovery Saturday morning.
Today, news director Steve Mencher brings us back to the meeting – where we’ll hear from Mark Ghilarducci, head of the California Office of Emergency Services.
Ghilarducci was the face of the state during the fire crisis, and earned high marks for his clear communication – and commitment. He took time off from marshaling forces in Southern California fighting to clear the mudslides there, to answer questions from fire survivors in our region.
For more on the insurance proposals in Sacramento, here's an article from the Santa Rosa Press Democrat.
UPDATE: State Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones has pressured insurance companies to increase their payouts without itemization.
Local residents by the hundreds showed up at a town hall Saturday for updates on fire recovery and rebuilding.
When: January 25, 2018 - 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Where: Santa Rosa High School Gymnasium
1235 Mendocino Avenue - Santa Rosa, CA 95401
Homeowners whose insured homes were damaged or destroyed in the October 2017 wildfires are invited to attend a Roadmap to Recovery™ workshop presented by United Policyholders, a non-profit consumer organization helping disaster survivors for over 25 years.
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