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California Fires
California fires are a major concern for homeowners and firefighters in California. Large California wildfires often do hundreds of millions of dollars in damage.
Almost 20 years to the day since the Loma Prieta Earthquake shook California's Bay Area, a wildfire was burning through Santa Cruz County (approximately 75 miles south of San Francisco) just miles from the epicenter of the quake that delayed the 1989 World Series. Just as Amateur Radio operators responded to calls for assistance for the earthquake, 20 years later on October 25, they responded when needed for a 485 acre wildfire.
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State insurance commissioner and Republican gubernatorial candidate Steve Poizner announced Monday that his office helped San Diego County victims of the 2007 wildfires recover more than $27 million from their insurance companies.The California Department of Insurance received 391 complaints about insurance companies following the Witch Creek fire. About 70 of those complaints were allegations of under-insurance, according to Poizner."I am...
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From lajollalight.com
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DIAMOND BAR, Calif., Nov. 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The U-Haul Companies of Los Angeles-- East, Orange County and San Bernardino are offering 30 days of free storage to California residents who have been evacuated or need to move their belongings away from areas affected by wildfires.
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San Diego Gas & Electric and Cox Communications have agreed to pay $17 million to settle claims by state investigators that poor maintenance led to three huge Southern California wildfires in 2007.
The settlement, announced Friday, comes more than a year after investigators with Calif...
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From salon.com
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Residents of the Los Angeles and Santa Barbara foothills worried Tuesday about possible flash floods and mudslides as a vigorous autumn storm drenched areas devastated by wildfires last month. The National Weather Service issued a flash flood warning ...
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