Frustration And Tears As Paradise Turns Out To Protest The PG&E Fire Victim Trust
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Survivors of the 2018 Camp Fire gather in Paradise, Calif. May 22, 2021 to protest runaway overhead expenses by the PG&E Fire Victim Trust.
Lily Jamali / KQED
By Lily Jamali
PARADISE, Calif. Teri Lindsay said she had no intention of speaking at a fire survivors’ rally that drew about a hundred people to the Skyway in Paradise Saturday. But as her daughter, Erika, stood by her side tears streaming down the young girl’s face Lindsay voiced her frustration at her family’s living conditions 2.5 years after the 2018 Camp Fire.
Knoxville Biz Ticker: Knoxville Entrepreneur Center launches Made for Knoxville campaign
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Knoxville Entrepreneur Center launches Made for Knoxville campaign
“Made for Knoxville” is a print and social media campaign and storytelling website initiated by the Knoxville Entrepreneur Center to elevate awareness of Knoxville’s diverse entrepreneurial ecosystem ranging from “solo-preneurs,” makers, growth stage tech companies, investors, and established institutions.
Made for Knoxville shines the light on the big wins, everyday hustles, and ongoing challenges that our entrepreneurial ecosystem faces in unprecedented times - through an incredible collection of original interview videos, profiles of nearly one hundred entrepreneurs, and original blog articles by Knoxville legend Jack Neely.
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Retired U.S. Foreign Service officer Bill Cook lost his home in Paradise, Calif., during the Camp Fire, the 2018 blaze sparked by Pacific Gas & Electric Company equipment that ranks as the deadliest and most destructive fire in state history.
Two and a half years later, Cook, 70, and his family are barely scraping by. Like Cook, the vast majority of the 67,000 PG&E fire victims included in a December 2019 settlement with the company have yet to see a dime. That s as lawyers and administrators have been paid millions, with the money coming directly from funds set aside to help survivors like Cook.