The Market Tectonics of California Real Estate
Some residents have left the state, but many others have just moved out of big cities in search of more space and lower prices, creating hot spots in the suburbs and the once-sleepy exurbs.
Jameel Khalfan and Shikha Mittal moved from their high-rise apartment in San Francisco to a house with a backyard in the small city of San Ramon in October 2020. After working from home with their daughter and her nanny both at home, they realized they wanted more space than their two-bedroom city apartment could offer.Credit.Jim Wilson/The New York Times
Garbage Truck Driver Is Charged in California Fire That Killed 2
The driver, Antonio Ornelas-Velazquez, is accused by the authorities of dumping a burning load of trash that sparked a deadly fire in 2019 that also destroyed more than 70 structures.
Firefighters trying to protect the surrounding homes as they battle the Sandalwood fire in the Villa Calimesa Mobile Home Park in California, in October 2019.Credit.Jennifer Cappuccio Maher/The Orange County Register, via Associated Press
Feb. 16, 2021
A garbage truck driver accused of dumping a burning load of trash that led to the deadly Sandalwood fire in 2019 that killed two people and destroyed more than 1,000 acres of vegetation has been charged with two counts of involuntary manslaughter, the authorities in California said on Tuesday.
Hounded by Wildfires, Californians Rethink Their Willingness to Rebuild
In the aftermath, some people are deciding to just begin new lives elsewhere. The pandemic and longstanding housing problems haven’t made the choices any easier.
By Debra Kamin
Published Jan. 15, 2021Updated Jan. 17, 2021
The day Paradise burned, Aaron Singer was a skeptic. Then he saw the flames in his rearview mirror.
This was November 2018, and the Camp Fire, the most destructive wildfire in California history, was making swift and smoky headway through the Sierra Nevada foothills. It took fewer than four hours to rip through this town of 26,000 residents, reducing schools, businesses, and 11,000 homes into piles of smoldering ash. When Mr. Singer got the evacuation order, he believed it was another false alarm. But he peeled out of his driveway as flames licked his yard, making it out of town with minutes to spare.