BUTTE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA - NOVEMBER 12: The sun peaks through the smokey skies from the Camp Fire and a PG&E transmission line, Monday, November 12, 2018, three miles west of Pulga, Calif. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group)
PGPG&E. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group)

In summary

PG&E agrees to pay $1 billion for wildfire damages. Newsom apologizes for state’s mistreatment of Native Americans. Redding church comes under scrutiny.

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Dan Morain joined CalMatters in March 2018. He is the former editorial page editor of The Sacramento Bee. Morain also spent 27 years at The Los Angeles Times, and has covered the Capitol since 1992.