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A pedestrian walks around Lake Merritt on Sept. 9, 2020, in Oakland. Smoke from multiple fires in California has filled the Bay Area sky. Photo by Aric Crabb, Bay Area News Group

‘It feels like the end of the world’

by Emily Hoeven September 10, 2020September 10, 2020

The Creek Fire burns in the Sierra National Forest on Sept. 6, 2020, near Big Creek, Calif. Photo by Marcio Jose Sanchez, AP Photo

‘We are in uncharted territory’: High winds spreading already-historic fires

by Emily Hoeven September 9, 2020September 9, 2020

Wind whips embers from a tree burned by a wildfire in Riverside on Oct. 31, 2019. Photo by Ringo H.W. Chiu, AP Photo

Strong winds force power shutoffs as fires burn record 2 million acres

by Emily Hoeven September 8, 2020September 8, 2020

Firefighters battle the CZU August Lightning Complex Fire in the backyard of a home Aug. 21, 2020, in Boulder Creek. Photo by Marcio Jose Sanchez, AP Photo

Wildfire funding bill dies in California Legislature

by Julie Cart August 30, 2020September 1, 2020

A rare lightning storm crackles over Mitchell's Cove in Santa Cruz around 3 a.m. August 16, 2020. The severe storm system rolled through the San Francisco and Monterey Bay areas early Sunday, packing a combination of dry lightning and high winds that triggered wildfires throughout the region. The National Weather Service on Sunday extended a red flag fire warning for the entire Bay Area until 11 a.m. Monday morning. Photo by Shmuel Thaler, The Santa Cruz Sentinel via AP

The weekend: blackouts, lightning, fire tornado — and first shutoffs in 20 years

by Emily Hoeven August 17, 2020August 17, 2020

The back window of a studio seen from the street at San Francisco Art Institute. The private art college has been forced to closed due to financial pressures related to the coronavirus. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters

State of the state: grim

by Emily Hoeven July 17, 2020July 17, 2020

California Capitol. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters

PG&E faces an uncertain future

by Dan Walters June 28, 2020June 27, 2020

Gov. Gavin Newsom at the CalFire/Cameron Park Fire Station in Cameron Park on May 13, 2020. Photo by Rich Pedroncelli, AP Photo/Pool

Newsom: Hospitalizations threaten reopening

by Emily Hoeven June 23, 2020June 24, 2020

Workers remove the statue of John Sutter outside the Sutter Medical Center in Midtown Sacramento on June 15, 2020. Photo by Andrew Nixon / CapRadio

Statues of Columbus, other colonialists removed

by Emily Hoeven June 17, 2020June 16, 2020

Gov. Gavin Newsom at a press conference in the state capitol following the first COVID-19 death in California. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters

Newsom: We’re not waiting on feds

by Emily Hoeven March 31, 2020March 30, 2020