Must Reads: Here’s how Paradise ignored warnings and became a deathtrap
Reporting from Paradise, Calif. — The fate of Paradise was cast long before a windstorm last month fueled the deadliest fire in California history. The ridge settlement was doomed by its proximity to a crack in the mighty wall of the Sierra Nevada, a deep canyon that bellowed gale-force winds. It was …
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