SPECIAL REPORT: Communities grapple with wildfires, power outages

Peninsula Press reporters cover the outbreak of wildfires and mass power shutoffs that hit Northern California fall of 2019.

Bay Area restaurants tally losses from spoiled food, lost sales from power shutoffs

Pacific Gas and Electric’s late October power shutoffs impacted numerous restaurants in the Bay Area. Restaurants lost food and customers. Picco Restaurant & Pizzeria, a restaurant specialized in California-influenced Neapolitan pizzas in Larkspur, had to close their restaurant Oct. 26 at 2:30 p.m. and reopened on Oct. 29. It estimates its losses at $43,000. The …

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Kincade Fire forces adoptable animals to evacuate twice

SACRAMENTO — The Kincade Fire in Sonoma County prompted large-scale evacuations on Oct. 26 and forced thousands of residents to flee their homes. But it wasn’t just humans that were displaced by the fire — pets and animals living at shelters also had to evacuate. The Sacramento Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals took in a total of 42 animals from Sonoma County.

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