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Updated: 11:05 PM PDT Apr 28, 2021 Jonathan Ayestas A 2020 wildfire in Solano County where two people were found dead was deemed as arson and a cover-up for murder, investigators said Wednesday during a briefing. That suspect is now in custody."The source of the 2020 Markley fire was arson and the two resulting deaths from that fire are now considered homicides," said Solano County Sheriff Tom Ferrara. "Two fire victims were discovered deceased in their homes as a result of that fire. Eighty-two-year-old Douglas Mai, and 64-year-old Leon Bone."The Markley Fire, which s...
Updated: 9:18 AM CDT Apr 29, 2021 Jonathan Ayestas A 2020 wildfire in California where two people were found dead was deemed as arson and a cover-up for murder, investigators said Wednesday during a briefing. That suspect is now in custody."The source of the 2020 Markley fire was arson and the two resulting deaths from that fire are now considered homicides," said Solano County Sheriff Tom Ferrara. "Two fire victims were discovered deceased in their homes as a result of that fire. Eighty-two-year-old Douglas Mai, and 64-year-old Leon Bone."The Markley Fire, which spark...
Housing projects planned for wildfire zones challenged by state. But residents want them built FacebookTwitterEmail 1of9 Middletown resident Rebecca Pledger, a retired nurse, at her home on Butts Canyon Road. “I like our small, cozy community,” she said. “But I realize there’s always going to be change.”Stephen Lam / The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less 2of9 White fencing runs along Butts Canyon Road in Middleton, where a development is being considered that would include 1,400 homes. The site’s Guenoc Valley location is considered a high-risk zone for wildfires.Stephen Lam / The Chron...
"There were a lot of people who didn't have water for a long time," Mahood said. In fact, much of the drinking water system operated by the San Lorenzo Valley Water District that serves Mahood's neighborhood, along with some 7,100 other households, was damaged or destroyed. Over the past five years or so, hundreds of California drinking water systems have suffered similar fates while struggling with the impacts of the state's increasingly intense climate-driven wildfires. In 2020 alone, 250 water systems were either damaged by fire or were subject to fire-related public safety power shutoffs,...