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U.S. NEWS Tuesday 29 sepTember 2020
New wildfires scorch wine country near San Francisco

By JANIE HAR a region torched just two
Associated Press years ago by the massive
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — and deadly Carr Fire — in-
Northern California's wine famously remembered for
country was on fire again producing a huge tornado-
Monday as strong winds like fire whirl.
fanned flames in the al- The causes of the new fires
ready badly scorched re- were under investigation.
gion, forcing thousands of The fires erupted as a giant
people to flee their homes ridge of high pressure set-
in the dark of night. tled over the West, produc-
Residents of the Oakmont ing powerful gusts blowing
Gardens assisted living from the interior toward the
home in Santa Rosa board- coast while slashing humid-
ed brightly lit city buses ity levels and raising tem-
overnight, some wearing peratures, making vegeta-
bathrobes and using walk- tion ready to burn.
ers. They wore masks to During the weekend, Pacif-
protect against the coro- ic Gas & Electric turned off
navirus as orange flames electricity to targeted ar-
marked the dark sky. eas where the winds raised
Flames also engulfed the the potential for arcing or
Chateau Boswell Winery other power equipment
north of St. Helena. The Ad- Flames from the Glass Fire consume the Glass Mountain Inn, late Sunday, Sept. 27, 2020, in St. damage that could spark
ventist Health St. Helena Helena, Calif. Associated Press new fires. The utility's equip-
hospital suspended care ment has caused previous
and transferred all patients with the Glass Fire at 3:50 "In some parts of Santa Numerous studies in recent disasters, including the 2018
elsewhere, according to a a.m. Sunday and two sub- Rosa, they're mopping up years have linked bigger Camp Fire that devastated
statement on its website. sequent fires merged with hot spots," he said. "In other wildfires in America to glob- the Sierra Nevada foothills
"We just don't have words," it, burning 17 square miles parts, they're still actively al warming from the burn- town of Paradise and killed
state Sen. Mike McGuire, a (44 square kilometers) as of fighting fire." ing of coal, oil and gas, es- 85 people.
Democrat who represents early Monday, according Sonoma County Supervi- pecially because climate Most of the losses occurred
Healdsburg, told KTVU-2 in to the California Depart- sor Susan Gorin evacuated change has made Cali- after a frenzy of dry light-
Oakland. "It's an incredibly ment of Forestry and Fire her home in the Oakmont fornia much drier. A drier ning strikes in mid-August
trying and emotional time Protection, or Cal Fire. community of Santa Rosa California means plants are ignited a massive outbreak
right now." Officials did not have an about 1 a.m. She is rebuild- more flammable. of fires.
The fires that began Sun- estimate of people un- ing a home damaged in Evacuations were also or- Fire worries were also de-
day in the famed Napa- der evacuation but Paul the 2017 fires. Gorin told the dered in Shasta County as veloping Monday across
Sonoma wine country north Lowenthal, Cal Fire spokes- San Francisco Chronicle the Zogg Fire spread over Southern California al-
of San Francisco came on man, said more than 13,000 that she is numb, and the 23 square miles (59 square though it was unclear how
the third anniversary of homes were threatened in situation feels surreal. kilometers). Residences are strong predicted Santa
deadly wildfires that erupt- Santa Rosa alone. He esti- "It's like God has no sym- widely scattered in the for- Ana winds would be. Heat
ed in 2017, including one mates tens of thousands of pathy, no empathy for So- ested area, about 10 miles and extreme dryness were
that killed 22 people. people are under evacua- noma County," she told the (16 kilometers) southwest expected to be problem-
The latest inferno began tion warnings or orders. news publication. of the city of Redding in atic nonetheless.q

Trump ex-campaign boss hospitalized amid threat to harm self

By J. LEMIRE and T. SPENCER evaluation. "Brad Parscale attracted a wave of media
Associated Press is a member of our fam- attention that included fo-
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) ily and we love him," said cus on his seemingly glitzy
— President Donald Trump's Trump campaign commu- lifestyle on the Florida coast
former campaign manag- nications director Tim Mur- that kept him far from cam-
er Brad Parscale has been taugh. "We are ready to paign headquarters in Vir-
hospitalized after he threat- support him and his family in ginia. Over the summer,
ened to harm himself, ac- any way possible." Parscale he hyped a million ticket
cording to Florida police was demoted from the requests for the president's
and campaign officials. campaign manager's post comeback rally in Tulsa,
Police officers talked in July but remained part Oklahoma, that ended up
Parscale out of his Fort Lau- of the campaign, helping drawing just 6,000 people.
derdale home after his wife run its digital operation. A furious Trump was left
called police to say that he Standing 6'8" and with a staring at a sea of empty
had multiple firearms and distinctive beard, Parscale seats and, weeks later, pro-
was threatening to hurt had become a celebrity moted Bill Stepien to cam- In this Oct. 10, 2019, file photo, Brad Parscale, then-campaign
himself when he was hos- to Trump supporters and paign manager. Parscale manager for President Donald Trump, speaks during a campaign
pitalized Sunday under the would frequently pose was originally hired to run rally at the Target Center in Minneapolis.
state's Baker Act. That act for photos and sign au- Trump's 2016 campaign by Associated Press
allows anyone deemed to tographs ahead of cam- Jared Kushner, the presi- most of the campaign's geted online advertising
be a threat to themselves paign rallies. But Trump dent's powerful son-in-law. data, voter modeling and that Trump aides believe
or others to be detained had begun to sour on him While the Republican Na- outreach tools, Parscale was key to his victory four
for 72 hours for psychiatric earlier this year as Parscale tional Committee owns ran most of the microtar- years ago.q