As a Californian I think it's really important that we rebuild Paradise. This community deserves to be saved.

Wow! 5 years. It seemed like that happend a year ago.

I’m rebuilding with the help of the wonderful people in & around Paradise. BUT I STILL FEEL ANGER. My 56 yr old son just died of Lung Cancer. My family members have moved out of state. I’m 83 & hope I can enjoy my soon to be rebuilt home before I die. MY GREATEST ANGER is at PGE for stalling payments of retribution. The STOLE 5 1/2 yrs of my life

It's been 12 years since an F5 tornado blasted its way across Joplin, MO, destroying 40% of the city. Since then the reconstruction is amazing, although there are still many reminders of that fateful day. RIP to the 161 victims.

If they want to help rebuild Paradise. They can pay the thousands of residents that remain the money they still owe us 5 years later.

I pray Paradise gets rebuild. I grew up in Paradise from 4th grade to college when I moved to Chico. I drove to chico daily on skyway for work, had such amazing memories in Paradise. Grew up with nate smith and his brother Kyle (nate signed with sony after Paradise fires and brought hope to the town). I remember the Paradise High football games, dancing salsa and ballroom across the street after class, the jobs I had, my first love and kiss, first heartbreak, talent shows where I would sing, Billy park, cruising up to Oroville for Holidays and boating on Oroville lake, beautiful people there and beautiful memories I will never forget. I loved this small town. So many friends lost everything but a few items, their car and each other. Many have moved to Oroville and Chico, others in other states and some stayed in cali, but Idk anyone who came back to rebuild and I understand why. I pray for all those who have been inpacted for healing and comfort, strength. Breaks my heart. I heard Jamie Lee Curtis is doing a movie about the fire, specifically about the heroes that saved children in a bus that we will be watching. I hope the majority of the movie or all goes to donating to rebuild Paradise. I moved to Chico a few years before the fire, then the Bay area. It will forever be Paradise in my heart and pray it gets rebuild.

Paradise, CA, and its residents went through misery just to have the lump show up for a photo op and call it Pleasure, CA. I remember.

As a Australian from Victoria, our state is known for deadly bushfires. Sympathies for these guys across the pond, i know exactly how it feels to deal with this type of carnage.

I'm one of the rare residents that moved to paradise after the fire, never having lived here before. It's a beautiful community with beautiful people and the landscape has no doubt changed, but is still beautiful. There are less trees, but more views. Future fires in the area will have less fuel, less trees being around and all the new buildings are constructed with fireproofing in mind.

Great reporting by Steve Patterson!

Being from cali and lived in cali during this just about 2 hours from this…: seeing this makes me so happy

I would like to attend Chico and live in Paradise

Pleasure, what a name

So are they going to stay in RVs on their land until they get paid off? Most are too old to being down that, better off selling, living somewhere else and wait for a payoff during your lifetime.

Please quit building with wood in wildfire areas. There are a lot of other options out there.

Wildfires happen every year. Swales can be dug near residential areas through government employment schemes. Goat farmers can circulate herds through those areas to remove brush. Use tried and true common sense rotational systems that have existed for millennia like herding ducks for locusts.

The mayor is a local contractor...

What? Wildfire? I thought it was some guy named postal dude that destroyed it with a nuke

Blue roofs would be helpful..ask oprah

Awwwww

Someday people will take another look and realize only a directed energy weapon can burn with the intensity it takes to melt glass and metal while leaving tree trunks and bushes unburned all around. Built structures melted into the ground while the tree in the front yard and recycle bins are still there.

They be lying about the number of people that died. Idk why but I find that odd.

Happy newsome started listing to trump and started raking/cleaning the forests

PG&E should have been sued, kicked out of business (which business belongs to CAL folks) and Bosses thrown in jail. But this is Californians democracy, here the rich are offering pounds of cocaine to Politicians and Justices as an end of year bonus :))

There is a big secret, a taboo to talk about, which is: *Will morons stop planting pine trees?*

"We're knocking on heavens door, almost PARADISE" , until the fire comes around again. Good job California on mismanaging the forest. I live in Truckee and at least here we clear the dead wood.

Rebuild it, they will only zap it with lasers again. Wood was burning where the metal touched it. That’s what happens when you put metal in the microwave.