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Google Maps screen shot of Chinese Camp, California.

Wildfire devastates historic California gold mining town, homes burn in blaze caused by lightning

Noah Berger / Associated Press, Sarah Brumfield / Associated Press

A quick-moving wildfire has burned homes in a California Gold Rush town settled around 1850 by Chinese miners who were driven out of a nearby camp. It's one of nearly two dozen fires burning across Northern California Wednesday.

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One Year Later, Questions Still Burn About The Rim Fire

Ezra David Romero, Diana Aguilera

We now know who ignited the Rim Fire that scarred part of the beauty of the Sierra Nevada. But many other questions about the response to the fire still…

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Columbia Man Indicted For Starting Rim Fire

Joe Moore, Diana Aguilera

The hunter who is alleged to have started the massive Rim Fire in the Stanislaus National Forest and Yosemite National Park has been indicted by a federal…

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One Year After The Rim Fire, Locals Share Frustration Over Prosecutor's Silence

Diana Aguilera

This story received a 2015 Golden Mike Award from the Radio Television News Association of Southern California. Read about other winners here.Nearly one…