Olga R. Rodriguez

Associated Press

In Colorado and other states hit by natural disasters this year, the pandemic has injected extra uncertainty and created more obstacles for families trying to rebuild.

Pandemic Adds Time, Cost to Rebuild After Colo. Wildfire

Builders everywhere are waiting longer than usual to line up carpenters, electricians and plumbers.

A man leaves his home during a mandatory fire evacuate as smoke from the Silverado Fire fills the air, Monday, Oct. 26, 2020, in Irvine, Calif.

Utility Says its Equipment May Have Sparked California Blaze

Two firefighters were critically injured while battling the fire.

In this March 23, 2018, file photo provided by KTVU, emergency personnel work a the scene where a Tesla electric SUV crashed into a barrier on U.S. Highway 101 in Mountain View, Calif.

Details Released in 2 Crashes Involving Tesla

Tesla says Autopilot is intended to be used for driver assistance and that drivers must be ready to intervene at all times.

James Cooke is shown buying water bottles along with propane tanks and batteries at a ACE Hardware store as he prepares for a possible power shutdown in Los Gatos, CA on Tuesday, Oct. 8.

Planned Power Outages Begin in California

PG&E announced that it was shutting off power to 800,000 customers in 34 northern, central and coastal California counties.

StarKist Fined $100M for Price-Fixing

The company had asked for a reduced fine, arguing that $100M could lead to bankruptcy due to pending civil suits.

Water flows down the Oroville Dam spillway in Oroville, Calif., Tuesday, April 2, 2019. California officials opened the flood-control spillway at the nation's tallest dam for the first time since it was rebuilt after it crumbled during heavy rains two years ago.

California Turns to Troubled Dam

It's the first time since it crumbled and drove hundreds of thousands to flee the threat of catastrophic flooding.

This undated file photo provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shows a humpback whale entangled in fishing line, ropes, buoys and anchors in the Pacific Ocean off Crescent City, Calif. California crab fisheries will close for the season in April 2019 when whales are feeding off the state's coast as part of an effort to keep Dungeness crab fishery gear from killing protected whales, officials announced Tuesday, March 26, 2019. The April 15 closure, three months before the crab fishing season normally ends, is part of a settlement reached by the Center for Biological Diversity and the California Department of Fish and Wildlife.

CA Crab Fisheries to Close Early

It's part of an effort to keep Dungeness crab fishery gear from killing protected whales.

This satellite image shows The Russian River flooding Guerneville, California. The storm-swollen river is slowly receding after causing extensive flooding, but more rainfall is expected.

Evacuations Lifted in Flooded Wine Country

About 2,600 homes, businesses and other structures were flooded by water up to 8' deep.

Berkeley has approved a 25-cent tax on disposable cups city officials say is part of an effort to eliminate restaurant waste.

City Approves Fee on Disposable Cups

The hope is to reduce consumption of single-use containers.

In this Monday, Aug. 27, 2018 photo provided by The Ocean Cleanup, a long floating boom that will be used to corral plastic litter in the Pacific Ocean is assembled in Alameda, Calif. Engineers will deploy a trash collection device to corral plastic litter floating between California and Hawaii in an attempt to clean up the world's largest garbage patch. The 2,000-foot (600-meter) long floating boom will be towed Saturday, Sept. 8, 2018, from San Francisco to the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, an island of trash twice the size of Texas.

Massive Boom Hopes to Corral Ocean Trash

The 2,000-foot long floating boom is being towed from San Francisco to the Great Pacific Garbage Patch

University of California students, from left, Anjali Banerjee, Alice Ma and Tyler Heintz walk near the university's campus Wednesday, June 6, 2018, in, Berkeley, Calif. The students who were in Nice, France when a terrorist drove a truck down a promenade killing 83 people, including one of their classmates, have channeled their grief and anger into two nonprofits to fight terrorism.

U.S. Students Turn Grief Into Tech Startup

Archer builds digital tools to help tackle terrorism, sanctions evasion, corruption and other global violence.

In this Wednesday, March 15, 2017 file photo, a sign marks a pick-up point for the Uber car service at LaGuardia Airport in New York. Jeff Jones, president of the embattled ride-hailing company Uber, has resigned just six months after taking the job, the company confirmed Sunday, March 19.

Uber President Gone After 6 Months

Uber didn't say why he left, but Jones said that his values didn't align with the company's.