Cleanup From 2 California Fires Estimated At $243 Million

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) – Cleaning up from two destructive Northern California wildfires this fall will cost at least $243 million, state officials estimated Friday as they transferred more money from the state’s rainy day fund to help pay for it.
“The devastation caused by these fires is extraordinary,” Department of Finance director Michael Cohen said in a letter Friday to lawmakers.
The letter was to notify the state Legislature that the administration is shifting