SANTA CRUZ: Dozens of wildfires raging throughout Northern California have now claimed at least three lives and threaten tens of thousands of homes, authorities said on Thursday (Friday in Manila). The death of a resident in Solano County, in the northeastern San Francisco Bay Area, was reported Thursday by Sheriff Thomas Ferrara, although he didn’t have any additional details. A Pacific Gas & Electric utility worker assisting with advance clearing was found dead on Wednesday in a vehicle in the Vacaville area between San Francisco and Sacramento.
