At 2 a.m. on Oct. 9, 2017, high winds drove a catastrophic wildfire west over six lanes of the 101 freeway in Santa Rosa, forcing attorney Oscar A. Pardo, his wife and three children to evacuate their home in the Coffey Park neighborhood.
At least 22 died in what became known as the Tubbs Fire. Pardo's home and thousands of others in the region were destroyed. Rebounding from pain and loss, Sonoma and neighboring c... (continued)