Magalia

Let's hope everyone took heed of the evacuation warnings for Concow, Magalia and parts of Paradise issued this morning.

Concow Overrun By the Camp Fire 2008

Saundra Iden and her husband live in Magalia, CA, but when Saundra wrote their story on the California Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee's guaranteedhealthcare. org website, her picture of their retirement doesn't sound like the idyllic model we would all hope for our seniors.

Rose Ann DeMoro: A Gold Rush Town That Symbolizes our Health Care Crisis 2008

The small Gold Rush town of Magalia in the shadows of the Sierra Nevada mountains just north of Paradise, Ca. might not be the first place you'd think of to look at what's so very wrong with our health care system.

Rose Ann DeMoro: A Gold Rush Town That Symbolizes our Health Care Crisis 2008

What I do know is this event is taking place over the communities of Magalia, Concow and Paradise California.

California Wildfire Anamoly Visible From Space 2008

In Butte County, fires burning near the communities of Concow, Magalia and Paradise total 1,397 acres and are five percent contained. 200 residences are threatened.

Gov. Schwarzenneger Says Put These Fires Out 2008

HR 676 is the only reform that would actually provide the relief the families of Magalia need, and the reason why we'll be in the streets of San Francisco, as well as Philadelphia, Louisville, Pittsburgh, San Antonio, and many others on June 19.

Rose Ann DeMoro: A Gold Rush Town That Symbolizes our Health Care Crisis 2008

But Magalia is a good place to understand why thousands of nurses, patients, and healthcare activists will be on hand to greet thousands of health insurance executives, claims adjustors, managers and sales reps gathering in San Francisco June 19 for the annual America's Health Insurance Plan convention.

Rose Ann DeMoro: A Gold Rush Town That Symbolizes our Health Care Crisis 2008

Other Magalia families struggle to get any healthcare coverage because they work and make too much to qualify for any state assistance but make far too little to afford private health insurance.

Rose Ann DeMoro: A Gold Rush Town That Symbolizes our Health Care Crisis 2008

Multiple fires ignited in Butte County threatening communities of Paradise, Forest Ranch, Cohasset, and Magalia.

Significant Challenges For California Firefighters 2008

Hugh McGall of Magalia, California, Navy intercept operator.

DAY OF DECEIT ROBERT B. STINNETT 2001