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Evan Frostick, left, and Madison Bernard, right, both charged with murder and child cruelty in the death of their daughter, Charlotte Frostick, appear before a judge on Sept. 1, 2022, at the Sonoma County Superior Court in Santa Rosa, Calif. They are part of a growing number of parents across the U.S. prosecutors have charged in the fentanyl overdose deaths of their children since the pandemic started. Prosecutors have been ramping up enforcement efforts in these cases as children increasingly become accidental victims of an escalating opioid crisis. (Beth Schlanker/The Press Democrat via AP) Press Democrat via AP)

As more children die from fentanyl, some prosecutors are charging their parents with murder

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Aaron Morgan, with a PG&amp;E crew, works at installing underground power lines along Porter Creek Road in Sonoma County, Calif., site of the 2017 Tubbs Fire, on Monday, June 13, 2022. Pacific Gas &amp; Electric Co. has started an ambitious project to bury underground thousands of miles of power lines in an effort to prevent igniting fires with its equipment and avoid shutting down power during hot and windy weather. (AP Photo/Haven Daley)

PG&E moves underground in plan to bury 10,000 miles of power lines

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Running gun battle in Mexico leaves 9 gunmen, 1 police dead

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Embers fly from a tree as the Glass Fire burns in St. Helena, Calif., Sunday, Sept. 27, 2020. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)

3 killed in Northern California wildfire; thousands flee

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A wildfire approaches a residential subdivision Oct. 24, 2019, in Santa Clarita, Calif. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

LeBron James, Arnold Schwarzenegger flee California wildfires

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A helicopter drops water as the Getty fire burns on Mandeville Canyon Monday, Oct. 28, 2019, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

Wildfire forces residents, celebrities to flee

By STEFANIE DAZIO and BRIAN MELLEY - Associated Press

In this Aug. 7, 2018, file photo, firefighters monitor a backfire while battling the Ranch Fire, part of the Mendocino Complex Fire near Ladoga, Calif. (AP Photo/Noah Berger, File)

California wine country fires leave homeowners struggling

By Lorin Eleni Gill - Associated Press

FILE - In this Thursday, July 26, 2018 file photo, a structure burns as the Carr fire races along Highway 299 near Redding, Calif. In the last year, fires have devastated neighborhoods in the Northern California wine country city of Santa Rosa, the Southern California beach city of Ventura and, now, the inland city of Redding. Hotter weather from changing climates is drying out vegetation, creating more intense fires that spread quickly from rural areas to city subdivisions, climate and fire experts say. But they also blame cities for expanding into previously undeveloped areas susceptible to fire. AP Photo/Noah Berger, File)

Experts say urban sprawl, climate change hike wildfire risk

By SUDHIN THANAWALA and JONATHAN J. COOPER - Associated Press

Border Patrol: Man caught leading 2 horses carrying drugs

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The Latest: Suspects in fatal home invasions identified

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FILE- In this Oct. 14, 2017, file photo, an aerial view shows the devastation of the Coffey Park neighborhood after a wildfire swept through Santa Rosa, Calif. A 101-year-old man who told his wife to flee deadly wildfires in Northern California without him last month is the latest victim to be identified by coroners officials. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)

101-year-old killed in California blazes told wife to flee

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A statue of Snoopy greats hockey families to Snoopy's Home Ice in Santa Rosa, Calif., Sunday, Oct. 22, 2017. The annual hockey tournament for 7- and 8-year-olds was held as scheduled Sunday in the rink financed by Peanuts creator Charles Schultz, a Santa Rosa native and hockey fan. (AP Photo/Paul Elias)

Fire-ravaged California city turns to hockey for respite

By PAUL ELIAS - Associated Press

FILE - In this Oct. 16, 2017 file photo, a mailbox, one of few items left at the site of the destroyed home in Napa, Calif., where Sara and Charles Rippey died in a fast-moving wildfire, shows a pink and black polka dot ribbon that indicates a fire crew has visited the location. The vast majority of those who died in the Northern California wildfires were in their 70s and 80s including several couples who died together. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)

California wildfire victims search burned homes for memories

By TERRY CHEA - Associated Press

The Santa Cruz Mountains are covered in smoke from a wildfire Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2017, near Boulder Creek, Calif. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

Trump has no immediate plans to visit Calif. wildfire damage

By KEN THOMAS and SUDHIN THANAWALA - Associated Press

Debbie Wolfe stares at the broken figurine, she found in the burned ruins of her home Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2017, in Santa Rosa, Calif. A massive deadly wildfire swept through the area last week destroying thousands of housing and business. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

Wildfires worsen housing crunch in famously costly Bay Area

By SUDHIN THANAWALA and PAUL ELIAS - Associated Press

A residence in the hills above Sonoma, Calif., has a posted sign alerting people to an available pool if needed to shelter from wildfires Friday, Oct. 13, 2017. Stories of some people who lived through the inferno by standing in backyard swimming pools this week is spreading. (AP Photo/Ellen Knickmeyer)

The Latest: 40 now dead from Northern California wildfires

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Smoke rises as a wildfire burns in the hills east of Napa, Calif., Monday, Oct. 9, 2017. Wildfires whipped by powerful winds swept through Northern California sending residents on a headlong flight to safety through smoke and flames as homes burned. (Michael Short/San Francisco Chronicle via AP)

The Latest: Over 100 reported missing in California wildfire

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Police say 2 bodies in different homes are related homicides

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Delia Garcia-Bratcher appears during a hearing at the Sonoma County Superior Court in Santa Rosa, Calif. on Thursday, May 22, 2014. Garcia-Bratcher, was arrested Saturday on suspicion of inflicting injury on a child after sheriff's deputies say she came to Olivet Elementary Charter School in Santa Rosa on Friday and grabbed the boy by the throat. She asked her son, who also attends the school, to point out who was bullying her daughter, the sheriff's office said. (AP Photo/The Press Democrat, Beth Schlanker)

California mom in alleged bullying case in court

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Feds to release water from Santa Rosa dam

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