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PG&E details plan to reduce reach of California blackouts by a third

Pacific Gas and Electric Co. said Friday that it plans to invest in new power grid technology, weather-forecasting tools and other equipment that will help reduce the number of homes

PG&E, under siege after mass power shut-offs, stands its ground

PG&E Corp. admits it made big mistakes while cutting power to parts of more than 30 counties across California this month. But the perennially embattled San Francisco company does not

PG&E Fires Executive For Wine Outing Ahead Of Power Shutoff

A PG&E executive has been fired after entertaining the company’s top customers at a Sonoma winery in a poorly timed event just before power was cut to customers across the

As Bay Area recovers from PG&E power shutoff, many ask: ‘Was this necessary’?

For many Northern Californians, there was little remarkable about the weather that swept through the region in the middle of last week. Bone-dry winds came down from the north and

Column: What the heck has gone wrong here in California? From owning the future to blacked out

I was on the phone the other day with my sister, who lives in the Bay Area, and she said she had to get ready to deal with a planned

The California power outages show how dire the wildfire crisis has gotten — 9 of the state’s 10 biggest fires came in the last 16 years

The fire has spread quickly due to strong easterly winds, sometimes called the Santa Ana winds . The flames have burned more than 4,700 acres, at a rate of 800