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90,000 Told to Flee as California Fires Nearly Double in Size

As two wildfires raged across Southern California on Tuesday, nearly doubling in size overnight and forcing thousands more people to flee their homes, the state’s utility companies are again coming

PG&E probation judge demands details after utility equipment seized in wildfire investigation

Dive Brief: California state investigators have taken possession of Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) equipment as part of an ongoing investigation into the origin of a Northern California wildfire that

Cal Fire is investigating if PG&E equipment caused the deadly Zogg Fire

California officials are investigating whether Pacific Gas and Electric Co. equipment caused a large Shasta County wildfire that has killed four people and destroyed more than 200 buildings. PG&E disclosed

Cell Industry Fights Rules To Require Backup Power At Cell Towers In Fire Zones

Long before Public Safety Power Shutoffs, Call Kurtis Investigates questioned phone companies on what they’re doing to make sure people in the line of wildfire have means to communicate.

PG&E trying a new tactic in power cuts to prevent wildfires

The nation’s largest utility said Tuesday it is executing smarter and shorter power shutoffs after receiving widespread criticism last year when it turned off electricity to 2 million people to

PG&E: Plan to raise monthly utility bills for wildfires is killed in Sacramento

A legislative plan to raise bills for customers of PG&E and other utility behemoths in California in a quest to combat wildfires — and bankroll other projects — has been

Wildfire funding bill dies in California Legislature

California lawmakers abandoned a last-minute bill that would have raised $3 billion for wildfire and climate change projects by extending an existing fee on some utility customers. The proposal, AB

California Democrats scuttle wildfire utility fee plan, turn to Newsom in last-ditch effort

Facing heavy opposition, California lawmakers have scrapped a last-minute bill to extend fees for utility customers and plan to replace it with a more modest call for $500 million in

State, federal officials take different paths trying to stop utilities from causing wildfires

Nearly two years after one of the deadliest corporate crimes in California history — a utility-sparked wildfire that killed scores of people and destroyed the city of Paradise in rural

PG&E nears end of bankruptcy amid persisting safety worries

Pacific Gas & Electric limped into bankruptcy vilified for its long-running neglect of a crumbling electrical grid that ignited a succession of horrific Northern California wildfires. After nearly a year-and-a-half

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