Utilities in both Northern and Southern California faced the same problem last week: How to keep power lines from sparking wildfires in the ferocious winds that were forecast to roar across tinder-dry lands in their areas. But while PG&E, the state’s largest utility, shut off power to an estimated 2.5 million people, causing massive disruptions […]
PG&E Spent Millions on Lobbying Following Bankruptcy, Wining and Dining Lawmakers Who Sponsored Bailout…
The decision by Pacific Gas & Electric to declare bankruptcy in January did not prevent the utility giant from continuing to spend big on political influence in California’s Statehouse. The investor-owned utility’s transmission lines have been blamed for multiple wildfires, including the Tubbs fire in October 2017 and the Camp Fire wildfire in November 2018, […]
Getty Fire Sparked by Falling Tree Branch on Power Lines…
The Getty Fire in Los Angeles, which has destroyed a dozen homes and forced many people – including some celebrities – to escape the area, was sparked by a tree branch that fell on top of power lines and ignited nearby brush, officials said Tuesday. “The fire was likely caused by a tree branch that […]
LIVE UPDATES: California’s Kincade Fire Burns 100 Square Miles; A Million PG&E Customers Lose Power, 180k Under Mandatory Evacuation…
The Kincade Fire continues to burn Monday morning in Sonoma County, with about 180,000 residents still under mandatory evacuation orders. Almost 80,000 structures remain threatened by the wildfire, 96 have already been destroyed and 16 more were damaged, Cal Fire said in an incident report at 7 a.m. Monday. Historic, hurricane-strength winds plagued Northern California […]
Getty Fire Off 405 Freeway Threatens Thousands of Homes; Evacuations Underway…
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Kincade Fire Reaches 21k Acres, Hundreds Evacuated…
It is a race against the clock Friday for the hundreds of firefighters battling to control the Kincade Fire, still burning with minimal containment in northern Sonoma County, before high winds are expected to surge again throughout the region and across Northern California. Scorching steep terrain near the town of Geyserville, the Kincade Fire continued […]
A Fire Rages in California, Despite PG&E Power Shutoffs…
PG&E has been shutting off power in California to avert wildfires, but a fire began on Thursday. The fire in the Sonoma County wine region north of San Francisco grew to more than 15 square miles before dawn and authorities ordered evacuations near the small community of Geyserville. There was no immediate information about what […]
Utility’s Equipment Eyed as Cause of LA-Area Wildfire…
Firefighters in Southern California continued battling a nearly 8,000-acre wildfire Monday as reports surfaced that a major utility had notified state regulators it is looking into whether its equipment may have sparked the blaze. Southern California Edison notified the California Public Utilities Commission it is in the early stages of an investigation into an incident […]
Fifth Parent Receives Sentence in College Admissions Scandal…
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