PG&E Judge Rejects Bid to Throw Out Victims’ Bankruptcy Vote The judge overseeing PG&E Corp.’s bankruptcy rejected an effort by dissident fire victims to upend voting on the California utility’s... Read More
California Prepares for More Wildfires as Coronavirus Challenges Budget SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California has had 60% more wildfires so far in 2020 than last year because of drier weather,... Read More
Building Owner, Alarm Companies Sued Over Deadly Vegas Fire LAS VEGAS — The owner of a downtown Las Vegas apartment building where six people died in the deadliest residential... Read More
Tesla, California County Reach Deal to Reopen U.S. Plant Next Week Tesla Inc. and officials in California have resolved their acrimonious clash over safety procedures at the automaker’s sole U.S. assembly... Read More
U.S. Pipeline Regulator Strikes Down Washington State’s Crude-by-Rail Safety Limits WASHINGTON — The U.S. pipeline regulator late on Monday blocked an effort by Washington state to tighten vapor pressure restrictions... Read More
Tesla Sues California County in Virus Factory Closure Fight, Threatens to Leave Tesla Inc. sued local authorities in California on Saturday as the electric carmaker pushed to re-open its factory there and... Read More
Lawsuit Filed to Stop US From Killing Coyotes in Idaho BOISE, Idaho — Three environmental groups have filed a lawsuit seeking to stop the U.S. government from killing coyotes and... Read More
California Governor Expands Workers’ Comp Coverage in Virus Cases SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Gov. Gavin Newsom on Wednesday signed an executive order allowing employees across California’s economy to apply for... Read More
PG&E to Purge Most of its Board in Fallout From Bankruptcy BERKELEY, Calif. — PG&E Corp. will sweep out three quarters of its board of directors to start with a mostly... Read More
Confirmed Coronavirus Cases Surge In Reopened JBS Colorado Beef Plant COVID-19 cases at a JBS meatpacking plant in Colorado have more than doubled “in a number of days” and a... Read More