U.S. Supreme Court Rejects Dispute Over 2007 California Wildfire Payouts The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear a bid by Sempra Energy’s San Diego Gas & Electric Co... Read More
Utah Issues Emergency Rule Amid Vaping-Related Illnesses SALT LAKE CITY — Utah health officials enacted an emergency rule Wednesday restricting the sale of flavored e-cigarettes and requiring... Read More
Cause of Deadly California Boat Fire Still A Mystery LOS ANGELES — Investigators completed a two-week examination of the charred wreckage of a scuba diving boat and could not... Read More
Fire Threat Brings Power Cuts to Thousands in California SAN FRANCISCO — Tens of thousands of Northern Californians will find themselves without electricity Wednesday as Pacific Gas & Electric... Read More
California Finds Affinity Group Auto Insurance Discounts Favor Higher Income Drivers California insurance regulators released data showing what the CDI is calling “wide socioeconomic disparities” in auto insurance group discounts offered... Read More
Dive Boat Fire Investigators May See Lesson in Ghost Ship Tragedy Negligence Case One was a ship in name only, an artist commune set up in an Oakland warehouse. The other was a... Read More
Bus with Chinese-Speaking Tourists Crashes in Utah; 4 Dead A tour bus crashed on a highway running through the red-rock landscape of southern Utah on Friday, killing four people... Read More
PG&E Attacks Rival Plan for Paying Fire Victims Before Insurers PG&E Corp. and a group of insurers urged a judge to reject a competing reorganization plan for the bankrupt utility... Read More
Summer Snow in Sierra; High Winds Damage Plane Near Reno RENO, Nev. — A strong Sierra cold front packing winds gusting up to 50 mph (80 kph) dropped the first... Read More
PG&E to Fire Safety Critics: We’re Going Beyond Call of Duty PG&E Corp. sought to assure a judge it’s making progress on fire prevention, saying it’s exceeding regulatory requirements to clear... Read More