Chevron Spills 800,000 Gallons of Oil, Water in California July 15, 2019 By Don Thompson SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Officials began to clean up a massive oil spill Friday that dumped nearly 800,000 gallons of oil... Read More
Premera Blue Cross Pays States $10 Million over Data Breach July 15, 2019 By Gene Johnson SEATTLE — Premera Blue Cross, the largest health insurer in the Pacific Northwest, has agreed to pay $10 million to... Read More
Hawaii’s Maui Island Wildfire Forces Evacuations July 12, 2019 By Rich McKay Thousands of residents and visitors on Hawaii’s Maui Island were ordered to evacuate two communities on Thursday as a spreading... Read More
Couple Claims Clinic Implanted their Embryo in Wrong Woman July 12, 2019 LOS ANGELES — A Southern California couple is suing a fertility clinic, claiming their embryo was mistakenly implanted in a... Read More
After Blazes Burn PG&E, California Passes Utility Fire Fund July 12, 2019 By Mark Chediak California is establishing a fund totaling as much as $21 billion to help rescue utilities from a wildfire crisis that... Read More
US Suspends Low-Level Radioactive Waste Shipments to Nevada July 12, 2019 By Scott Sonner RENO, Nev. — A Nevada congressman called for U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry’s resignation Wednesday after the department acknowledged dozens... Read More
PG&E Judge Demands Response to WSJ Report on Faulty Lines July 11, 2019 By Joel Rosenblatt PG&E Corp. was ordered by a federal judge overseeing its probation to respond to a Wall Street Journal story claiming... Read More
Founder of Warehouse Living Space Testifies on Deadly Fire July 10, 2019 By Janie Har OAKLAND, Calif. — The founder of a communal living space in a San Francisco Bay Area warehouse where a fire... Read More
Air Quality Plummets as Wildfire Smoke Hits Alaska’s Most Populous Cities July 10, 2019 By Yereth Rosen ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Smoke and soot from central Alaska wildfires have afflicted the subarctic city of Fairbanks with some of... Read More
California’s Fire ‘Bailout’ for PG&E, Edison Clears Hurdle July 10, 2019 By Mark Chediak and Jeffrey Taylor Utility giants PG&E Corp. and Edison International are one step closer to getting California’s help in covering the costs of... Read More