California Threats Jump from Fires to Floods as Wet Season Hits December 10, 2019 By Brian K. Sullivan California’s climate threats could soon be jumping from wildfires and blackouts to floods and mudslides as the wet season kicks...
Rich Californians Shell Out $30,000 to Avoid Blackout Pain November 27, 2019 By Sophie Alexander Ebony Lopez’s electric company in Napa wine country used to get a handful of inquiries a week from people asking...
PG&E Is Dubious of Fire Victim’s Claim for a 500-Pound Emerald November 19, 2019 By Joel Rosenblatt PG&E Corp. says it has found suspicious monetary claims by victims of California’s wildfires, including one from a man who...
Wildfires Force Businesses to Prepare for Disruption November 15, 2019 By Joyce M. Rosenberg NEW YORK — The wildfires that are rampant this time of year in California force small business owners to be...
California City Didn’t Burn but Fire Brought New Way of Life November 8, 2019 By Adam Beam CHICO, Calif. — Amber Blood got to Chico on Nov. 8, 2018, wearing pink slacks and her favorite white peacoat....
As Paradise Rebuilds, a Divide Over Safety a Year After Fire November 7, 2019 By Don Thompson PARADISE, Calif. — There was “no way in hell” Victoria Sinclaire was rebuilding in Paradise. She’d thought she was going...
PG&E Sees Up to $6.3 Billion in Costs From Fires, Bankruptcy November 7, 2019 By Mark Chediak and Will Wade PG&E Corp., the California, that went bankrupt in January after its equipment sparked deadly wildfires, expects as much as $6.3...
California Governor Threatens To Step in and ‘Restructure’ PG&E November 3, 2019 By Mark Chediak California Governor Gavin Newsom threatened a state takeover of PG&E Corp. unless the beleaguered utility giant makes a swift exit...
Californians Endure Blackouts Again as Wildfire Threat Increases October 24, 2019 By Mark Chediak, David R. Baker and Brian K. Sullivan California utilities are once again cutting electricity to prevent wildfires, in the first stage of a mass blackout that could...
California Utilities Warn of Power Cuts on Risk of Wildfire October 21, 2019 By Brian K. Sullivan Almost two weeks after California utilities cut electricity to 2.3 million people, two major power providers warned they may have...