Report: California Encourages Rebuilding in Fire-Prone Areas June 14, 2021 By Olga R. Rodriguez SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — California state and local officials are encouraging rebuilding in areas destroyed by wildfires at a time...
The One-Stop Rebuilding Shop for Wildfire Victims October 9, 2020 By Sophie Alexander and Noah Buhayar California is on fire. Already this year, thousands of people have lost their homes, and communities are struggling to figure...
California Homeowners Are Doomed to Repeat Their Past Mistakes July 14, 2020 By Leslie Kaufman On Oct. 8, 2017, sparks from private electric equipment set fire to the dry hills of Northern California’s wine country,...
PG&E Warns of Power Shutoffs as California Becomes Tinderbox October 8, 2019 By Will Wade, Mark Chediak and Brian K. Sullivan Bankrupt utility owner PG&E Corp. issued an unprecedented warning that it may cut power in almost 30 California counties to...
PG&E Faces Fresh Pain as Old Fire Claims Return to Haunt It August 20, 2019 By Mark Chediak and Joel Rosenblatt Seven months after a state agency absolved PG&E Corp. of blame for a deadly 2017 wildfire, the utility giant faces...
California Probe Clears PG&E of Deadly 2017 Tubbs Wildfire January 28, 2019 By Mark Chediak PG&E Corp. was cleared of blame for a deadly 2017 blaze just days before the California utility giant was set...
California Enters Peak Fire Season With Delaware-Sized Burn Scar October 8, 2018 By Brian K. Sullivan and Mark Chediak California is poised to set an annual record it never wanted to break: the amount of earth scorched by wildfires....