How Did the Maui Fire Spread so Quickly? Overgrown Gully, Stubborn Embers May Be Key September 28, 2023 By Michael Biesecker, Jennifer Mcdermott and Bernard Condon Melted remains of an old car tire. Heavily burned trees. A charred stump of an abandoned utility pole. Investigators are...
PG&E Judge Says Bankrupt Utility Violated Probation Terms February 20, 2020 By Joel Rosenblatt The federal judge overseeing PG&E Corp.’s criminal probation lashed out at the company for falling “far behind” on fire safety...
PG&E Tries to Assure Strict Judge It’s Safer on Wildfires January 16, 2020 By Joel Rosenblatt and Mark Chediak PG&E Corp. told a federal judge who has kept the troubled utility under a tight leash that it’s close —...
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...
PG&E Took 8 Months to Prune a Tree at Risk of Catching Fire August 16, 2019 By Peter Blumberg and Joel Rosenblatt It was on July 12 — only after an inspector raised the alarm — that PG&E Corp. finally pruned a...