California’s Largest Fire Torches Homes as Blazes Lash West July 26, 2021 INDIAN FALLS, Calif. (AP) — Flames racing through rugged terrain in Northern California destroyed multiple homes Saturday as the state’s...
Five Firefighters Injured While Fighting Montana Wildfire July 26, 2021 HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Five firefighters were injured when a thunderstorm and swirling winds in central Montana blew a lightning-caused...
Viewpoint: A Resurgence in Catastrophes and COVID-19 Clash July 26, 2021 By Tom Johansmeyer and Ted Gregory Hurricane season has arrived. Although we’re still ahead of the historical September peak, PCS has already recorded two tropical events...
PG&E will Spend at Least $15 Billion Burying Power Lines July 23, 2021 By Michael Liedtke SAN RAMON, Calif. (AP) — Pacific Gas & Electric plans to bury 10,000 miles (16,000 kilometers) of its power lines...
Court: California Can Expand Insurance for Wildfire Areas July 22, 2021 By Adam Beam SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California’s insurance commissioner can order the “insurer of last resort” to offer more options for homeowners...
PG&E Seeks $3.6 Billion in Rate Hikes for Wildfire Safety July 2, 2021 SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Pacific Gas & Electric asked regulators Wednesday to grant a $3.6 billion rate hike to help...
Summer Is Already Off to a Wild Start July 2, 2021 By Brian K Sullivan Extreme temperatures in China coupled with a lack of hydro-power forced blackouts in some of its largest industrial cities last...
California Tests Off-the-Grid Solutions to Power Outages July 1, 2021 By Daisy Nguyen SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — When a wildfire tore through Briceburg nearly two years ago, the tiny community on the edge...
Amid Clamor to Increase Prescribed Burns, Obstacles Await June 23, 2021 By Andrew Selsky SALEM, Ore. (AP) — In the 1950s, when University of California forestry professor Harold Biswell experimented with prescribed burns in...
Wind-Whipped Montana Fires Burn Structures, Spur Evacuations June 17, 2021 By Matthew Brown BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Wildfires burning in Montana have exploded in size, triggering evacuations and destroying an unknown number of...