California Bill Aimed at Property Insurance in Communities Investing in Wildfire Prevention February 28, 2020 Assemblyman Marc Levine, D-Marin County, has introduced Assembly Bill 3258, which would require property insurance providers to take into consideration...
California Worries About Drought and Wildfires Amid Dry Winter February 28, 2020 By Olga R. Rodriguez California officials are bracing for the potential of another drought and an early and more intense wildfire season amid a...
California Public Utilities Commission Fines PG&E $2.1B over Wildfires February 28, 2020 The California Public Utilities Commission has issued an administrative law judge decision imposing $2.137 billion in penalties against Pacific Gas...
California Wildfire Victims Fear They’ll Be Last in Payout February 27, 2020 By Michael Liedtke and Daisy Nguyen A $13.5 billion settlement between victims of California’s catastrophic wildfires and the utility blamed for causing them was supposed to...
PG&E Fires Contractor After Probe Involving California Wildfires February 26, 2020 Pacific Gas & Electric has fired a contractor hired to haul debris from the site of a deadly 2018 Northern...
PG&E Banking on Big Profits After Utility Leaves Bankruptcy February 20, 2020 By Michael Liedtke Pacific Gas and Electric says it expects to become more profitable than ever after it emerges from bankruptcy and pays...
California Commissioner, Lawmakers Intro ‘Hardened Homes’ Wildfire Bill Requiring Admitted Market to Offer Coverage February 18, 2020 By Don Jergler A newly proposed bill would clarify under California law the concept of “hardened homes” that are safer or more resistant...
Report: Death Toll in 2018 California Wildfire Likely Includes 50 More People February 13, 2020 Doctors and other experts say at least 50 more people, many of them elderly or ill, likely died as a...
California Utilities’ Wildfire Prevention Plans Call for More Blackouts February 11, 2020 California utilities plan to continue shutting off power to customers during dry and windy conditions to prevent sparking deadly wildfires,...
Wine ‘Smoke Taint’ Disputes Linger 2 Years After California Wildfires February 7, 2020 By Tyler Gerking Recent wildfires in California Wine Country, particularly those that devastated parts of Napa and Sonoma counties in October 2017, have...