California Targets Urgent Projects as Wildfire Season Looms April 15, 2021 By Adam Beam and Don Thompson OROVILLE, Calif. (AP) — California is in such an urgent race with another devastating wildfire season that officials began soliciting...
La Nina Is Fading But California, Gulf Coast Still Face Risks April 12, 2021 By Brian K. Sullivan La Nina, the cooling of the equatorial Pacific that shifts weather patterns the world over, is fading away. But California...
PG&E Faces Criminal Charges Over 2019 Kincade Fire April 7, 2021 By Joel Rosenblatt Utility giant PG&E Corp. faces criminal charges for its role in a 2019 wildfire that burned 78,000 acres in Northern...
Vandal Smashed Dozens Of Windows In California Church March 31, 2021 ANTIOCH, Calif. (AP) — Dozens of windows and doors in a San Francisco Bay Area church were smashed Monday by...
California Fireworks Explosion Caused $3.2 Million in Damage March 22, 2021 ONTARIO, Calif. (AP) — A massive fireworks explosion that left two people dead in Southern California earlier this week caused...
California AG Challenges Housing Plans in Wildfire Areas March 19, 2021 By Don Thompson SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California’s attorney general is challenging some of the state’s largest suburban development projects as local officials...
California Sets Home Hardening Standards to Lower Fire Risks February 10, 2021 SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — As consecutive years of catastrophic wildfires in California drive up the cost of insuring homes, state...
California Utilities to Spend Billions to Cut Wildfire Risk February 8, 2021 SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — California’s largest utilities said Friday that they will spend about $13 billion to reduce the risk...
Storm Pounds California, Nevada With Rain, Wind and Snow January 29, 2021 By John Antczak and Olga R. Rodriguez SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A powerful storm packing heavy rain, snow and wind pounded parts of California and western Nevada...
PG&E Judge Proposes Stricter Probation After Wildfires December 30, 2020 By Joel Rosenblatt and Mark Chediak The judge overseeing PG&E Corp.’s criminal probation is looking to tighten the leash on the utility by requiring it to...