California Braces for Renewed Fire Threat From Windy Weather October 15, 2020 SAN FRANCISCO — Dry, windy weather posed an extreme wildfire risk Wednesday in Northern California, where massive blazes already have...
Fire in California Wine Country Expands as Thousands Flee September 29, 2020 By Mark Chediak, Brian K. Sullivan and David R. Baker A wildfire ripping through Northern California’s wine country has more than tripled in size, forcing thousands of evacuations and endangering...
Fire-Related Power Cuts Spread Outside California for First Time September 8, 2020 By Brian Eckhouse and Mark Chediak It’s no longer just California shutting off power in high-risk fire zones. Oregon’s Portland General Electric Co. on Monday temporarily...
Power the WiFi or the Fan? California Fires and Blackouts Test Home Offices August 25, 2020 By Priya Anand Silicon Valley workers previously enjoyed some of the most well-appointed offices in corporate America. Lunch was free, dry-cleaning was on...
Baupost Collects $3 Billion Wagering on PG&E’s Wildfire Claims August 24, 2020 By Michael McDonald and Mark Chediak Baupost Group, the hedge fund run by Seth Klarman, received more than $3 billion in July from its bet on...
PG&E Fire Insurance Costs Skyrocket After Bankruptcy, Fires July 31, 2020 By Mark Chediak PG&E Corp. is finding it very costly to buy fire insurance after wildfires triggered by its power lines sent the...
PG&E’s Power Lines Caused Biggest California Fire of 2019 July 17, 2020 By Mark Chediak and Joel Rosenblatt Less than a month after emerging from bankruptcy triggered by a string of devastating wildfires in 2017 and 2018, PG&E...
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 Exits Bankruptcy After Wildfires Pushed It to Brink of Ruin July 2, 2020 By Mark Chediak Nearly a year and a half after collapsing under $30 billion in liabilities from wildfires sparked by its equipment, PG&E...
PG&E Says Bankruptcy Court Approves its Chapter 11 Reorganization Plan June 22, 2020 By Kanishka Singh PG&E Corp said its Chapter 11 reorganization plan has been confirmed by the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern...