California wildfires News
Another Business Interruption: Mass California Power Outages Return
Power supply to about 150,000 California homes and businesses is expected to be shut off on Wednesday, in the latest precautionary outage planned by utility giant PG&E against wildfire risks ...
California Utility Offers $13.5B in Compensation for Wildfire Victims; Shares Surge
Bankrupt utility giant PG&E Corp. is trying to offer $13.5 billion in compensation to the victims of wildfires sparked by its power lines as part of a restructuring plan, according to people with ...
California Utility on the Hotseat Over Cable That Failed Before Massive Wildfire
A federal judge overseeing the probation of utility giant PG&E Corp. is demanding information on a power line that failed minutes before a massive wildfire broke out last month in Northern ...
The Story Behind a Quiet California Fire Season That Turned Into Chaos
The 2019 California wildfire season was remarkably, almost happily, quiet. Until it wasn't. October arrived and 80,000 acres erupted in flames. More than 300,000 people were evacuated and more than 3 ...
Chubb CEO Greenberg: Insurer Has Reshaped Portfolio in Response to California Wildfires
Some insurers may be facing sizable risks stemming from the latest round of California wildfires now raging, but Chubb Chairman and CEO Evan Greenberg insists his company isn't one of them. "We do ...
Wildfires, Blackouts and Business Interruption in Today’s California
It was only expected to happen a couple times a year -- and just as a last resort. That's what utility giant PG&E Corp. originally said 13 months ago when it outlined plans to stage mass ...
Wildfire Fallout: State of Emergency and Historic Evacuation of California’s Wine Country
Fires burning out of control in northern California prompted an historic evacuation in the state's famed wine country, razed homes, shuttered freeways and prompted the governor to declare a state of ...
Deadly Los Angeles Wildfire Started Near Electrical Utility Transmission Tower
A deadly wind-driven wildfire that raged across the northern edge of Los Angeles last week started near the base of high-voltage transmission tower owned by electric utility Southern California ...