Tag Archives: Paradise

Trust spent nearly 90% on overhead     SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A trust approved by a federal judge to help compensate victims of deadly California wildfires sparked by Pacific Gas & Electric equipment paid survivors just $7 million while ...

One of the probation terms was that the utility not commit another federal, state or local crime     By DON THOMPSON Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A federal judge is weighing whether Pacific Gas & Electric violated its ...

First step in a process that could eventually lead to revoking PG&E’s utility license     By MICHAEL LIEDTKE Associated Press SAN RAMON, Calif. (AP) — California regulators are stepping up their oversight of Pacific Gas & Electric after finding ...

33 charges accusing PG&E of injuring firefighters     By DON THOMPSON Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A California prosecutor filed 33 criminal charges Tuesday accusing troubled Pacific Gas & Electric of inadvertently injuring six firefighters and endangering public ...

PG&E’s aging equipment has sparked several major fires in recent years     SANTA ROSA, Calif. (AP) — Sonoma County and several Northern California agencies sued Pacific Gas & Electric Co. on Tuesday over damage caused by a wildfire that ...

Paradise has tried to entice people back     By ADAM BEAM Associated Press PARADISE, Calif. (AP) — When flames chased Chuck and Janie Dee down the mountain two years ago, they thought they’d never be back. Yet there they ...

North Complex fire threatens town of Paradise     By TERENCE CHEA and BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press OROVILLE, Calilf. (AP) — Three people died in a wind-whipped Northern California wildfire that has forced thousands of people from their homes while ...

Documentary focuses on the colossal cleanup and rebuilding efforts     By DAISY NGUYEN and AMANDA MYERS Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Almost two years since a wildfire swept through his mountain town and virtually wiped it out, Steve ...

Nation’s largest utility pays into trust for wildfire victims     SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Pacific Gas & Electric has emerged from a contentious bankruptcy saga that began after its long-neglected electrical grid ignited wildfires in California that killed more ...

Dozens of lawsuits were settled during the ordeal     By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Business Writer SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. (AP) — A federal judge on Friday said he was approving a $58 billion plan by the nation’s largest utility to ...