Tag Archives: Paradise

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 ...

Harshest punishment came in the form of a public shaming     By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Business Writer Pacific Gas & Electric on Thursday was fined $4 million for the deaths of 84 people killed in a nightmarish Northern California ...

PG&E also pleaded guilty to one felony count of unlawfully starting a fire     By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Business Writer Pacific Gas & Electric confessed Tuesday to killing 84 people in one of the most devastating wildfires in recent ...

Utility behind on installing devices to ease severity     By CUNEYT DIL Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California’s chief utility regulators and a Pacific Gas & Electric executive testified Thursday that the utility is behind on installing devices ...