Pacific Gas & Electric will pay $43.4 million to government agencies in three Northern California counties to cover bills left behind from wildfires ignited during the past two years by […]...
Zogg Fire $12.36 Million Settlement Has Been Reached
The Zogg Fire started in Igo on Sept. 27, 2020, and killed four people. Officials said 204 buildings were destroyed and another 27 were damaged in the 56,338-acre fire. In […]...
California agency slams PG&E’s fire plan, cites Zogg Fire ‘mistakes’
Pacific Gas & Electric Co’s 2021 wildfire mitigation plan has come under fire for not doing enough to prevent the type of mistakes that “may have caused” last fall’s Zogg [...
Zogg Fire: Shasta County D.A. reviewing potential criminal charges against PG&E
The Shasta County District Attorney’s Office is reviewing potential criminal charges against PG&E for its role in starting the deadly Zogg Fire. The Zogg Fire, which sparked on Sept. 27, [&h...
PG&E Faces Criminal Charges Over 2019 Kincade Fire
Utility giant PG&E Corp. faces criminal charges for its role in a 2019 wildfire that burned 78,000 acres in Northern California, another blow to a company with a checkered history […]...
Deadly Zogg Fire in Shasta County caused by a tree hitting PG&E power lines, Cal Fire says
Cal Fire said a pine tree hit PG&E distribution lines and sparked the deadly Zogg Fire in 2020. Cal Fire says the deadly Zogg Fire in 2020 was sparked after […]...
Tree Crews Left Trees Near Power Lines: PG&E Emails
A PG&E subcontract tree inspector worried back in 2018 that “clueless” crews were missing at-risk trees near where Cal Fire suspects a leaning and possibly burned tree touched off the [&hellip...
Prosecutors issue search warrant against PG&E for Kincade Fire
Sonoma County prosecutors served PG&E with a search warrant Tuesday in the criminal investigation of the company’s role in sparking the 2019 Kincade Fire, which injured four people and burne...
Judge Presses PG&E for Zogg Fire Answers
A judge is pressing PG&E to explain why one of its contract tree inspectors concluded an apparently healthy but leaning tree that may have started the Zogg fire, didn’t need […]...
$15 billion being spent to mitigate wildfire potential in California
Three of the largest power companies in California expect to spend a total of $15 billion over a two-year period, 2021 through 2022, to prevent wildfire ignitions. In state-required updates […]...