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 […]...
PG&E: New Probation Terms Will Bring More Blackouts
Pacific Gas and Electric will accept a federal judge’s proposed probation terms with certain caveats, but it warned the new requirements will lead to more power outages for its 16 […]...
Fire Power Money: California’s wildfire crisis and PG&E
With California’s wildfires growing deadlier and bigger than ever, the state’s largest power company admitted to the largest corporate homicide in American history. PG&E killed 84 people by wh...
PG&E Judge Proposes Stricter Probation After Wildfires
The judge overseeing PG&E Corp.’s criminal probation is looking to tighten the leash on the utility by requiring it to take into account which power lines were cleared of trees […]...
Judge: PG&E blackouts ‘ignored the main problem’ with fire danger
Because the PG&E corporation is a federal offender on probation, it is already facing court action for a wildfire currently under criminal investigation. The Pacific Gas & Electric CompanyR...
Shasta County Father sues PG&E for death of wife and daughter in Zogg Fire, calls for criminal prosecution
The wrongful death suit, filed by Zach McLeod, accuses the company of failing to cut trees for fire safety and failing to switch off the power during the windstorm. A […]...
PG&E looking into one tree’s possible role in the cause of the Zogg Fire
State fire investigators confiscated parts of a tree near Pacific Gas and Electric Company power lines that may have been set for removal before the Zogg Fire started. A federal […]...