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 […]...
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 […]...