After months of tension prompted by a historically destructive wildfire season, officials representing the National Weather Service and Cal Fire concluded a recent meeting on an unusually hopeful note...
Zogg Fire investigation puts PG&E under microscope again
Months after concluding a bankruptcy case arising from its responsibility for numerous wildfires, Pacific Gas and Electric Co. is facing new scrutiny over yet another devastating blaze. Legal pressure...
PG&E says it could face significant liability due to September Zogg Fire
Dive Brief: Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) could face significant liability and thinks it’s reasonably possible it will face a loss due to the Zogg Fire sparked in late September, [&helli...
PG&E noted equipment trouble just minutes before the Zogg Fire started
The first signs fire had broken out on Zogg Mine Road last month came in six minutes after Pacific Gas and Electric Co. began receiving reports of problems in its […]...
The Zogg Fire is fully contained after claiming 4 lives and scorching more than 50,000 acres
The devastating Zogg Fire, which killed four people and scorched more than 50,000 acres in Northern California’s Shasta County, has been fully contained, according to a news release issued by [&...
PG&E: Equipment might have caused deadly Zogg fire
California’s largest utility company said its equipment might have caused a fatal wildfire last month in a county in the northern part of the state, according to reports Saturday. Investigators [&he...
California wildfire likely to grow from wind, low humidity
The destruction wrought by a wind-driven wildfire in the mountains northeast of Los Angeles is approaching 156 square miles, burning structures, homes and a nature center in a famed Southern […...
Fire season roared into California this year — how much worse will it get?
The October wildfire outlook from the National Predictive Services Program shows parts of Northern California returning to normal risk. Photo: San Francisco Chronicle California’s wildfire season st...
California wildfires have killed 7, left over 1.25M acres burned
Thousands of California firefighters Tuesday continued to brave harsh weather conditions in their attempt to fight over two dozen wildfires across the state. The California Department of Forestry an...
Caldwell and Gillem fires merge, California’s largest since 2018
The Caldwell and Gillem fires have merged and are approaching 80,000 acres, with another hot and windy day expected Thursday. The Caldwell Fire, sparked by lightning, has been burning since […]...