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Fresno Diocese Received at Least $5.1M in Taxpayer Funds, Report Shows

July 10, 2020

The Catholic Diocese of Fresno received taxpayer-funded loans exceeding $5.1 million as part of the federal government's Paycheck Protection Program, according to documents from the Small Business Administration. That's part of at least $1.4 billion in forg...

Fresno’s Chuck E. Cheese to Reopen Friday. Company Hopes to Squeak Through Bankruptcy.

Randy Reed

June 25, 2020

Fresno's two kid-friendly Chuck E. Cheese pizza restaurants will reopen their dining rooms Friday with limited seating and other safety procedures in place, local managers said. Most of the stores' electroni...

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Q&A: With Rock-Bottom Prices, Will the Oil Industry Recover?

AP News

April 29, 2020

NEW YORK — With a barrel of crude oil costing less than a New York pizza, many U.S. shale producers are being pushed to the brink of bankruptcy and experts are wondering when, and if, the oil industry will reco...

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PG&E to Plead Guilty to Lethal Crimes in 2018 Wildfires

AP News

March 24, 2020

SAN FRANCISCO — Pacific Gas & Electric will plead guilty to 84 counts of involuntary manslaughter for a swath of death and destruction left behind after its fraying electrical grid ignited the 2018 wildfire that destroyed three Northern California towns an...

PG&E Pleading Guilty to Involuntary Manslaughter in Wildfire

AP News

March 23, 2020

SAN FRANCISCO — Pacific Gas & Electric said Monday it will plead guilty to 84 counts of involuntary manslaughter in connection with the 2018 fire in Northern California that killed 84 people and decimated t...

PG&E’s $23B Bankruptcy Financing Package Approved by Court

AP News

March 17, 2020

BERKELEY — Pacific Gas & Electric on Monday won court approval to raise $23 billion to help pay its bills over destructive California wildfires after Gov. Gavin Newsom dropped his opposition to a financing ...

PG&E Settles Key Battle Over $13.5B Wildfire Victims’ Fund

AP News

March 11, 2020

SAN FRANCISCO — Pacific Gas & Electric told a federal bankruptcy judge Tuesday that it has settled a dispute with disaster-relief agencies that threatened to siphon money away from a $13.5 billion fund earmarked for victims of catastrophic wildfires in Cal...

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Regulators Boost PG&E’s Wildfire Fine to $2.1 Billion

AP News

February 28, 2020

SAN FRANCISCO — California power regulators on Thursday slapped Pacific Gas & Electric with a $2.1 billion fine for igniting a series of deadly wildfires that landed the beleaguered utility in bankruptcy. ...

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Plaintiffs’ Attorneys Take Aim at Boy Scouts’ ‘Dark History’

AP News

February 22, 2020

SALT LAKE CITY — Like millions of other Americans in the 1950s and '60s, Duane Ruth-Heffelbower spent his formative years learning to tie knots, build campfires and pitch tents with the Boy Scouts, whose wholes...

Pier 1 Files for Bankruptcy Protection Amid Online Challenge

AP News

February 18, 2020

Pier 1 Imports Inc. — the once-trendy supplier of home goods like papasan chairs and throw pillows — filed for bankruptcy protection Monday after years of sliding sales. “Today's actions are intended to provide Pier 1 with additional time and financial flex...

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Fresno Diocese Received at Least $5.1M in Taxpayer Funds, Report Shows

Fresno’s Chuck E. Cheese to Reopen Friday. Company Hopes to Squeak Through Bankruptcy.

Q&A: With Rock-Bottom Prices, Will the Oil Industry Recover?

PG&E to Plead Guilty to Lethal Crimes in 2018 Wildfires

PG&E Pleading Guilty to Involuntary Manslaughter in Wildfire

PG&E’s $23B Bankruptcy Financing Package Approved by Court

PG&E Settles Key Battle Over $13.5B Wildfire Victims’ Fund

Regulators Boost PG&E’s Wildfire Fine to $2.1 Billion

Plaintiffs’ Attorneys Take Aim at Boy Scouts’ ‘Dark History’

Pier 1 Files for Bankruptcy Protection Amid Online Challenge

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