Gov. Gavin Newsom’s latest pick for the California Public Utilities Commission will leave her former board shorthanded. Last week, Newsom appointed Genevieve Shiroma to the CPUC. She had served on the Agricultural Labor Relations Board since 1999. A Newsom spokesman says Shiroma will be unable to hold both positions. The...
California Withdraws 'Text Tax' Proposal After FCC Ruling
SAN FRANCISCO — California regulators have canceled a plan to charge a fee for text messaging on mobile phones. The California Public Utilities Commission reversed course after a Federal Communications Commission ruling last week classified text messaging as an information service and not a telecommunications service. State Has Limited Authority...
PG&E Expects To Pay $2.5 Billion For Wine Country Wildfires
SAN FRANCISCO — A Northern California utility said Thursday that it expects to pay at least $2.5 billion in connection with deadly wildfires that whipped through wine country last October — some of them ignited by its fallen power lines. Pacific Gas & Electric Co. also warned that its liability...