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Latest Fire-Prevention Power Outage Ending in California

November 21, 2019

SAN FRANCISCO — Pacific Gas & Electric expected to restore power Thursday to virtually all the 120,000 people it intentionally blacked out to avoid the risk of catastrophic wildfires. The nation’s largest utility cut the juice on Wednesday in 10 Norther...

Blackouts Possible Again as Fire Danger Looms in California

AP News

October 22, 2019

Less than two weeks after blacking out much of Northern California, PG&E is warning that dangerous fire weather could prompt it to shut off power to about a half-million people. Pacific Gas & Electri...

Photo of Salvador Espinosa sweeps in the kitchen of Mary's Pizza Shack

California Power Outages Ease, First Linked Death Reported

AP News

October 11, 2019

SAN FRANCISCO — The lights were back on Friday for many of the nearly 2 million Northern California residents who lost electricity when Pacific Gas & Electric switched it off this week in an effort to preve...

Baba Ram Dass, Spiritual Guru and LSD Pioneer, Dies at 88

We’re Going to Get a Public Medical School, Costa Vows

Celebrities Back California Bill to Cut Single-Use Plastics

Trump: Travel Ban Expansion Coming, Nations Aren’t Yet Final

Revisiting Fresno's Sputtering Growth Plan Is a Must

Injuries at Fresno’s Amazon Warehouse Are Triple Industry Average

‘Not the Golden State Anymore’: Middle- and Low-Income People Leave California

Dyer and Janz Go Toe-to-Toe in Hard-Hitting Forum

Fires May Have Killed Up To 1,000 Koalas, Fueling Concerns Over The Future Of The Species

Everyone Invited: ‘Great Gatsby’ Copyright to End in 2021

California Has Been Passing Tough Animal Welfare Laws. A Court Just Handed the State a Big Victory.

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3 Big Ways That the US Will Change Over the Next Decade

Gap Returns a Favor With $1 Deal for New Fresno Animal Shelter

Decoding the Mysteries of Roddy Piper’s ‘Rowdy’ Night in Fresno

Voters Beware of Our Populist Threat From Right and Left

Rabbi Rosove: Two-State Solution Only Road to Peace for Israel, Palestine

Video: Dyer vs. Janz in GV Wire Mayoral Forum

Video: Alonzo vs. Maxwell in GV Wire City Council Forum

Political Activist Sarsour Will Speak at Local CAIR Banquet

Poll: GOP Voters Drawn to Biden More Than Other 2020 Democrats

Money Piling Up to Elect, Oppose Dyer for Mayor

AP Fact Check: Distortion in Trump’s Impeachment Defense

Martin Luther King Holiday: Faith, Politics Mix This Holiday

Latest Fire-Prevention Power Outage Ending in California

Blackouts Possible Again as Fire Danger Looms in California

California Power Outages Ease, First Linked Death Reported

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