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CEO says PG&E Got Complacent About Power Outages

November 18, 2019

SACRAMENTO — The head of Pacific Gas & Electric Corp. has told a California legislative committee that the utility became complacent about power shutdowns after successfully completing a few smaller ones. Utility CEO Bill Johnson made the comments Monda...

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Walters: Newsom Now Owns the Wildfire and PG&E Crisis

Dan Walters, CalMatters Commentary

October 30, 2019

The careers of political executives — presidents, governors and big-city mayors — are often defined, fairly or not, by how they respond to crises. Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War, Franklin Roosevelt and th...

California Regulator Sanctions Utility Over Power Outages

AP News

October 14, 2019

SAN FRANCISCO — California's top utility regulator blasted Pacific Gas and Electric on Monday for what she called "failures in execution" during the largest planned power outage in state history to avoid wildfi...

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1.5 Million Northern Californians in the Dark, Most Now for 2nd Day

AP News

October 10, 2019

SONOMA — More than 1.5 million people in Northern California were in the dark Thursday, most for a second day, after PG&E cut off electricity to more customers to prevent wind-fueled wildfires amid dry weather and strong winds sweeping through the region. ...

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How Much Could PG&E’s Rates Rise? What You Need to Know.

CalMatters

August 25, 2019

Pacific Gas and Electric’s customers were warned about the cost of massive wildfires that it may have sparked. Even before California’s largest utility filed bankruptcy proceedings at the start of the year, law...

Walters: Another Dicey Utility Overhaul

Dan Walters, CalMatters Commentary

July 11, 2019

Californians should always be skeptical when their politicians overhaul the state’s electrical utility system while promising more efficient, less polluting, and reasonably priced service. Dan Walter...

PG&E Offers $105M ‘Wildfire Assistance’ Plan

AP News

May 1, 2019

SAN FRANCISCO — Pacific Gas & Electric says it will set up a $105 million fund to help survivors of recent California wildfires started by the utility's equipment. In a court filing Wednesday, PG&E says the wildfire assistance program will provide r...

Photo of community wiped out by Camp Fire.

PG&E Compensation Plan for Wildfire Victims Still Unclear

AP News

April 29, 2019

SAN FRANCISCO — Pacific Gas & Electric Corp.'s top financial executives said during a bankruptcy meeting Monday they still haven't determined when the utility can start compensating victims of recent wildfi...

Prosecutors: Fires May Mean PG&E Violated Criminal Sentence

Randy Reed

January 2, 2019

SAN FRANCISCO — Pacific Gas & Electric's role in igniting wildfires last year could allow a judge to find that it violated terms of its criminal sentence in a 2010 gas pipeline explosion that killed eight p...

Walters: Rethinking California’s Electric Utilities

Dan Walters, CalMatters Commentary

December 9, 2018

California’s two major electric power utilities are on the hot seat as Capitol politicians ponder whether they should be protected from the financial consequences of last month’s killer wildfires. Opinion by Dan Walters CALmatters Commentary ...

Ruling Bolsters California Assisted Death Law, Group Says

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The Janz-Dyer Mayoral Battle Is Tight: GV Wire Poll

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Injuries at Fresno’s Amazon Warehouse Are Triple Industry Average

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

Bulldogs Schedule First Football Meeting Ever With Michigan

6-Year-Old Raises Over $250K for Australian Bushfires by Making Cute Clay Koalas

NFL’s Saints Fight to Shield Emails in Catholic Abuse Crisis

Mario Meet Hulk: Nintendo Park Coming to Universal Orlando

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

Latino Wave Is Changing Fresno’s Small-Town Political Culture

Opinion: California Must End the Plague of Human Trafficking. This Proposal Can Help.

Walters: Voters Face Hundreds of Local Tax Measures

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

Video: Dyer vs. Janz in GV Wire Mayoral Forum

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

Political Activist Sarsour Will Speak at Local CAIR Banquet

Here's How Independents Can Vote in Cal Presidential Primary

The Janz-Dyer Mayoral Battle Is Tight: GV Wire Poll

Money Piling Up to Elect, Oppose Dyer for Mayor

AP Fact Check: Distortion in Trump’s Impeachment Defense

CEO says PG&E Got Complacent About Power Outages

Walters: Newsom Now Owns the Wildfire and PG&E Crisis

California Regulator Sanctions Utility Over Power Outages

1.5 Million Northern Californians in the Dark, Most Now for 2nd Day

How Much Could PG&E’s Rates Rise? What You Need to Know.

Walters: Another Dicey Utility Overhaul

PG&E Offers $105M ‘Wildfire Assistance’ Plan

PG&E Compensation Plan for Wildfire Victims Still Unclear

Prosecutors: Fires May Mean PG&E Violated Criminal Sentence

Walters: Rethinking California’s Electric Utilities

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