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California Regulator Sanctions Utility Over Power Outages

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 wildfires that she said, "created an unacceptable situat...

Photo of Carlos Lama using an LED lamp and his phone in his restaurant

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 weat...

Photo of PG&E employee replacing power poles damaged by a wildfire

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 Walters CALmatters Californians get their juice ...

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 s...

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 people, federal prosecutors said Monday. In a co...

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. Opinio...

Sikh Community Asks FBI to Investigate Stabbing Death

California Families Are Hungry While a Third of Crops Rot in Fields

With Warren’s Rise, Biden Faces Dems’ Anxiety About 2020 Bid

Underwater Robots Find Sunken Warship From WWII Battle of Midway

Newsom Wanted to Go Bold on Housing. Have He and Lawmakers Delivered so Far?

California Families Are Hungry While a Third of Crops Rot in Fields

Bond Measures Could Raise Megabucks for Schools — and Taxes

US Single-Family Homebuilding Ticks up, Apartments Fall

'Joker' Laughs Its Way to October Box Office Record

Country Radio DJ Bob Kingsley, 80, Dies at Home in Texas

UCLA Ends 11-Year Drought Against Stanford With 34-16 Win

America Loves Flamin’ Hot Cheetos. Meet Inventor at Fresno CC.

Rediscovering America: A Quiz for Labor Day

Opinion: Valley Should Not Be Held Captive to PG&E Failures

Gideon Levy: ‘The Two-State Solution has Left the Station’

Newsom’s First Rodeo: In Year One, Governor Bucks Both Trump and Brown

Trump Explains His Pillars of Policy Home and Abroad

Muslim Youth Have a Place to Call Their Own at My Deen

Can You Hear Us Now? Give the GV Wire ‘Listen’ Feature a Try.

NW Fresno Council Candidates Clash Over Police, Homeless

Where to Find Nunes, Dem Challengers Tonight in Fresno

With Warren’s Rise, Biden Faces Dems’ Anxiety About 2020 Bid

16th District House Race: Costa vs. Soria Fundraising

Debate Takeaways: Warren Attacked, 70s Club Avoids Age Issue

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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