PG&E Archives - GV Wire

Smoky Conditions Remain Over Foothills. Could Soon Return to Valley Floor.

September 25, 2020

The National Weather Service Hanford office computer models have shown stagnant smoky air hovering over the areas of the Creek Fire and the SQF Complex fire in Tulare county for several weeks. The valley will likely be impacted this weekend. "We will see a ...

PG&E Customers Can Find Out If Rolling Blackouts Will Affect Their House

Bill McEwen

August 18, 2020

Congratulations, Fresno and Clovis. Pacific Gas & Electric officials rolled out a mission Monday — conserve energy to avoid rolling blackouts — and residents throughout the utility's service area carried...

Photo of a blazing sun symbolizing a heatwave

Blackouts & Record Temps: 112 in Fresno, 130 in Death Valley

Bill McEwen

August 17, 2020

Heat records fell throughout the Valley on Sunday as a relentless heatwave baked California and sapped the state's power supply. But Fresno's record high of 112 degrees for Aug. 16 — which bettered the mark ...

Families of California Wildfire Victims Slam PG&E for Crimes

AP News

June 17, 2020

The families of some of the 85 people killed by a horrific Northern California wildfire ignited by Pacific Gas & Electric's long-neglected equipment vilified the company Wednesday as greedy, corrupt and reckless, telling heartbreaking stories of their loss...

Photo of Camp Fire victim, Christina Taft

PG&E to Plead Guilty to Deaths From California Wildfire

AP News

June 16, 2020

SAN RAMON — Pacific Gas & Electric is expected to plead guilty Tuesday to 84 felony counts of involuntary manslaughter during a court hearing in which the nation's largest utility will be confronted with it...

Photo of utility crews repairing overhead lines along the PCH

Regulators Waive $200M Fine on PG&E for Causing Deadly Fires

AP News

May 7, 2020

BERKELEY — State regulators on Thursday suspended a $200 million fine against Pacific Gas & Electric as punishment for the utility's neglect of electrical equipment that ignited a series of deadly wildfires...

PG&E’s Top Exec Leaving Beleaguered Utility After 14 Months

AP News

April 22, 2020

BERKELEY — PG&E Corp. CEO Bill Johnson will step down from his job just 14 months after the nation's largest utility hired him to rescue it from a financial mess caused by a history of negligence and to change a corporate culture that emphasized profits ov...

Walters: PG&E Makes Two Deals to Survive

Dan Walters, CalMatters Commentary

March 30, 2020

In any other week, major actions affecting Pacific Gas and Electric’s chances of emerging from bankruptcy as an intact and operational utility would have been big news. But with everyone in and out of govern...

PG&E’s Falling Stock Price Worries Fire Victims Eyeing Deal

AP News

March 26, 2020

BERKELEY — The stock market turmoil triggered by the coronavirus pandemic is raising worries that Pacific Gas & Electric's $13.5 billion settlement with victims of catastrophic wildfires may be worth far le...

Photo of firefighters and deputies carrying a body of a Camp Fire victim

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...

2 People Shot to Death During Protest Over Kenosha Shooting

Newsom Signs Law Mandating Study of Reparations for Black Americans

Poll: Fewer Than 3 in 10 California Voters View COVID-19 as a Serious Threat

State Wants Court to Punish Defiant School for Staying Open

If 100 People Go to a Party in Fresno County, It's 99% Someone Has COVID-19

Poll: Fewer Than 3 in 10 California Voters View COVID-19 as a Serious Threat

Movie Theaters, Dining Rooms and Gyms Quickly Begin Reopening

Police Reform Panel Struggles to Keep Everyone on the Same Page as Deadline Nears

Country Star and Hit Elvis Songwriter Mac Davis Dies at 78

Bubble Hockey Champions: Tampa Bay Lightning Win Stanley Cup

France to Ban Use of Wild Animals in Circuses, Marine Parks

Food Trucks Provide Rare Bright Spot in Hard-Hit West Bank

Is Mike Pompeo Preparing an October Surprise?

Walters: Proposition 19’s Tortuous Journey to the Ballot

If Voters Raise Taxes on Corporate Landlords, Will Small Biz Foot the Bill?

Walters: High Housing Costs Keep Californians Poor

Eid al-Fitr Marks End of Ramadan, but COVID-19 Curtails Big Events

LIVE: Daily Briefing from Gov. Gavin Newsom

COVID-19 Brings a New Kind of Ramadan for Muslim Community

Opinion: Why Biden’s VP Pick Matters

Longshot Against Devin Nunes? Arballo Will Take Those Chances

Trump to Far-Right Extremists: ‘Stand Back and Stand by’

Foreign Observers Wary of ‘Chaos,’ ‘Rancor’ in US Debate

Smoky Conditions Remain Over Foothills. Could Soon Return to Valley Floor.

PG&E Customers Can Find Out If Rolling Blackouts Will Affect Their House

Blackouts & Record Temps: 112 in Fresno, 130 in Death Valley

Families of California Wildfire Victims Slam PG&E for Crimes

PG&E to Plead Guilty to Deaths From California Wildfire

Regulators Waive $200M Fine on PG&E for Causing Deadly Fires

PG&E’s Top Exec Leaving Beleaguered Utility After 14 Months

Walters: PG&E Makes Two Deals to Survive

PG&E’s Falling Stock Price Worries Fire Victims Eyeing Deal

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

Tagged PG&E