Projections show company rebounding this year with a profit of $454 million By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Business Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Pacific Gas and Electric says it expects to become more profitable than ever after it emerges from bankruptcy and pays...
Bureau of Land Management to Fund 11,000 Miles of Fuel Breaks
Strategic project in six states PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The Bureau of Land Management has announced plans to fund 11,000 miles (17,703 kilometers) of strategic fuel breaks in Idaho, Oregon, Washington, California, Nevada and Utah in an effort to help...
Report: Paradise Wildfire Death Toll Includes 50 More People
Each claim was vetted by a medical expert and a lawyer PARADISE, Calif. (AP) — Doctors and other experts say at least 50 more people, many of them elderly or ill, likely died as a result of the 2018 wildfire that devastated the town of Paradise,...
Rain Drenches Australia Wildfires and Eases Three-Year Drought
Currowan Fire finally out By NICK PERRY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Drought, wildfires and now flooding have given Australia's weather an almost Biblical feel this year. The good news is that a recent deluge in eastern parts of the...
California Utilities Plan More Wildfire Prevention Blackouts
Utilities plan for targeted outages LOS ANGELES (AP) — California utilities plan to continue shutting off power to customers during dry and windy conditions to prevent sparking deadly wildfires, but they aim to make outages more targeted to avoid...
Paradise Fire Victims Point Out Damaged PG&E Power Line
Expert hired by attorneys finds hazards By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Business Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Pacific Gas & Electric is still operating a rickety power line near the one that ignited a 2018 wildfire that wiped out the Northern California city of...
Evacuations Lifted in California Riverbottom Fire
Riverbottom Fire full containment expected later Friday RIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) — Evacuations were lifted after crews got a handle on a smoky wildfire that briefly burned near homes along a dry Southern California riverbed on Thursday. Flames broke out in...
California Firefighters Return from Australia
Bodies of two in tanker crash sent home By STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — As the wildland firefighters, fresh off a long flight from Australia, strode into a Los Angeles fire station Wednesday morning, Marvin Schober got his GoPro...
PG&E Clears Another Bankruptcy Hurdle
PG&E now appears to be well positioned to emerge from bankruptcy By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Business Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal judge on Tuesday approved a settlement that moves Pacific Gas & Electric closer to getting out of bankruptcy,...
Arguments Grow Over Cause of Australian Wildfires
Debate grows over cause of fires By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — What's to blame for scores of wildfires devastating Australia's southeast? There's an increasingly bitter face-off between those who say arson and those who fault...
As Forests Burn, Drinking Water is at Risk
Post-fire runoff can introduce pollutants Boats are pulled ashore as smoke and wildfires rage behind Lake Conjola, Australia, Thursday, Jan. 2, 2020. Thousands of tourists fled Australia's...
Oregon Legislature Considers Sweeping Wildfire Plan
Expanding resources and thinning forests Oregon lawmakers are looking at several bills that could change the way the state fights wildfires, and how it tries to prevent them. The Legislature convenes in Salem on Monday. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports...