Monday's fire has burned over 19,000 acres CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — A wildfire sparked by a military helicopter helping firefighting efforts was blazing out of control and threatening homes on the outskirts of Australia's capital on Tuesday as fire...
Ron Howard Wildfire Documentary Looks at Camp Fire Aftermath
“Rebuilding Paradise” largely evades a discussion of climate change By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — Ron Howard knew Paradise, the northern California town devastated by the most destructive wildfire in California history. His mother-in-law...
California Bill Would Make Utilities Pay Some Blackout Costs
Bill would require investor-owned utilities to reimburse customers and local governments By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Californians left in the dark by electric companies that shut off their power to prevent wildfires could get...
California Governor Aims to Block PG&E Bankruptcy Plan
Newsom claims plan doesn't meet wildfire fund requirements By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Business Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom is urging a federal judge to reject Pacific Gas and Electric's blueprint for getting out of bankruptcy and...
California Man Charged with Insurance Fraud after 2018 Wildfire
Payout scheme after Carr Fire SHASTA, Calif. (AP) — A Northern California man allegedly schemed to get an unearned $43,000 insurance payout after a wildfire destroyed his home and vehicles, even though he was going to receive more than $1 million for his...
Bodies of American Tanker Crew Recovered from Australia Wildfire Crash
Bodies and voice recorder retrieved By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — The bodies of three U.S. flying firefighters and the cockpit voice recorder from the water bomber in which they died battling Australia’s unprecedented...
Australia Works to Recover Bodies of American Tanker Crew
Canadian-based company identifies C-130 crew SYDNEY (AP) — The American tanker plane that crashed while fighting Australian wildfires had just dropped a load of retardant on a fire before it went down in New South Wales state, investigators said Friday....
Americans Killed in Aerial Tanker Crash in Australia
Crew of three dead while battling wildfire By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press SYDNEY (AP) — Three American crew members died Thursday when a C-130 Hercules aerial water tanker crashed while battling wildfires in southeastern Australia, officials said. New...
Fires Set Stage for Irreversible Forest Losses in Australia
Government officials are drawing up plans to reseed burned areas By MATTHEW BROWN and CHRISTINA LARSON Associated Press Australia’s forests are burning at a rate unmatched in modern times and scientists say the landscape is being permanently altered as a...
Judge Threatens to Force PG&E to Hire More Tree Trimmers
PG&E asserted it's unrealistic to ensure all trees are maintained By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Business Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal judge on Thursday threatened to force Pacific Gas & Electric to hire more tree trimmers to reduce the chances...
Australia Firefighters Save World’s Only Rare Dinosaur Trees
“These pines outlived the dinosaurs," By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Specialist firefighters have saved the world’s last remaining wild stand of a prehistoric tree from wildfires that razed forests west of Sydney, officials...
California Lawmaker Demands Probe of PG&E’s Chief Regulator
The commission is conducting an investigation into how the utility handled power shutoffs By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Business Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A state lawmaker on Wednesday demanded an extensive review of the California Public Utilities Commission...