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PG&E Pleads Guilty to 84 Deaths in 2018 Camp Fire
PG&E is due to plead guilty in Butte County Superior Court Tuesday to 84 counts of involuntary manslaughter in the devastating 2018 Camp Fire that was caused by a break in a worn piece of equipment on a high-voltage transmission tower.
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Calif. Utility Pleading Guilty in Wildfire Deaths
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 a 2018 wildfire that decimated three Northern California towns and drove the nation’s largest utility into bankruptcy.
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As Wildfires Get Worse, Smoke Spreads, Stokes Health Worries
Increasingly intense wildfires that have scorched forests from California to Australia are stoking worry about long-term health impacts from smoke exposure in affected cities and towns.
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PG&E Execs Got Big Bonuses for Meeting Safety Goals
PG&E paid top execs $17 million in bonuses from 2012 to 2017, partly for meeting safety goals despite the fact that the company’s poor maintenance has been linked to deadly fires.
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Guy Fieri Among Celebrity Chefs Teaming Up to Feed Kincade Fire Evacuees, First Responders
As firefighters in Northern California’s wine country race to contain the devastating Kincade Fire that has ripped through more than 76,000 acres and destroyed 86 homes, a group of well-known Bay Area chefs have come together to feed the thousands of displaced evacuees and first responders.
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Paradise Destroyed: Camp Fire Leaves Small California Town in Ashes
The Camp Fire ripped through Paradise, leaving the small Butte County town in shambles. The wildfire is the deadliest and most destructive blaze in California history.
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Rebirth, Angst and the ‘New Normal' of California Wildfires
A California family that lost everything in 2017 wildfire rises from the ashes only to be threatened again; this is the ‘new normal’ for them and many others
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'It Was Unnecessary': California Utility Faces Gripes Over Deliberate Blackouts
More than 1.5 million people in Northern California were in the dark Thursday, most for a second day, after the state’s largest utility cut off electricity to more customers to prevent wind-fueled wildfires amid dry weather and strong winds sweeping through the region. Pacific Gas and Electric cut power to more than 300,000 people in the San Francisco Bay Area...
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California Power Outage: What Happens When the Lights Go Out
Power to hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses went out early Wednesday, affecting millions of people in California. Pacific Gas and Electric Co. said a forecast of extreme wind and dry weather has created fire danger of unprecedented scope, prompting it to initiate the largest preventive outage in state history to reduce the risk of wildfires sparked by faulty...
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Health Impact From Smoke Rises With More Intense Wildfires
Climate change in the Western U.S. means more intense and frequent wildfires churning out waves of smoke that scientists say will sweep across the continent to affect tens of millions of people and cause a spike in premature deaths.
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Health Impact From Smoke Rises With More Intense Wildfires
Climate change in the Western U.S. means more intense and frequent wildfires churning out waves of smoke that scientists say will sweep across the continent to affect tens of millions of people and cause a spike in premature deaths.
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PG&E Inspections Reveal 250K Problems, Trigger Shutdown of Power Line
Pacific Gas and Electric officials announced Wednesday that crews found 1,200 critical threats and took more than 250,000 corrective actions in response to post-Camp Fire safety inspections, leading to the permanent shutdown of the line tied to the fire and the replacement of another transmission line in Marin County to ease the wildfire danger.
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PG&E Inspections Reveal 250K Problems, Trigger Shutdown of Power Line
Pacific Gas and Electric officials announced Wednesday that crews found 1,200 critical threats and took more than 250,000 corrective actions in response to post-Camp Fire safety inspections, leading to the permanent shutdown of the line tied to the fire and the replacement of another transmission line in Marin County to ease the wildfire danger.
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Federal Government to Blame for Faster, More Destructive Wildfires in California, Scientists Say
Nearly 300 scientists from across the country and abroad believe actions taken by the U.S. Forest Service are contributing to faster, more devastating wildfires throughout California. The fiery debate centers around a long-time practice known as ‘post-fire logging.’
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California Approves Wide Power Outages to Prevent Wildfires
California regulators on Thursday approved allowing utilities to cut off electricity to possibly hundreds of thousands of customers to avoid catastrophic wildfires like the one sparked by power lines last year that killed 85 people and largely destroyed the city of Paradise.
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Judge Approves $105M Fund for California Wildfire Survivors
Pacific Gas & Electric Corp. received approval on Wednesday to establish a $105 million fund to help survivors of recent California wildfires started by the utility’s equipment.
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CalFire: Camp Fire, California's Deadliest, Was Caused by PG&E's Transmission Lines
California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection said Wednesday that the deadliest wildfire in state history was caused by PG&E’s electrical transmission lines.
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Sheltering in Place During a Wildfire Is a Dicey Strategy
For Californians who might have to escape wildfire again this year, the options are perilous. Many live in communities that don’t have well-thought-out public evacuation plans and lack the road capacity that’s needed to get everyone out fast.
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Death Toll Climbs to 56 in Camp Fire: Sheriff's Office
Authorities have reported eight more fatalities from a blaze in Northern California, bringing the total number of fatalities so far to 56 in the deadliest wildfire in state history.
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Lasting Fire Damage Scars Some of SoCal's Most Scenic Parks
When the Paramount movie ranch and Western Town burned in a wildfire that swept through Southern California, one woman lost more than a local historic site. Dianne Erskine-Hellrigel invited more than 500 people to her 1990 wedding at the Paramount Ranch. Her stuntmen friends provided the entertainment for her guests by falling off buildings and staging elaborate gunfights. “The only...