Hundreds of residents begin to be cleared to return home after San Jose gas leak
Hundreds of San Jose residents remained out of their homes Thursday after a temporary evacuation was ordered due to a natural gas leak that lasted more than 24 hours.
PG&E working to restore power from planned shutoffs, weather 'all clear' given
Pacific Gas and Electric is working to restore power to thousands of its Northern California customers after Tuesday's shutoff due to a wind event and fire danger.
Residents of Calistoga lose power during PG&E shutoff
A specially-constructed micro-grid that is supposed to power the east side of Calistoga malfunctioned.
Customers in dark after PG&E proactively shuts off power
Amid dangerous California fire conditions, Pacific Gas & Electric says it has begun cutting power to 51,000 customers.
PG&E might turn off power in 18 California counties for some customers over fire risks
PG&E may cut power to 40,000 customers in 16 counties on Tuesday as the utility tries to avoid danger posed by high winds and dry conditions.
Devastation caused by PG&E could take decades to repair
In the past six years, PG&E, the utility nearly 40% of Californians rely on for electricity and natural gas, has been implicated or convicted in burning well over 1 million acres of California’s lands.
Newsom tours Greenville as Dixie Fire grows to single largest wildfire in state history
People living in the scenic forestlands of Northern California are facing a weekend of fear as the Dixie Fire threatens to reduce thousands of homes to ashes. The fire now spans an area of 698 square miles and is 21% contained.
PG&E prepared to shut off power as a last resort to reduce wildfires
PG&E testified before the California Public Utilities Commission about its readiness plan for cutting power to customers and efforts to reduce those events in the future.
PG&E equipment possibly caused wildfire that merged with Dixie Fire
Pacific Gas & Electric said its equipment may be linked to the start of another wildfire that merged with the Dixie Fire.
Power shutoffs should be last resort, regulators warn
Regulators have blasted PG&E for a botched shutoff that left nearly 2 million people in the San Francisco Bay Area and Northern California without power. People couldn’t get information as websites and call centers crashed and local officials didn’t know what to tell panicked customers.
PG&E will face criminal charges over deadly California fire
Shasta County District Attorney Stephanie Bridgett announced that her office had determined that PG&E was “criminally liable” for the Zogg Fire.
Perpetual threats of flex alerts causing more people to go solar
Power customers who are facing growing concerns over losing power are prompting a renewed interest in adding renewable energy to residential rooftops.
San Francisco asks CPUC to value local PG&E infrastructure as city seeks to buy it
As San Francisco continues its effort to buy PG&E's electric facilities and transition the city to public power, city officials said on Tuesday they've asked the California Public Utilities Commission to determine the value of PG&E's local electric infrastructure.
PG&E hauls away dead trees from 2020 wildfires
PG&E on Tuesday, took a big extra step to placate landowners whose lands were scorched and left with hundreds of thousands of dead trees lying around.
Oakland homeless encampment fire might have started 3-alarm warehouse inferno
Investigators are looking into whether a homeless encampment may have sparked a 3-alarm warehouse fire in East Oakland early Saturday morning.
After possibly sparking Dixie fire, PG&E decides to bury 10,000 miles of power lines
Pacific Gas & Electric plans to bury 10,000 miles of its power lines in an effort to prevent its fraying grid from sparking wildfires when electrical equipment collides with millions of trees and other vegetation across California.
PG&E says its equipment may be linked to massive Dixie Fire
Pacific Gas & Electric equipment may have been involved in the start of the big Dixie Fire burning in the Sierra Nevada, the nation's largest utility reported to California regulators.