Judge Stalls Uber’s Challenge to Controversial California Job Law February 12, 2020 By Don Thompson A federal judge has refused to exempt rideshare company Uber and on-demand meal delivery service Postmates from a broad new...
PG&E Says Blackouts Limited California Fires Despite One Likely Failure December 2, 2019 By Don Thompson The nation’s largest utility said Friday that its distribution lines haven’t sparked any major wildfires since it began shutting off...
California Town Devastated by Wildfire Rebuilds, But Is It Any Safer a Year Later November 7, 2019 By Don Thompson There was “no way in hell” Victoria Sinclaire was rebuilding in Paradise, Calif. She’d thought she was going to die...
22 New California Laws Take Aim at Wildfire Danger October 4, 2019 By Don Thompson California is adopting nearly two dozen laws aimed at preventing and fighting the devastating wildfires that have charred large swaths...
California Governor Defends State’s Wildfire Efforts August 2, 2019 By Don Thompson Gov. Gavin Newsom defended California’s wildfire prevention efforts this week while criticizing the federal government for not doing enough to...
California Wants Faster Forestry Approvals in Wildfire Fight January 31, 2019 By Don Thompson California wildland managers said this week that they want to speed up logging and prescribed burns designed to slow wildfires...
Downed Power Lines Sparked Deadly California Fires, Investigation Shows June 11, 2018 By Juliet Williams and Don Thompson A dozen wildfires that burned thousands of homes in California’s wine country and killed at least 15 people last October...
California Company Has Marijuana License, But Its Workers Still Arrested January 8, 2018 By Michael Balsamo and Don Thompson The confusing rollout of marijuana regulations in California has been underscored in Mendocino County, where local authorities licensed a company...
California Company Has Marijuana License, But Its Workers Still Arrested December 29, 2017 By Michael Balsamo and Don Thompson The confusing rollout of marijuana regulations in California has been underscored in Mendocino County, where local authorities licensed a company...
California Wildfires Feeding on Grass Fed by Winter Rain July 12, 2017 By Don Thompson and Andrew Dalton Wildfires driving people from their homes in California and throughout the West have had help from an unlikely source: the...