Massive Northern California Wildfire Destroys 400 Homes and Businesses September 14, 2015 By Ellen Knickmeyer and Olga R. Rodriguez Two fast-burning wildfires overtook several Northern California towns, killing at least one person and destroying hundreds of homes and businesses...
California Regulator: Utility Too Big to be Safe April 10, 2015 By Ellen Knickmeyer Repeated natural-gas accidents – including a 2010 pipeline explosion that killed eight people – suggest that California’s largest power utility...
Quake’s Main Force Directed At Napa Scientists Say September 8, 2014 By Ellen Knickmeyer Emerging data on last month’s 6.0 magnitude earthquake shows it directed most of its force north toward Napa and the...
California Judges Recommend $1.4B Safety-related Penalty Against PG&E September 4, 2014 By Ellen Knickmeyer California regulatory judges recommended a $1.4 billion penalty on Tuesday _ the largest safety-related levy ever against a public utility...
Cleanup from Napa Quake shouldn’t deter tourists, Businesses Say August 27, 2014 By Ellen Knickmeyer and Lisa Leff Napa, Calif. business owners mopped up high-end vintages that spilled from barrels and bottles and swept away broken glass in...
Calls For Warning System Hastened by California Quake August 27, 2014 By Ellen Knickmeyer and Sudhin Thanawala The earthquake that jolted California’s wine capital may have caused at least $1 billion in property damage, but it also...