Edison Says Its Equipment Likely Associated With 2025 LA Fire July 31, 2026 By Michelle Ma Edison International CEO Pedro Pizarro told investors “no other viable alternatives have appeared” to explain what caused a massive wildfire...
Edison Gets Mixed Rulings on Bid to Spread Blame for LA Wildfire July 9, 2026 By Michelle Ma and Emily Forgash A judge rejected Southern California Edison’s attempt to shift blame to Los Angeles County for allegedly failing to ensure timely...
Faster, Fiercer Wildfires Are Testing Evacuation Plans July 7, 2026 By Todd Woody On a warm summer morning, two fire officials navigate an SUV along a narrow road that switchbacks high into the...
Containment Grows on California Wildfire That Forced Thousands to Evacuate May 21, 2026 Containment has continued to increase on the Sandy fire in Simi Valley, which prompted evacuation orders for tens of thousands...
California Fire Spread Slows But Dangerous Conditions Linger May 19, 2026 By Michelle Ma, Joe Wertz, Emily Forgash and Mary Hui Winds that drove a fast-moving brush fire across Southern California’s Simi Valley eased overnight, slowing the blaze’s spread, but dangerous...
34,000 PG&E Customers Without Power on California Fire Risk May 18, 2026 By Mary Hui More than 34,000 homes and businesses remain without power across PG&E Corp.’s service area after a weekend outage due in...
California Wildfire Almost Fully Contained as Evacuation Orders Lifted April 6, 2026 A Southern California wildfire that prompted evacuation orders is now nearly fully contained, according to fire officials. The Springs Fire...
Berkshire’s Pacificorp Pays $575M to Settle Oregon, California Wildfire Claims February 23, 2026 By Jonathan Stempel PacifiCorp, a utility owned by Berkshire Hathaway, agreed to pay $575 million to resolve U.S. government damages claims related to...
Rising Fire Risk Prompts Utilities to Deliberately Cut Power February 10, 2026 By Michelle Ma and Lauren Rosenthal States in the U.S. West are grappling with an unusually warm, arid winter that is ramping up fire risk in...
California Commissioner Orders Moratorium on Cancellations Over Pack Fire December 19, 2025 Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara ordered a mandatory one-year moratorium to prevents homeowners’ insurance cancellations and non-renewals for Pack Fire victims...