California Targets Urgent Projects as Wildfire Season Looms April 15, 2021 By Adam Beam and Don Thompson California is in such an urgent race with another devastating wildfire season that officials began soliciting local project ideas even...
California Fire Victim Trust Has Received 250K Claims So Far April 14, 2021 The Fire Victim Trust, established to pay California wildfire victims on July 1, 2020, has received 40,000 claims questionnaires representing...
California FAIR Plan Endorses Bill Expanding Coverage to Farms April 8, 2021 The California FAIR Plan Association is publicly supporting a bill to amend the California Insurance Code to allow the FAIR...
California’s PG&E Sees Criminal Charges in 2019 Wildfire April 8, 2021 By Don Thompson A California prosecutor has filed 33 criminal charges accusing troubled Pacific Gas & Electric of inadvertently injuring six firefighters and...
Three Dozen California Bills Focus on Wildfire, Others Are Concerning for Insurance Industry April 6, 2021 By Don Jergler Roughly three dozen pieces of California legislation are directly related to wildfire, and while those bills should hold much interest...
Lawmakers from California Want U.S. Departments to Be Year-Round Wildfire Agencies March 31, 2021 California’s U.S. senators and nearly two-dozen representatives are asking the Agriculture and Interior departments to transition their agencies to a...
Judge Considering Requiring PG&E in California to Turn off Power More Often March 29, 2021 By Michael Liedtke A federal judge overseeing Pacific Gas & Electric’s criminal probation said Tuesday that he is considering requiring the utility to...
California County Adding Artificial Intelligence for Wildfires March 23, 2021 Sonoma County officials say they will add artificial intelligence technology to help fight wildfires with a 24-7 monitor to track...
California Attorney General Challenges Housing Plans in Wildfire Areas March 19, 2021 By Don Thompson California’s attorney general is challenging some of the state’s largest suburban development projects as local officials weigh the risk of...
Fire Victim Trust Sues California Utility Executives for Causing Wildfires February 24, 2021 The Fire Victim Trust has filed a lawsuit in San Francisco Superior Court against certain former officers and directors of...