California Faces Decade of Unique Wildfire Blackouts November 25, 2019 By Andrew Hay California utility PG&E Corp. has imposed 10 intentional blackouts this year to reduce risks its power infrastructure could spark wildfires...
Housing Crunch in California’s Pushing Developers Deeper into Wildfire Zones November 25, 2019 By Prashant Gopal and Noah Buhayar The Santa Ana winds were blowing as Greg Medeiros ducked behind his Chevy Tahoe on a remote hillside 25 miles...
PG&E Cuts Power to 50K California Homes And Businesses During Wildfire Risk November 21, 2019 By Maria Caspani and Andrew Hay About 50,000 homes and businesses across Northern California were without power on Wednesday during the latest planned outage instituted by...
California Commissioner Issues Emergency Notice to Expedite Wildfire Claims November 20, 2019 California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara on Wednesday issued an emergency notice to all property/casualty insurers doing business in California requesting...
PG&E Warns of Possible Northern California Blackouts at Mid-Week November 18, 2019 By Brian K. Sullivan and Mark Chediak PG&E Corp. is warning a quarter-million homes and businesses could lose power in northern California starting Wednesday as high winds...
Beer Dissing California Utility PG&E Brewing Backlash November 15, 2019 Anger over devastating California wildfires sparked by Pacific Gas & Electric power lines is coming to a head – in...
Despite Wildfires, California Wine is Doing Just Fine – For Now November 12, 2019 By Rachel Lerman If you’re worried that wildfires might have created shortages of Northern California’s 2019 cabernet sauvignon, or even just imparted it...
PG&E California Wildfire Victims Sue to Get Paid Before Fire Insurers November 12, 2019 By Steven Church PG&E Corp. wildfire victims have filed a new lawsuit arguing they must be fully repaid for the losses of their...
PG&E Expecting over $6B in Costs from California Wildfire November 8, 2019 Pacific Gas & Electric is reporting substantial losses for the third quarter, driven by catastrophic wildfires that have been blamed...
Typhoon Hagibis to Cost Japan’s Economy $10B, with Insured Losses in Billions: Aon November 8, 2019 Typhoon Hagibis is likely to become one of 2019’s costliest events, with economic costs of more than US$10 billion and...