Report: 2019 Was 7th Year in Last Decade with 10 or More Disasters of $1B-Plus February 12, 2020 By Don Jergler Last year was a particularly hazardous one, with natural catastrophes causing excessive damages in what appears to be an ongoing...
Wine ‘Smoke Taint’ Disputes Linger 2 Years After California Wildfires February 7, 2020 By Tyler Gerking Recent wildfires in California Wine Country, particularly those that devastated parts of Napa and Sonoma counties in October 2017, have...
A.M. Best Says Insurers Challenged by ‘New Normal’ of California Wildfires October 31, 2019 While the number of burned acres in 2019 is still well below the number reported last year through October, experts...
California Wildfire Damage at $25.4B and Rising October 29, 2019 By Nic Querolo and Brian K. Sullivan Damages from the fires ripping across California stand at $25.4 billion, and they’re bound to keep rising. The Kincade fire...
California Braces for Biggest Blackout Yet as Massive Wildfire Burns October 25, 2019 By Mark Chediak, David R. Baker and Brian K. Sullivan As wildfires rage and utilities race to restore power, the worst may be yet to come for California residents. PG&E...
500K-Plus Californians Lose Power; Large Wildfire Rages October 24, 2019 By Mark Chediak, David R. Baker and Brian K. Sullivan More than half a million people have lost power across California as part of a deliberate blackout designed to keep...
California Wildfire Victims in PG&E Bankruptcy See $13.5B in Claims October 8, 2019 By Jim Christie A lawyer for the committee representing wildfire victims in the bankruptcy of PG&E Corp said at a hearing on Monday...
Retrial for Founder in California Warehouse Fire That Killed 36 October 7, 2019 The founder of an artists’ work-live collective in the San Francisco Bay Area where a fast-moving fire trapped and killed...
Supreme Court Rejects Sempra’s Bid to Recover $379M from 2007 California Wildfire Payouts October 7, 2019 By Andrew Chung and Lawrence Hurley The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear a bid by Sempra Energy’s San Diego Gas & Electric Co...
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...