PG&E Shuts Power to Some to Lower Wildfire Risks
Pacific Gas & Electric said it will shut off power Saturday to about 1,600 customers in eastern Napa County near Lake Berryessa and may do the same for thousands more to reduce the risk of wildfires.
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Pacific Gas & Electric said it will shut off power Saturday to about 1,600 customers in eastern Napa County near Lake Berryessa and may do the same for thousands more to reduce the risk of wildfires.
A Red Flag Warning is in effect for the North Bay this weekend as temperatures are expected to climb, the National Weather Service says.
By the end of 2019, PG&E plans to have 600 weather stations and 100 high-definition cameras in high fire-threat areas.
June has arrived and, for homeowners across the North Bay, fire inspection season has come with it.
After wildfires ravaged Northern California the last two years, fire departments are stressing the need to clear vegetation. But some East Bay homeowners found one department's approach to be insulting.
Fire inspections are about to begin for more than 3,000 residents of unincorporated Sonoma County as part of an expanded effort to reduce wildfire danger that has grown with a wet winter.
Pacific Gas & Electric Corp. received approval Wednesday to establish a $105 million fund to help survivors of recent California wildfires started by the utility's equipment.
With northern California suffering through major wildfires in the past two years, police and fire officials in the Contra Costa County area around Lafayette are stepping up efforts to prepare residents in case of a disaster.
Rolling power outages from San Francisco to San Jose are a possibility this wildfire season, according to PG&E.
President Donald Trump has issued a disaster declaration for California after large parts of the state were damaged by storms, flooding, landslides and mudslides earlier this year.
A makeshift trailer neighborhood in Sonoma County, where wildfire victims have been living for 19 months, will be removed in July.
In the San Ramon Valley Fire Protection District, residents are required to clear out overgrown vegetation and dead trees by May 31.
The X Prize Foundation is developing a contest for technology that can detect and extinguish wildfires before they grow too large.
About 40 people whose homes were destroyed in the 2017 wine country wildfires say a construction firm has taken their money but not delivered on promises to rebuild their homes.
Three large utility companies are coordinating a "Power of Being Prepared" media campaign to inform residents about public safety power shutoffs during very high or extreme fire threats.
Local officials have approved Tahoe-area development plans over the objections of environmental groups and hundreds of residents who say wildfire evacuation plans and routes are inadequate.
Some survivors of the Wine Country wildfires are fighting Sonoma County about the way they've rebuilt on their property.
An advisor to Gov. Gavin Newsom predicts PG&E bills could skyrocket if California continues to have devastating wildfires.
After many students dropped out after wildfires took their homes, Santa Rosa Junior College is now planning to build a $43 million, five story student housing complex.
San Francisco's emergency plan for days with extremely poor air quality and extreme heat could close down farmer's markets and other outdoor events.
California officials are struggling to find ways for homeowners to afford insurance in fire-prone areas and for utilities to survive devastating wildfires.
It's been 17 months since the Tubbs Fire devastated Santa Rosa and the rebuilding has begun. Some fire victims are choosing a construction method that promises to get them home sooner.
Small signs of rebuilding the town of Paradise after it was destroyed by the massive Camp Fire last fall are sprouting this spring.
In one of the largest emergency forest projects underway in California, crews are thinning two sections of forest on both sides of Ukiah.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom is declaring a state of emergency to speed up forest management ahead of the next wildfire season.
