Authorities worry winds could spark new fires
Forecasters say all the elements are in place for a powerful new round of Southern California's notorious Santa Ana winds, the withering gusts with a long history of turning sparks into infernos.
'Furious': 1.5 million Californians will have their power turned off Tuesday
Pacific Gas & Electric Corp. said its latest blackout will start early Tuesday and affect 605,000 homes and businesses in 29 Northern California counties.
PG&E blackouts: Power restored to some customers as equipment implicated in 2 wildfires
The company said it had restored power to more than 325,000 of the 970,000 customer accounts impacted by the blackouts as of 4:30 p.m. PT.
Underground power lines touted as solution to California wildfires, but they come with a steep price tag
Underground power lines can costs millions of dollars per mile.
California Gov. Newsom blasts PG&E for 'greed' after taking utility campaign contributions
Newsom's 2018 campaign took $58,400 from PG&E, and the political spending group "Citizens Supporting Gavin Newsom for Governor 2018" took $150,000.
PG&E could cut power again to 2.5M people to prevent more wildfires
PG&E acted after the National Weather Service warned that historically strong winds on Saturday and Sunday would “bring extreme fire weather conditions” in Northern California.
PG&E crashes after admitting power line could've caused California wine country fire
PG&E's market capitalization fell to $2.93 billion Friday morning, near a record low.
PG&E to continue inspections, restore power as fires threaten state
PG&E expects all of its customers to be returned to full power despite a broken transmission line found by the wildfires ravaging Sonoma County.
California's fires, blackouts leave 750,000 in the dark, could affect up to 1.5 million
The utilities have said the precautionary blackouts are designed to keep winds that could gust to 60 mph (97 kph) or more from knocking branches into power lines or toppling them, sparking wildfires.
PG&E to shut off power to reduce risk of sparking wildfires
PG&E are deliberately cutting power to 17 California counties to avoid the catastrophic wildfires that left 85 dead in last year's Camp Fire.
500k PG&E customers may lose power as San Jose revolts with buyout proposal
PG&E warns of potential second planned California blackout.
PG&E finds over 100 instances of damage in 'public safety' outage
Pacific Gas and Electric confirmed Monday that more than 100 instances of damage were found during the largest planned power outage in state history to avoid wildfires.
All PG&E customers have power restored after 'public safety' outage
PG&E began proactively shutting off approximately 738,000 California customers' power on Wednesday morning.
PG&E shareholders could get wiped out
PG&E is facing the perfect storm.
PG&E begins restoring power to customers
About 600,000 people remain without power.
PG&E crashes after bankruptcy judge ruling
PG&E shares plunged to their lowest level since January.
California's PG&E power outage: What happens when the lights go out
PG&E's power outage is unprecedented.
California's PG&E cuts power to more than 1M residents to prevent wildfires
The utility plans to shut off power in parts of 34 northern, central and coastal California counties to reduce the chance of fierce winds knocking down or toppling trees into power lines during a siege of hot, dry, gusty weather.
PG&E to cut about 800,000 Californians' power
PG&E may have to shut down power in almost 30 counties in northern and central California as a result of hot & windy weather.
Wildfire fears in California could lead to more power outages
The potential for wildfires is leading PG&E to consider cutting power to more than 100,000 consumers in California.