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Cal Fire Finds PG&E At Fault in 2019 Kincade Fire

July 18, 2020 6:56 am

On Thursday, the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Cal Fire) found that power and utility provider PG&E caused the Kincade wildfire in Sonoma County last October. Cal Fire’s report confirmed that a PG&E transmission line nearby Geyserville sparked...

Senator John Moorlach (Kevin Sanders for California Globe)

CA State Auditor Finds State Agencies Overpaying Millions for Workers’ Compensation Insurance

December 9, 2019 9:38 amDecember 10, 2019 12:12 pm

The State Auditor reported total costs of $5.8 billion for 32,043 claims open more than two years. The California State Auditor just released an audit finding at least 10 state agencies purchasing Workers’ Compensation Insurance from State Compensation Insurance Fund (State Fund),...

Cal Fire Is Suing In-N-Out for $1.3 Million Over a 2017 Wildfire

November 25, 2019 2:20 pmNovember 26, 2019 5:33 am

The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Cal Fire) has filed a lawsuit against the fast food company In-N-Out for $1.3 million dollars for starting the September 2017 Huasna Fire. According to the San Luis Obispo Tribune, the suit...

CA Governor Grandstanding On PG&E Takeover Threat

November 15, 2019 2:19 pmNovember 18, 2019 6:20 am

AB 1054 was about saving the utility investors and stopping downgrades, but not stopping fires. The California mega-utility Pacific Gas & Electric filed for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy reorganization January 29, 2019. So it’s curious how Governor Gavin Newsom continues...

CAL-FIRE Severing Ties With Ham Radio Operators, Jeopardizing Millions of Californians During an Emergency

October 15, 2019 2:41 pmOctober 16, 2019 7:25 am

“Your claim that Ham radio is no longer a ‘benefit’ to the state, is delusional.” Ham radio operators are finding themselves under attack at the same time the largest power company, bankrupted PG&E decided to use rolling blackouts during...

Evacuations In Effect as Firefighters Battle A Fast Moving Brush Fire In Murrieta

September 6, 2019 6:24 amSeptember 6, 2019 9:14 am

RIVERSIDE COUNTY – Neighborhoods are evacuated and schools are closed as the Tenaja Fire in Murrieta, CA grows to over 2,000-acres with 7 percent containment Thursday afternoon. Firefighters responded to reports of a brush fire around 4:00 p.m. Wednesday near...

With Planned Power Outages This Summer, Is California Experimenting in ‘Green New Deal’

May 21, 2019 2:05 amMay 22, 2019 6:03 am

Following the devastating California wildfires of 2018, Pacific Gas and Electric recently announced it will cut power this summer to electricity customers on high-wind days to avoid future wildfires. While PG&E’s transmission lines ignited fires, others say many years with...