PG&E still needs the approval of U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Dennis Montali By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Business Writer BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) — California regulators are being advised to approve Pacific Gas & Electric’s plan to emerge from bankruptcy with ...
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PG&E: Wildfire Victims Backing Bankruptcy Plan So Far
Committee representing victims has been raising red flags about the settlement By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Business Writer BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) — A Pacific Gas & Electric lawyer told a federal judge that the beleaguered company’s plan for getting ...
Read More »Judge Oks PG&E Plan to Pay $19M in Fees from Victims Fund
Even more money could be diverted from the fire victims’ fund By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Business Writer BERKELEY Calif. (AP) — The Northern California victims of catastrophic wildfires caused by Pacific Gas & Electric’s decaying electrical grid will ...
Read More »Judges Refuses to Approve Fire Victims Letter Attacking PG&E
Tuesday’s courtroom wrangling focused on the real value of the $13.5 billion deal By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Business Writer BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) — A federal judge has refused to put his stamp of approval on a letter to ...
Read More »Market Tumult Threatens PG&E Deal with Wildfire Victims
Half the promised payments to be made in PG&E stock By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Business Writer BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) — Lawyers who negotiated a crucial $13.5 billion deal for the victims of deadly wildfires caused by Pacific Gas ...
Read More »PG&E Pleads Guilty in Involuntary Manslaughter in Wildfire
84 counts from the Camp Fire in 2018 By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Pacific Gas & Electric said Monday it will plead guilty to 84 counts of involuntary manslaughter in connection with the ...
Read More »Ron Howard Wildfire Documentary Looks at Camp Fire Aftermath
“Rebuilding Paradise” largely evades a discussion of climate change By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — Ron Howard knew Paradise, the northern California town devastated by the most destructive wildfire in California history. His mother-in-law ...
Read More »Californian in Australia Shares Advice from Paradise Fire
2018 wildfire killed 85 people SOMERVILLE Australia (AP) — An American living in Australia who has endured wildfires on both continents is sharing heartfelt messages of hope and advice for those who have fled their homes Down Under. ...
Read More »Debris Removal Completed for California’s Deadliest Wildfire
Camp Fire killed 85 people PARADISE, Calif. (AP) — Crews have finished removing millions of tons of debris left by a Northern California wildfire last year that killed 85 people and virtually annihilated a town, officials announced Tuesday. ...
Read More »Paradise: One Year After the Fire
85 people died in the state’s most devastating wildfire in history By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Paradise will pause on Friday. One year after the most devastating wildfire in California history mostly destroyed the ...
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