Evacuation orders ended as rain douses California wildfire
GOLETA, Calif. — A strong storm moved into Southern California on Wednesday, almost completely dousing a wildfire that had threatened thousands of hom...
Above-ground power lines grow in risk as climate changes
WASHINGTON — Trees toppling onto above-ground power lines spark wildfires, more than 1,000 of them in the last decade in California alone. The wires s...
Survivors fear smaller payouts from PG&E with each fire
Lori Kennedy thought she was going to live a comfortable retirement in a modest home in wooded Magalia, California.
Blackouts hit Northern California again during fire danger
SAN FRANCISCO — Pacific Gas & Electric turned off electricity Wednesday for about 120,000 people in Northern California to prevent power lines fro...
Smoke shrouds Sydney’s skyline as wildfires burn nearby
SYDNEY — Thick smoke from wildfires has shrouded Sydney and its surrounding areas with health experts warning residents with medical conditions to rem...
PG&E boss says it wasn’t fully ready for California outages
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The head of Pacific Gas & Electric Corp. told angry California lawmakers Monday that the nation’s largest electric utility wa...
GAO: 60% of Superfund sites at higher risk in climate change
WASHINGTON — The worsening wildfires, floods and hurricanes of climate change threaten at least 60% of U.S. Superfund sites, and efforts to strengthen...
California faces fraught path out of wildfire, power crisis
The utility that serves more than 5 million electrical customers in one of the world’s most technologically advanced areas is now faced again and agai...
Wildfires force businesses to prepare for disruption
NEW YORK — The wildfires that are rampant this time of year in California force small business owners to be prepared in the same way as owners in othe...
California businesses at risk amid fires, power outages
NEW YORK — The California wildfires are taking a toll on small businesses, including those that are miles away and safe from the flames. Smoke, ash an...
Utility to pay $360M for major Southern California wildfires
LOS ANGELES — Southern California Edison has agreed to pay $360 million to local governments to settle lawsuits over deadly wildfires sparked by its e...
California regulators order inquiry into power outages
SAN FRANCISCO — California regulators opened a formal investigation Wednesday into pre-emptive power outages that blacked out large parts of the state...
Beer insulting California utility PG&E brews backlash
SANTA ROSA, Calif. — Anger over devastating California wildfires sparked by Pacific Gas & Electric power lines is coming to a head — in a beer. An...
Australian wildfires destroy homes and force evacuations
CANBERRA, Australia — Scores of wildfires continued to rage across vast tracts of Australia's drought-stricken east coast on Wednesday, forcing hundre...
Winds fan ferocious fires in Australia’s most populous state
CANBERRA, Australia — Ferocious wildfires were burning at emergency-level intensity across Australia's most populous state on Tuesday as authorities w...
Rebirth, angst and the ‘new normal’ of California wildfires
SANTA ROSA, Calif. — Tina Chandler walks outside her home and sniffs the air. "Do you smell smoke?" she asks.
Despite fires, California wine is doing just fine - for now
HEALDSBURG, Calif. — If you're worried that wildfires might have created shortages of Northern California's 2019 cabernet sauvignon, or even just impa...
3 dead, dozens injured as Australia wildfires raze homes
CANBERRA, Australia — Wildfires razing Australia's drought-stricken east coast have left three people dead and several missing, more than 30 injured a...
Paradise community gathers on anniversary of Camp Fire
PARADISE, Calif. — One year after Paradise burned, hundreds of people gathered in the parking lot of a former bank building in the Northern California...
California’s worst wildfire transforms city that didn’t burn
CHICO, Calif. — Amber Blood got to Chico on Nov. 8, 2018, wearing pink slacks and her favorite white peacoat. It was all she had left.
PG&E falls into deeper hole in 3Q with $1.6 billion loss
Pacific Gas & Electric reported another huge loss on Thursday as the fallout from catastrophic wildfires blamed on its outdated transmission lines...
Safety questions still swirl in Paradise year after wildfire
PARADISE, Calif. — There was "no way in hell" Victoria Sinclaire was rebuilding in Paradise.
AP FACT CHECK: Trump’s wildfire tweets not grounded in facts
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is scorching the facts about California's wildfires.
California utility meets with governor amid bankruptcy case
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The chief executive of a troubled California utility blamed for starting a series of catastrophic wildfires is meeting with Gov. ...
Study: Alien grasses are making more frequent US wildfires
WASHINGTON — For much of the United States, invasive grass species are making wildfires more frequent, especially in fire-prone California, a new stud...
All evacuations lifted for Southern California wildfire
LOS ANGELES — Authorities lifted all evacuation orders as firefighters made progress Sunday on a large blaze that sent thousands fleeing homes and far...
Crews make progress on large Southern California wildfire
LOS ANGELES — Authorities lifted evacuation orders for a farm community Saturday as firefighters make progress on a large wildfire in Southern Califor...
Crews battle last stubborn Southern California wildfire
LOS ANGELES — Crews are battling the last remaining large wildfire in Southern California as stubborn flames threaten nearly 2,000 homes.
The Latest: Utility re-energized power line before fire
LOS ANGELES — The Latest on California fires (all times local):
Halloween terror: 4 killed at Northern California party
ORINDA, Calif. — Four people were killed and several wounded at a Halloween night party shooting at a Northern California home rented on Airbnb by a w...