A California assemblyman has announced plans to introduce a bill that would help PG&E absorb liabilities from the deadly Northern California Camp Fire, but would stop short of doing away with a legislative doctrine that holds utilities responsible for wildfire costs. Read More …
Conditions were smoky across San Luis Obispo County on Monday as a result of a wind pattern that blew smoke from the Northern California Camp Fire to the Central Coast.
The San Luis Obispo County Air Pollution Control District rated the air quality as moderate — between good and unhealthy Read More …
With PG&E facing the possibility of a determination that its equipment started the ongoing Camp Fire, now the deadliest blaze in California history, lawsuits are being prepared and the utility’s stock price is plummeting. Read More …
As fires ravage Northern and Southern California, an unusually high death toll is mounting, and one of the blazes has become the deadliest in state history.
The Northern California Camp Fire has killed at least 42 people, Read More …
A commercial vehicle caught on fire Monday morning on Highway 166, which then sparked a brush fire east of Santa Maria, according to Cal Fire. Read More …
Just hours after a mass shooting in Thousand Oaks left 13 people dead, two wildfires broke out in Ventura County, resulting in numerous evacuation orders, as well as burned or damaged structures and Highway 101 closures. Read More …
A fire broke out close to Highway 101 south of San Luis Obispo on Sunday and burned 25 acres. At about 10 a.m., the fire started in vegetation at 6295 Ontario Read More …
The utility Southern California Edison has released a statement acknowledging that its equipment may have helped sparked the Thomas Fire that devastated Ventura and Santa Barbara counties late last year and led to the deadly Montecito mudslides in early 2018. Read More …
A garbage truck burst into flames Tuesday morning near Cold Canyon Landfill, prompting the closure of Highway 227 in the area for several hours. Read More …
A fire completely destroyed a mobile home in Heritage Ranch early Monday morning, according to Cal Fire.
Shortly after midnight, a caller reported a fire at 2395 Little Creek Lane near Lake Nacimiento. Read More …