The second phase of a safety plan intended to prevent wildfires left hundreds of thousands more without electricity.

Thursday: Confusion reigned as PG&E cut power across a broad swath. Also: Katelyn Ohashi, on paying college athletes; and a Dodgers loss.

More than a million people in California were without electricity as the state's largest utility pulled the plug to prevent deadly wildfires

Silicon Valley companies are served by safer, robust transmission lines. Regular homes? Not so much.

A deliberate power outage by the state’s largest utility sent residents scrambling — and debating whether it was worth it.

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The state of California allowed the PG&E to start charging customers billions more so it could upgrade its grid. The company still hasn't.

Hundreds of thousands in California wake up in the dark after PG&E started shutting off power to curb wildfire risk.

With dry weather and windy conditions on the horizon, California's Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) utility is planning a mass power outage to prevent electricity lines from sparking wildfires. That could be bad news for electric vehicle owners, so Tesla is taki…

Hundreds of thousands of California homes and businesses started to lose electric power early Wednesday as part of an unprecedented effort by Pacific Gas and Electric Co. to prevent wildfires, the utility said.

Millions are preparing to live without electricity for days in the face of what Pacific Gas & Electric called unprecedented wildfire danger

In a bid to stop wildfires, San Francisco Bay Area residents could be denied power for several days.

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Winds are expected to pick up and turn toward the coast late Tuesday night, bringing cool, dry gusts that could spread fires and prompt pre-emptive power shut-offs that leave up to more than a quarter-million Bay Area customers without electricity for days…

Pacific Gas & Electric says it could cut power to more than 600,000 customers across Northern California to prevent its equipment from starting wildfires during dry, windy weather. PG&E's Public Safety Power Shutoffs (PSPS) could start as early as Wednesday …

PG&E is considering implementing Public Safety Power Shutoffs that may impact portions of 30 northern, central

Pacific Gas & Electric plans to shut off power to Napa County starting Wednesday morning, county officials warned the public Monday afternoon. The shutoff could last "five days or longer," according to the county's office of emergency services. Napa isn't…

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PG&E filed for bankruptcy on Tuesday, and state political leaders have no plans to help the once-influential utility.

PG&E filed for bankruptcy on Tuesday, and state political leaders have no plans to help the once-influential utility.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Pacific Gas & Electric Co. will be back in a U.S. courtroom a day after declaring bankruptcy, as it tries to convince a judge not to order dramatic steps to try to prevent its equipment from causing more wildfires.U.S. Judge William A…

Company is facing hundreds of lawsuits from victims of recent fires and tens of billions of dollars in potential liabilities Faced with potentially ruinous lawsuits over California’s recent wildfires, Pacific Gas & Electric Corp filed for bankruptcy protectio…

PG&E is looking to get out of power purchase agreements to cover its looming debt.

PG&E soared Tuesday after filing for bankruptcy protection. The company is the largest power utility in the US. PG&E endured an estimated $16.5 billion in losses from the unprecedented California Camp Fire last year. Watch PG&E trade live. PG&E, the largest p…