MICHAEL LIEDTKE

April 7, 2020 at 5:49 pm

Judge refuses to approve fire victims letter attacking PG&E

BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) — A federal judge has refused to put his stamp of approval on a letter to Northern California wildfire victims from attorneys...

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April 6, 2020 at 1:33 pm

Market tumult threatens PG&E deal with wildfire victims

BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) — Lawyers who negotiated a crucial $13.5 billion deal for the victims of deadly wildfires caused by Pacific Gas & Electric equipment...

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April 3, 2020 at 5:12 pm

Another member of fire panel resigns, criticizes PG&E plan

BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) — The former chief financial officer for a Northern California city destroyed in a 2018 wildfire caused by Pacific Gas & Electric...

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April 3, 2020 at 5:12 pm

Another member of fire panel resigns, criticizes PG&E plan

BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) — The former chief financial officer for a Northern California city destroyed in a 2018 wildfire caused by Pacific Gas & Electric...

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April 2, 2020 at 3:06 pm

Tesla’s 1Q car sales surged before pandemic shut things down

BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) — Tesla's sales of its increasingly popular electric cars got off to fast start this year, even though the company had to...

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March 31, 2020 at 2:55 pm

Regulators mull reversing $462M increase in PG&E fire fines

BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) — California power regulators are weighing a recommendation to back off plans to fine Pacific Gas and Electric an additional $462 million...

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March 27, 2020 at 3:14 pm

PG&E to use wildfire victims fund to pay for past crimes

BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) — Pacific Gas & Electric is warning its elaborate plan for getting out of bankruptcy might collapse if the utility can’t pay...

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March 25, 2020 at 1:16 pm

PG&E’s falling stock price worries fire victims eyeing deal

BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) — The stock market turmoil triggered by the coronavirus pandemic is raising worries that Pacific Gas & Electric's $13.5 billion settlement with...

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March 23, 2020 at 7:07 am

PG&E to plead guilty to lethal crimes in 2018 wildfires

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Pacific Gas & Electric will plead guilty to 84 counts of involuntary manslaughter for a swath of death and destruction left...

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March 18, 2020 at 9:01 pm

Contagion of fear, uncertainty infect financial markets

The rapidly deteriorating health of the financial markets is being driven by a contagion of fear and uncertainty about a global pandemic that's infecting the...

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