Former Pacific Gas & Electric executives have reached a settlement agreement in connection with the 2017 North Bay fires and the 2018 Camp fire.
Nathan Solis
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Death of pregnant mountain lion underscores two human-caused dangers: Cars and rat poison
P-54 was pregnant when she was killed in June in the Santa Monica Mountains. It was the first time officials have been able to test cougar fetuses for rat poison.
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Fire restrictions start a month early amid high danger in San Bernardino National Forest
Dry brush and a lingering drought have prompted forest officials to issue restrictions earlier than normal.
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DNA confirms expected: It was a great white shark that killed bodyboarder in Morro Bay
Investigators have determined through DNA that a great white shark killed the 42-year-old man on Christmas Eve.
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Facebook company ends its free laundry perk, and at least one worker is steamed
As Meta prepares for its return to office, one anonymous employee outlines their discontent over the loss of some on-campus perks.
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Ukrainian mother killed with her children identified as employee of Palo Alto startup
Tatiana Perebeinis, 43, and her children, Nikita, 18, and Alise, 9, were killed along with a volunteer who was helping them flee the war in Ukraine.
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How Sunnyvale’s space-age attempt at chasing away crows went afoul of the FAA
Sunnyvale is trying to solve its crow problem with lasers. But it turns out the Federal Aviation Administration doesn’t like lasers.
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Good news on Big Sur wildfire: Blaze burn zone not as large as feared with Colorado Fire
Officials originally estimated the rare January wildfire had burned 1,500 acres, but on Monday adjusted the burn zone to about 700 acres.
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Cabrillo vice president is charged with embezzlement, misappropriation of funds from former job
Paul De La Cerda, 47, was charged with one felony count each of misappropriation of government funds and embezzlement of government funds. De La Cerda is accused of forging documents he submitted for reimbursement, according to the district attorney’s office.
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A San Francisco restaurant refused to serve on-duty police officers. The backlash was swift
A San Francisco restaurant asked a group of on-duty police officers to leave the eatery last week because their guns made the staff feel “uncomfortable,” and the backlash was swift