SCE reports crash into pole, circuit interruption before Laguna Fire near Camarillo
SoCal Edison reported a vehicle struck a power pole, causing a circuit interruption just before the Laguna Fire started. Here's what to know.
Crashes and Disasters
No California agency knows how many miles of idled or abandoned power lines cross the state’s hillsides and forests, which ...
Useless High-Voltage Power Lines Risk Sparking California Fires
Across drought-prone California, high-voltage power lines that haven’t been needed in years hang unused from steel towers — a ...
Silicon Valley2d
Attorneys work to preserve Eaton fire evidence in case against SoCal Edison
The Eaton fire ignited about 6:30 p.m. on Jan. 7 in Eaton Canyon and burned 14,021 acres before firefighters contained the blaze a month later. Roughly 9,000 structures were damaged or destroyed, ...
KLCC4d
Power lines sparked new fires in LA after the Eaton Fire began, radio traffic shows
First responder communications show the power company in Altadena was slow to respond to Eaton firefighters — and that live ...
California Democrats’ ‘affordability’ agenda is bankrupt. Three reasons why | Opinion
Financial clouds are gathering over Sacramento as the aftermath of the Los Angeles fire begins to hit home, writes opinion ...
Pasadena Star-News14d
Southern California Edison found irregularity weeks later with power lines near Eaton fire origin
Nearly two weeks after the Eaton fire broke out near Altadena, Southern California Edison technicians monitored as the utility’s four active lines in the Eaton Canyon and Eagle Rock-Gould line ...
The Independent15d
Electric utility admits its equipment may have started one of California’s wildfires
From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...
NBC Los Angeles15d
SoCal Edison says equipment may have ignited January's Hurst Fire in Sylmar
SoCal Edison's latest report to the California Public Utilities Commission includes new information about the Eaton Fire in Altadena and Hurst Fire in Sylmar. NBC Universal, Inc. Southern ...