California's geography is unique, unlike any state in the country. A bountiful central valley, pristine and rugged coastline, scorching deserts and iconic mountain ranges. For its nearly 40 million ...

SANTIAM CANYON, Ore. (KPTV) - A $150 million settlement with 1,434 plaintiffs has been reached in connection with the Labor Day 2020 wildfires, PacifiCorp announced on Wednesday. This agreement is ...

SANTIAM STATE FOREST, Ore. (KTVZ) —The High Lakes recreation area of the Santiam State Forest reopened this month after being closed in the aftermath of the 2020 Labor Day wildfires. All recreation ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (Nov. 19, 2025) — PacifiCorp announced Wednesday it has reached a $150 million settlement with 1,434 plaintiffs associated with Labor Day 2020 fires. Since 2020, the company said it has ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — An Oregon jury has ordered PacifiCorp to pay $305 million to 16 victims of the state's devastating 2020 wildfires in the latest verdict in a class-action lawsuit against the utility ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – PacifiCorp is set to pay over half a billion dollars in a settlement claiming the company negligently started six wildfires in Oregon and California. The settlement is tied to ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — Exactly five years ago, on Sept. 9, 2020, wildfires were raging across Northern California and sending thick smoke drifting into the Bay Area. Smoke partially shrouded the sun ...

On summer weekends, Detroit and its namesake lake are jammed with visitors recreating in the sun or stopping on their drive on Highway 22 between Salem and Bend. What tourists find in the city's ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. (KPTV) - PacifiCorp has agreed to pay a $575 million settlement for damages connected to five 2020 wildfires and one in 2022 in Oregon and California, the U.S. Attorney’s Office ...

After Oregon’s record-breaking fire season in 2020, lawmakers wanted to map out which properties were most at risk. But anger from homeowners escalated quickly. ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that ...