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Pacific Gas and Electric, facing billions of dollars in claims over the deadly 2018 Camp Fire, is headed to bankruptcy court.PGE, the state s largest utility, said Monday it will file for bankruptcy on January 29, after a 14-day waiting period required by California law. It needs to use the bankruptcy process, which will allow it to shed some of its debt, to pay for damages and stay in business to provide gas and electric service to its customers.Shares of PGE PCG plunged 55% in premarket trading following the filing.The company, in a public filing, cited at least $7 billion in claims from the Camp Fire. The wildfire caused 86 deaths and destroyed 14,000 homes, along with more than 500 businesses and 4,300 other buildings.It is believed the fire was
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For one week in June the golf world will turn its attention to Erin Hills Golf Course for the 117th U.S. Open.The USGA has essentially turned the course into a small city. The huge undertaking has been several years in the making.The merchandise tent is 39,000 square feet and air-conditioned. People who ve never been to a U.S. Open before will quickly see we are building our own stadium; we are building our own arena, said USGA. public relations director Janeen Driscoll.There are more than 300 tents built specifically to host golf s ultimate test.Championship Manager Eric Steimer has been in Southeast Wisconsin for a couple of years plotting and planning the event that s expected to host 35,000 people a day. When we put
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stanley cup 30 individuals on site helping us prep, he said.Now there are more than 2,500 workers and 5,400 volunteers on site in tents, concessions, parking, you name it. There s quite a few tent structures, Steimer said. But also we ll bring in over 100 different office trailers, all different broadcast trailers come in. There s a lot of places that someone can call home out here. Driscoll said the USGA strives to use local businesses so many area companies have helped with everything from the c
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