California

PG&E Corp. warns it may orchestrate its biggest planned blackout yet to keep power lines from sparking more blazes.

Neighborly's CEO Jase Wilson said the payroll stop was needed while the company restructures itself away from municipal bonds.

The strength of the state’s credit profile, coupled with a supply-demand imbalance for tax-exempt bonds, has helped the state in the market, a new report says.

Siebert Williams Shank & Co. will leverage each minority- and women-owned firm’s experience and industry positions.

Bankrupt investor-owned utility PG&E was a factor in many of the bills approved to deal with the state's wildfire risk.

One of the nation's top P3 partners sees more opportunity in states where it has existing relationships with transportation agencies.

It marked the fifth dispersal from a Federal Aviation Administration program that will provide $3.18 billion for airport improvements.

The soccer league's drive for expansion pushed cities and owners to develop new stadiums to sweeten their bids.

The continued low interest rate environment is compelling more cities to explore issuing the bonds.

Fiona Ma was a keynote speaker at the Bond Buyer's California Public Finance Conference in San Francisco.

Muni vet Dana Villanova has joined Kestrel Verifiers as director of business development.

Montebello Unified School District allegedly defrauded investors in the sale of $100 million in general obligation bonds.

The charter boarding school is designed to lift homeless youth and foster children in largely Latino and African-American neighborhoods in South Los Angeles.

The private activity bonds would be used to help finance the planned Virgin Trains USA line to Victorville, Calif., from Las Vegas.

The city approved a joint powers agreement with four other cities to purchase electricity to be delivered over San Diego Gas & Electric lines.

Janet Napolitano said her resignation would be effective in August 2020.

Lawmakers sent Gov. Gavin Newsom a bill that would set up a commission to study if the state should require the machine-readable accounting program.

Some of the solutions contemplated to bring the investor-owned utility out of bankruptcy involve tapping the municipal bond market.

Expanded access to lower-cost borrowing is a credit positive for the charter school sector, according to Moody’s investors Service.

After less than a year, the groundbreaking renewable-energy bond sale has run into problems, including several technical defaults.