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Scott Rodd

State Government Reporter

Scott Rodd previously covered government and legal affairs for the Sacramento Business Journal. Prior to the Business Journal, Scott worked as a freelance reporter in Los Angeles and Washington, D.C., contributing to the Washington Post, New York Times, Stateline, the New York Observer and Next City. Scott grew up in West Hartford, Connecticut, and studied English literature at Susquehanna University.

 

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    Stories by Scott Rodd

  • Noah Berger / AP Photo

    PG&E could be the first utility to access California’s wildfire liability fund after starting Dixie Fire

    January 6, 2022

    California established the $21 billion liability fund in 2019 to help utilities cover the cost of major wildfires started by their equipment.

  • Andrew Nixon / CapRadio

    Massive Dixie Fire started by PG&E equipment, Cal Fire investigators conclude

    January 4, 2022

    The Dixie Fire grew to be the second-largest fire in state history, burning over 960,000 acres and destroying over 1,300 structures. It's the latest in a string of devastating wildfires allegedly caused by the utility's equipment.

  • Andrew Nixon / CapRadio

    Bail significantly reduced for Caldor Fire suspects while new details emerge in case

    December 13, 2021

    While prosecutors had sought $1 million bail for each of the two suspects, a judge on Monday set the amounts to $50,000 and $25,000. The two men are prohibited from possessing firearms and ammunition, and barred from leaving the state.

  • Andrew Nixon / CapRadio

    Father, son arrested for allegedly starting Caldor Fire have been under investigation since August, attorney says

    December 8, 2021

    David Scott Smith, 66, and Travis Shane Smith, 32, are accused of reckless arson related to the Caldor Fire, which burned for 67 days In El Dorado and Amador counties and destroyed more than 1,000 structures.

  • Noah Berger / AP Photo

    After long delay, California lawmakers hold wildfire oversight hearing

    December 7, 2021

    State lawmakers held an oversight hearing Tuesday to discuss wildfires and how the state plans to spend this year’s record-setting investment to prevent them.

  • Rich Pedroncelli / AP Photo

    Cal Fire chief to retire in December after leading agency through record wildfire seasons

    November 15, 2021

    Porter steered Cal Fire through record-setting wildfire seasons driven by decades of poor forest management and climate change.

  • Andrew Nixon / CapRadio

    After opposing contracts with border wall companies, these California Dems are silent following CapRadio investigation

    November 4, 2021

    Nearly two dozen Democratic lawmakers voted to pass SB30 out of the state Senate. The legislation would have prohibited the state from hiring companies that worked on the border wall.

  • AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes

    New California law requires use-of-force training for security guards, prompted by CapRadio investigation

    October 28, 2021

    The investigation found California’s regulations provide no clear definition or training requirements for appropriate use-of-force in the private security industry.

  • Scott Rodd / CapRadio

    Northern California communities feel disaster whiplash after wildfires, threat of mudslides

    October 27, 2021

    The precipitation is desperately needed to combat California’s severe drought. But it comes with a trade-off in communities that endured wildfires.

  • Andrew Nixon / CapRadio

    As immigration advocates demand Newsom cancel contract with border wall company, lawmakers stay silent

    October 22, 2021

    The state awarded a no-bid contract to SLSCO — the company former president Donald Trump tapped to build his border wall in California — for COVID-19 response and health care staffing. The contract is currently worth up to $350 million.

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