evidence: Hawaii, its biggest power utility and other defendants have reached a tentative agreement to pay more than $4 billion to settle lawsuits stemming from the devastating wildfires in Maui nearly a year ago, Gov. Josh Green announced Friday. [...] He called it "a historic settlement to resolve all tort claims arising from the Maui wildfires." [...] It has been almost a year since a wind-whipped wildfire spread on Aug. 8 in West Maui. Other fires also erupted, destroying homes, businesses and the environment.