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Oakland mayor announces college fund for low-income students
Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf announced Thursday an ambitious effort to triple the number of low-income college graduates coming out of the city’s public schools. Speaking at a ceremony at...Read More
Carmel mayor: Break up PG&E and their ‘ticking time bombs’
Carmel Mayor Jason Burnett called for sweeping reforms and possibly a break-up of behemoth utility PG&E.Read More
San Bruno mayor wants PUC’s Florio out
San Bruno Mayor Jim Ruane on Thursday called for the resignation or removal of California Public Utilities Commission member Mike Florio.Read More
Power restored at SF State after outage
Power has been restored on the campus of San Francisco State University Tuesday morning.Read More
Power tower suspected in Monterey outage
A new transmission tower that failed may have contributed to a massive power outage earlier this week in Monterey County.Read More
Mystery power outage darkens Monterey County
About 29,000 people remained without power Sunday evening in Monterey County after a damaged electric transmission tower caused high voltage power lines to come down.Read More
PG&E probes Bernal Heights blast
PG&E officials today said the cause of a transformer explosion that injured two people in San Francisco’s Bernal Heights neighborhood this weekend is under investigation. The explosion, reported at...Read More
PG&E fined after substation breach
PG&E was issued a $50,000 citation by the California Public Utilities Commission Monday for failing to prevent a security breach at a substation near San Jose.Read More
Balloon knocks out North Beach power
A helium balloon is to blame for 9,000 residents and businesses losing power in Fisherman's Wharf and North Beach.Read More
PG&E patrols gas pipelines from the skies
Helicopter crews for PG&E soar over Northern California nearly every day, looking for crews digging near natural gas pipelines.Read More
$1.6 billion fine for PG&E explosion
The California Public Utilities Commission Thursday imposed a $1.6 billion penalty, its largest ever, on PG&E for the unsafe operation of its gas transmission system and the deadly pipeline rupture...Read More
Three power outages occur at Hall of Justice
Three power outages have occurred within the span of roughly three hours at San Francisco’s Hall of Justice Tuesday, a sheriff’s spokeswoman said. The most recent outage was reported...Read More
Proposed PG&E fine swells to $1.6 billion
The CPUC proposed increasing to $1.6 billion a penalty for safety violations related to 2010's fatal gas pipeline explosion in San Bruno.Read More
Gas leak causes Hercules neighborhood evacuation
A Hercules neighborhood is being evacuated due to a gas leak this morning, Contra Costa County emergency officials said. An evacuation was ordered at 9:51 a.m. between North and...Read More
Keep Mylar balloons anchored, say officials
The City of Santa Clara and Silicon Valley Power are reminding the public to be careful with helium-filled Mylar balloons this Valentine's Day to avoid power outages.Read More
Phony utility workers burglarize two homes
Suspects claiming to be utility workers burglarized two homes in San Francisco on Monday afternoon, according to police. The suspects claimed to be workers from PG&E in one case...Read More
Storm knocks out power to 15,000
Nearly 15,000 PG&E customers in the Bay Area were without power Friday afternoon.Read More
CPUC releases 65,000 PG&E e-mails
The California Public Utilities Commission Friday released roughly 65,000 email messages exchanged between PG&E Co. and agency officials between 2010 and 2014 as ordered because of a “judge shopping” scandal...Read More
Mayor Lee wants fresh start on clean power
Mayor Ed Lee is asking the SFPUC to launch a city-run clean energy program by the end of the year.Read More
Firefighters respond to NoPa gas leak
San Francisco firefighters are responding to a gas leak in the city's North of Panhandle neighborhood.Read More