San Bruno

PG&E's Success in Washington Led to Failure in San Bruno

Donald Cohen | Posted 10.31.2011

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PG&E's opposition to pipeline safety standards followed a predictable pattern by industries that are asked to be responsible corporate actors to protect the public against health, safety and environmental dangers.

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If An Earthquake Hits, Is Your Child's School Safe? California Legislators Vote For Audit Of School Construction Authority

HuffingtonPost.com | Saki Knafo | Posted 07.12.2011

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This story was reported in collaboration with our partners at Patch.com. At a hearing in Sacramento Wednesday morning, a committee of state legisl...

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San Bruno Explosion May Cost PG&E $1 Billion

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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SAN BRUNO, Calif. — Pacific Gas & Electric Co. says the San Bruno natural gas pipeline explosion could wind up costing the utility $1 billion. PG...

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Playing With Fire -- The Sham of Pipeline Safety Regulation

David Cay Johnston | Posted 05.25.2011

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Do you know whether you live, work, shop or play near a high-pressure pipeline like the one that recently blew up in San Bruno, killing eight people, burning 60 more, destroying 120 homes and leaving a crater 40 feet deep?

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San Bruno Explosion Cleanup Will Take 3-4 Weeks

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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SAN BRUNO, Calif. — Officials say it will take three-to-four weeks to finish removing contaminated soil and other potentially toxic debris from ...

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San Bruno Explosion: California Regulators Approve Panel To Probe Blast, PG&E

AP | GARANCE BURKE | Posted 05.25.2011

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FRESNO, Calif. — California regulators voted Thursday to establish a high-level, independent panel to investigate the San Bruno gas line explosi...

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After San Bruno Blast, States Slow To Act On Crumbling Infrastructure

AP | JASON DEAREN | Posted 05.25.2011

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SAN BRUNO, Calif. — Some of Pennsylvania's natural gas pipelines are 120 years old. Portions of lines also date to the 1800s in Massachusetts. A...

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Schwarzenegger Defends Decision To Stay In Asia After San Bruno Blast

AP | By TREVOR HUNNICUTT | Posted 05.25.2011

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A Dear John Letter About the Wilshire Subway to the Westside

Joel Epstein | Posted 05.25.2011

Public transportation in this gridlocked city is now not just a convenience. It is a necessity like water and power.

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Rebuilding the Future

Matt Petersen | Posted 05.25.2011

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Yesterday was the 10:10:10 global work day, an amazing show of action to combat global warming, and improve lives around the globe. Sadly, yesterday...

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Natural Gas Pipeline Crisis Plans Kept From Public

AP | SHARON THEIMER | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — Federal investigators are examining whether the California utility whose natural gas pipeline explosion killed at least eight peopl...

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Packed Church Mourns San Bruno Explosion Victims

AP | JULIANA BARBASSA | Posted 05.25.2011

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SAN FRANCISCO — The five women grew up together and shared high school and college graduations, weddings, the births of their children and famil...

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PG&E Has Lobbying Muscle To Help With San Bruno Fallout

Posted 05.25.2011

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This story comes courtesy of California Watch. By Chase Davis As it gears up to avert any public relations or regulatory backlash from last week's f...

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Aging Gas Pipe At Risk Of Explosion Nationwide

AP | GARANCE BURKE and JASON DEAREN | Posted 05.25.2011

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SAN BRUNO, Calif. -- The tragic explosion of a gas pipeline in a San Francisco suburb has shed light on a problem usually kept underground: Communitie...

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I Love San Francisco -- But San Bruno is my Home

Mike Larsen | Posted 05.25.2011

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On Thursday night, I watched from my laptop back in Arlington, Va., as a swath of my neighborhood just a quarter mile from where my parents still live was obliterated in a gas-fueled fireball.

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PHOTOS: Devastation After San Bruno Explosion

Huffington Post | Adam J. Rose | Posted 05.25.2011

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The San Bruno explosion of 2010 didn't set off a fire that will be remembered like the one following the 1906 earthquake in nearby San Francisco, nor ...

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Deadly Priorities: Why Did PG&E Spend Millions on Politics, Instead of Pipelines?

Christine Pelosi | Posted 05.25.2011

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As San Bruno struggles to recover from the deadly PG&E pipeline blast and fire, many are asking why the California utility spent tens of millions of dollars on politics before they repaired crumbling pipelines.

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Massive Explosion Outside San Francisco Kills 1, Destroys Dozens Of Homes

AP/Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

UPDATED AT 1:09 PM PDT SAN BRUNO, Calif. (AP) -- Fire crews tried to douse the remnants of an enormous blaze and account for the residents of dozens...

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