San Bruno Fire

Government Deals Blow To Energy Companies In Wake Of San Bruno Disaster

AP | By GARANCE BURKE | Posted 05.08.2012

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SAN FRANCISCO -- Energy companies will need to keep up-to-date records to prove they are running the nation's aging pipelines at safe pressures under ...

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PG&E Announces Massive Settlement With San Bruno Explosion Victims

AP | TERENCE CHEA | Posted 05.12.2012

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SAN FRANCISCO — Pacific Gas & Electric Co. has agreed to pay $70 million in restitution to San Bruno for the 2010 pipeline explosion that killed...

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PG&E Ordered To Pay Millions For Poor Inspection Of Pipes

AP | Posted 03.28.2012

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SAN FRANCISCO -- State regulators plan to fine Pacific Gas & Electric Co. $16.8 million for failing to perform gas leak surveys in the wake of a deadl...

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FINALLY: PG&E Assumes Civil Liability In San Bruno Blast

AP | GARANCE BURKE | Posted 02.12.2012

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SAN FRANCISCO — Pacific Gas & Electric Co. officials confirmed Tuesday the company will take financial responsibility for the deadly San Bruno p...

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Ruptured PG&E Pipeline Causes Landslide On Freeway

AP | Posted 01.07.2012

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SAN MATEO, Calif. -- A 2-foot-wide section of pipe burst Sunday during a high-pressure water test along the same Pacific Gas & Electric pipeline in No...

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ALL THEIR FAULT: Report Officially Blames PG&E For Deadly San Bruno Blast

AP | JOAN LOWY | Posted 11.26.2011

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WASHINGTON — Federal accident investigators lay the blame squarely on Pacific Gas & Electric Co. for a gas pipeline explosion that killed eight ...

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When Smoke Cleared: San Bruno, One Year After The Explosion

HuffingtonPost.com | Aaron Sankin | Posted 11.07.2011

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The first thing they noticed was the shaking. The ground erupting underneath the sleepy suburb of San Bruno on Sept. 9, 2010, felt like an earthqua...

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Resident Still Struggles To Move Forward After Escaping Fire

San Bruno Patch | Martin Ricard Email the Author | Posted 11.07.2011

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Crawled up in a ball and trapped in a thicket of bushes in her neighbors' yard, Maria Barr thought her life was over. With burning embers and other...

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San Bruno, One Year Later

San Bruno Patch | Martin Ricard Email the Author | Posted 11.07.2011

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I remember the explosion like it was yesterday. I'm sure I'm not the only person who says that these days. While I didn't live in the Crestmoor ...

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How One Local Couple Used Rebuilding Their Home As Therapy

San Bruno Patch | Martin Ricard Email the Author | Posted 11.07.2011

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The Bishops didn't waste any time. As soon as they could line up a contractor and clear their home for repair after the Sept. 9 pipeline explosion,...

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Two Bills Aim To Fix 'Poor And Uncoordinated Response' To Pipeline Disaster

AP | Posted 11.02.2011

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By SHEILA V. KUMAR, Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) -- Two bills written in response to a deadly natural gas pipeline explosion that tore ...

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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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Officials: PG&E's 'Litany Of Failures' Led To Deadly San Bruno Explosion

AP | JOAN LOWY and MATTHEW BROWN | Posted 10.30.2011

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WASHINGTON — A federal safety panel blamed a series of missteps by one of the nation's largest gas companies for the largest pipeline accident i...

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City Attorney Announces Intent To Sue PG&E Regulators

Carly Schwartz | Posted 09.14.2011

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With the anniversary of the tragic San Bruno pipeline explosion that killed eight people and destroyed several homes just weeks away, San Francisco Ci...

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PG&E Won't Blame The Victims

AP | Posted 09.12.2011

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SAN BRUNO, Calif. -- A California utility company says a court filing in response to dozens of lawsuits over the fatal San Bruno pipeline explosion wa...

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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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Green News Report: January 4, 2011 (Audio)

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 05.25.2011

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FEMA Rejects California's Request For San Bruno Disaster Aid

AP | JULIANA BARBASSA | Posted 05.25.2011

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SAN FRANCISCO — Federal emergency officials have turned down the state's request for millions in federal disaster aid for the gas pipeline explosion...

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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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San Bruno Death Toll Rises

AP | JULIANA BARBASSA | Posted 05.25.2011

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SAN FRANCISCO — Officials on Wednesday confirmed the deaths of three members of a family from a pipeline explosion that ripped through a residen...

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Ruptured San Bruno Pipe Was Not On PG&E High-Risk List

AP | JASON DEAREN | Posted 05.25.2011

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SAN FRANCISCO — A section of natural gas pipeline that exploded south of San Francisco does not appear on Pacific Gas & Electric Co.'s list of i...

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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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PG&E: One-Quarter Of High-Risk Lines Not Assessed

AP | GARANCE BURKE | Posted 05.25.2011

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The company whose ruptured gas pipe sparked a deadly explosion in a San Francisco suburb has not finished fully inspecting all its high-risk lines. A...

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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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