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PG&E Taps Coal Executive as New CEO, Not Exactly Turning Over a New Leaf

Meet the new PG&E CEO and board, which Gov. Newsom lambasts as the same as the old CEO and board.

PG&E Staffer Reportedly Blames Fog For Richmond District Power Outage

#UPDATE: 1,600 PG&E customers without #power in #SanFrancisco.https://t.co/34qEmLmbIU— ABC7 News (@abc7newsbayarea) July 30, 2017 A PG&E outage that knocked power out for thousands of

Arts & Entertainment

SF's Cutest Birds Of Prey Now Boast Upgraded Webcam Experience

Gif of Thursday morning falconcam action: SFist San Francisco's most adorable raptors just got easier to stalk, as the webcam Big-Brothering their every feathered move just got a pretty sweet upgrade. We've been

Why Is PG&E Buying Multi-Million Dollar Marina Homes And Digging Up Their Yards?

Some strange dirt on PG&E dug up by the Chronicle: For the last four years, the utility has been buying out multi-million dollar homes in the Marina to remove chemical contamination

San Francisco Beset By Mystery Stench

Apparently unaware of the truism "the smeller's the feller," at least 50 San Franciscans contacted officials Wednesday morning complaining about a (new) stinky smell in our city. According to Pacific Gas and Electric

No Injuries After FiDi Manhole Cover Blows Off

An underground explosion beneath in the Financial District this morning resulted in what the Fire Department calls a "PG&E Vault Incident" and what the casual layperson observer might describe as "oh

Now PG&E Wants Its Conviction Thrown Out In San Bruno Blast Case

As most of you know, in September of 2010, an explosion rocked San Bruno, killing eight people, injuring 58 more, and destroying 38 homes in the process. On August 9, 2016, a jury

PG&E Fined Only $3 Million In San Bruno Criminal Case, Convicted On 6 of 12 Charges

In the case of a devastating explosion that killed eight people, injured 58 others, and destroyed 38 homes in a San Bruno neighborhood six years ago, utility company PG&E has been

PG&E 'Equipment Failure' Causes SF Manhole Explosion, Underground Fire, And Power Outage

PG&E still working to recover from an underground fire at Hyde & Geary in San Francisco. 1 bldg. still without power pic.twitter.com/L0AWWIetLK— Amy Hollyfield (@amyhollyfield) August 2, 2016

Mayor Ed Lee Goes To Rio On PG&E's Dime

Did you know that Mayor Ed Lee is in Brazil this week? Well, he is, on a trip bought for him by a flock of high-powered big business donors. Here's Lee's daily calendar

Drone Blamed For Sunday Night Power Outage In SF

It's disturbingly easy to throw PG&E off their power-supply game, as errant raccoons, balloons, and big-rigs have illustrated. But now the energy company can add another baddie to their enemies list:

Crashed Big Rig Shuts Down De Haro Street, Knocks Out Power To Thousands

Semi-Truck Collison: Deharo might be closed up to 24 hours, from 20th to 19th to restore utilities. #potrerohill pic.twitter.com/CBPkN9XmQy— Captain Vaswani (@sfvas) November 10, 2015 A semi-truck crashed into a

Exploding Transformer, Errant Raccoon Knock Out Power To Thousands Of San Franciscans

Huge swaths of San Francisco found themselves without power Saturday, after two separate incidents — one caused by a transformer that exploded, the other caused by a raccoon — took out lines across the city.

PG&E Gas Line Explodes Near Fresno, At Least 14 Injured

A photo posted by Alan-Michael (@81vlvnmvc) on Apr 17, 2015 at 2:29pm PDT An explosion near Fresno at about 2:30 p.m. halted north and south traffic on Highway 99, KCRA

Windy City: Trees Toppled, Power Lost, BART Disrupted

Almost 10,000 PG&E customers throughout the Bay Area are without power this morning due to wind-related outages, reports CBS 5, included over 6 thousand in San Francisco alone. The most

Fishermen Sue PG&E Over Chemical Contamination Near Wharf

by Eric Wuestewald On Tuesday, fifty fisherman and a single Marina property owner filed a formal complaint against PG&E claiming their former refineries had poured some truly nasty stuff into the

PG&E To Be Fined $1.4 Billion By Public Utilities Commission Over San Bruno Blast [Updated]

In the largest ever fine to be imposed by California's Public Utilities Commission, PG&E may be slapped with a $1.4 billion fine for the institutional negligence that led up to

Day Around the Bay: Murdoch Takes Stab At Google

Crazy old man Rupert Murdoch takes stab at Google privacy concerns in one of the greatest pot-kettle-black moments of recent Twitter history. [SF Business Times] Michael Bauer is already contemplating additions to next

Why Your PG&E Bill Will Be Way Higher This Fall, By The Numbers

Starting this fall, your Pacific Gas and Electric will take a leap, and not because you're leaving all the lights on. On Thursday, the California Public Utilities Commission voted to let the SF-based

South Park Gas Leak Prompts Evacuations, Street Closures [Updated]

Following a gas line rupture in the city's SoMa neighborhood, in South Park near Third and Bryant, several street closures and evacuations are currently in progress. "The leak was reported at 127 South

Snipers Attacked A Silicon Valley Power Station Last Year And Nobody Told Us

Around 1 a.m. on April 16th last year, a team of attackers cut phone lines and took out 17 power transformers at a PG&E substation south of San Jose, nearly

Oakland Gas Line Ruptures, Sets Street On Fire

Around 8:30 a.m. Tuesday, an underground gas line in Oakland's Eastmont neighborhood ruptured, spilling gas and setting fire to a residential street. Aerial footage from NBC Bay Area shows the street

[CORRECTION] PG&E Fined For San Carlos Pipeline Error

CORRECTION: While initially reporting that a fine was issued for the San Bruno pipeline explosion and fire, this was NOT the case. Today's ruling was regarding PG&E "delaying and mischaracterizing" the

Caltrain Busts Gas Line In San Bruno

A little after 9 p.m. Sunday night, a Caltrain crew broke a gas line while working on a $155 million project in San Bruno (yes, San Bruno). Service temporarily halted in both