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Oakland cuts 10 fire inspector slots 8 years after Ghost Ship
Eight years after the deadly Ghost Ship exposed significant lapses in Oakland’s fire prevention efforts, the city recently cut the ranks of its fire inspectors by more than a third, NBC Bay Area’s Investigative Unit has learned.
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PG&E fined $1.7 million over 2021 power shutoff lapses
PG&E has agreed to pay a $1.7 million fine for failing to promptly alert nearly 150,000 customers that they were going to be hit by public safety shutoffs in 2021, according to terms of a settlement deal approved by regulators Thursday.
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Window breaks and falls from Oakland high-rise
A high-rise window broke Wednesday, sending chunks of glass down into a car parked on the street below in downtown Oakland, authorities say.
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PG&E sitting on $830 million in excess payments
Power bills have skyrocketed in the Bay Area as the Pacific Gas and Electric Co. uses the funds to bury power lines, clear trees from its distribution grid, and fix storm damage. However, the agency is overcharging.
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BART officials warned VTA of ‘serious risks' of San Jose tunnel design
BART officials warned the head of the Valley Transportation Authority back in 2017 that the single-bore tunnel design now envisioned for the San Jose extension posed “serious risks to safety,” documents reviewed by NBC Bay Area’s investigative unit show.
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EPA and Navy announce Hunters Point shoreline cleanup plan
Federal environmental officials unveiled Thursday what they hailed as a landmark deal with the Navy to clean up the shoreline around the old site of its Hunters Point Naval Shipyard—a key hurdle to make way for a large residential and mixed-use development.
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Highrise window plunges 30 stories, hits car in San Francisco
A window — being replaced by a crew atop a 32-floor high rise — plunged to the street in San Francisco on Friday morning, raining glass and debris down onto one motorist’s car and cracking windows across the street, authorities said.
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San Francisco's Millennium Tower owners could face $10k fine for open windows
Owners of the troubled Millennium Tower could soon face hefty fines — simply for leaving their windows open at the wrong time.
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Oakland tries to make dent in abandoned car problem
The City of Oakland is spending millions of dollars to haul away thousands of cars dumped in the streets every month, but abandoned vehicles continue to show up lining the streets and railroad tracks.
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BART planned to replace aging equipment tied to station fire
The extent of the damage from last weekend’s electrical fire at a BART station in the East Bay are coming to light.
