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San Bruno Stories: "She’s screaming into her cell phone, and all I heard was screaming"

September 9, 2011, 11:14 am • Posted by Amy Standen
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September 9 marks the one-year anniversary of the San Bruno pipeline explosion and subsequent fire in which eight people were killed and 38 homes destroyed. Leading up to the anniversary, KQED has been interviewing survivors of the disaster. This is … Continue reading »

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San Bruno Stories: "I knew our house and the greatest cats in the world were gone, but I was smiling..."

September 8, 2011, 2:58 pm • Posted by Jon Brooks
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September 9 will mark the one-year anniversary of the San Bruno pipeline explosion and subsequent fire in which eight people were killed and 38 homes destroyed. Leading up to the anniversary, KQED is interviewing survivors of the disaster. This is … Continue reading »

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San Bruno Stories: "The kids ask, 'why was the fire on our house?'"

September 6, 2011, 1:13 pm • Posted by Jon Brooks
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September 9 will mark the one-year anniversary of the San Bruno pipeline explosion and subsequent fire in which eight people were killed and 38 homes destroyed. Leading up to the anniversary, Amy Standen of KQED QUEST is interviewing survivors of … Continue reading »

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Morning Splash: NTSB Slams PG&E Over San Bruno; SF Mayoral Race; MS-13 Gang Members Convicted; Bonds Sentencing Dec 16

August 31, 2011, 7:51 am • Posted by Jon Brooks
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Feds come down hard on PG&E for San Bruno blast (SF Chronicle) Federal investigators pinned blame Tuesday squarely on Pacific Gas and Electric Co. for the natural gas pipeline blast in San Bruno, condemning shoddy company safety practices for the … Continue reading »

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Read NTSB Summary of San Bruno Investigation and Its 28 Findings

August 30, 2011, 2:55 pm • Posted by Jon Brooks
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Update 2:25 p.m. The NTSB has posted the Executive Summary of its Pipeline Accident Report, which includes 28 findings. Read it here. The NTSB says this under a section called Probable Cause: The National Transportation Safety Board determines that the … Continue reading »

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San Bruno Stories: "He still had smoke coming off his entire body."

August 30, 2011, 11:23 am • Posted by Jon Brooks
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September 9 will mark the one-year anniversary of the San Bruno pipeline explosion and subsequent fire in which eight people were killed and 38 homes destroyed. Leading up to the anniversary, Amy Standen of KQED … Continue reading »

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San Bruno Stories: "I didn't want to die. But then I go, whatever, I didn't want my kids to die."

August 29, 2011, 12:29 pm • Posted by Jon Brooks
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September 9 will mark the one-year anniversary of the San Bruno pipeline explosion and subsequent fire in which eight people were killed and 38 homes destroyed. Leading up to the anniversary, Amy Standen of KQED … Continue reading »

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Interview: SF City Attorney Dennis Herrera on Threat to Sue CPUC Over Lax Pipeline Regulation

July 15, 2011, 10:23 am • Posted by Jon Brooks
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Yesterday San Francisco City Attorney Dennis Herrera announced he had filed an "intent to sue" the CPUC and federal regulators for not enforcing federal pipeline safety standards. The notice of intent to sue Herrera delivered late today is a legally-required … Continue reading »

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Video: NTSB Chairwoman, in San Bruno, Addresses PG&E Delay in Reporting Previous Leak

June 9, 2011, 9:35 am • Posted by Jon Brooks
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Yesterday, NTSB Chairwoman Deborah Hersman visited the site of the San Bruno gas pipeline blast. Congresswoman Jackie Speier, introducing Hersman, called the area an "open wound." Hersman revealed yesterday that PG&E had waited until only recently to inform the NTSB … Continue reading »

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NTSB Chair Says PG&E Reported 1988 San Bruno Pipeline Leak Just Recently

June 8, 2011, 10:21 am • Posted by Jon Brooks
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From AP: SAN BRUNO, Calif. (AP) Nearly nine months after federal investigators began probing a deadly pipeline explosion near San Francisco, a California utility quietly revealed its ruptured line had sprung a leak in a nearby spot years before, a … Continue reading »

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