PG&E executives to appear before California regulatory board
Top executives of California’s largest utility are expected at an emergency meeting Friday to answer hard questions by state regulators about a…
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Study: California’s big July quakes strain major fault
The earthquakes that hammered the Southern California desert near the town of Ridgecrest last summer involved ruptures on a web of interconnected…
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California Senate panel to investigate PG&E power shutoff
The leader of the California Senate asked a committee Thursday to investigate a utility company’s decision to cut off power to more than 2…
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Woman who livestreamed fatal Los Banos crash arrested again
Stockton police arrested a woman, who was previously convicted of livestreaming a fatal crash, on weapons and traffic charges early Thursday morning.…
Continue Reading California earthquake alerts to become available statewide
Earthquake early warning alerts will become publicly available throughout California for the first time this week, potentially giving people time to…
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‘Tarzan’ actor Ron Ely’s wife killed; son shot by deputies
“Tarzan” actor Ron Ely’s wife was stabbed to death in their Southern California home by their son, who deputies found outside the…
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Top PG&E executive in ill-timed winery retreat out of job
A top Pacific Gas and Electric Co. executive who was among a group of employees who wined and dined top customers just before the utility’s…
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Earthquake probed as possible cause of California fuel fire
Officials were trying to determine Wednesday if a 4.5 magnitude earthquake triggered an explosion at a fuel storage facility in the San Francisco Bay…
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Explosion, massive fire at refinery in Crockett
https://livestream.com/accounts/25723746/events/8522569/videos/197854296 KION’s sister station in the Bay Area reports that an explosion and…
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Rivas: Governor signs bill providing quality, dignified housing for farmworkers
Assembly member Robert Rivas (D-Hollister) announced Tuesday that Gov. Gavin Newsom signed the Farmworker Housing Act of 2019, and he said that will…
Continue Reading Newsom demands payments for those who lost power
Gov. Gavin Newsom is asking Pacific Gas & Electric Co., to pay the customers who lost power last week when the state’s largest utility cut…
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Law gives child sex assault victims more time to file suits
California is giving childhood victims of sexual abuse more time to decide whether to file lawsuits, joining several states in expanding the statute…
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Newsom Vetoes Tolls On San Francisco’s ‘World’s Crookedest Street’
(CBS SF) — Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed a bill late Saturday night that would have allowed San Francisco officials to devise a reservation and toll…
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PG&E: Power restored to all but 5,300 customers in Santa Cruz County
UPDATE 10/11/2019 6:45 p.m. Pacific Gas & Electric Co. says it expects to restore power to 98% of some 2 million people affected by the…
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Man on oxygen dies minutes after power shutdown
UPDATE 10/11/2019 4:25 p.m. The daughter of a Northern California man who died when his oxygen equipment failed during a planned power shutdown says…
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California to end its use of private, for-profit prisons
California will ban the use of for-profit, private detention facilities, including those under contract to the federal government to hold immigrants…
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California to require abortion medication at public colleges
California will become the first state in the nation to require public universities to offer abortion medication at campus health centers starting in…
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California adopts broadest US rules for seizing guns
California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday signed a law that will make the state the first to allow employers, co-workers and teachers to seek gun…
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Second death confirmed in California wildfires
UPDATE 10/11/2019 10:30 a.m. Another death has been confirmed at the scene of wildfires in Southern California. Cal Fire spokeswoman Cathey Mattingly…
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Salinas man arrested on drugs, weapons charges
A Salinas man was arrested on multiple drugs and weapons charges Thursday morning. Salinas Police say 36-year old Eric Melendrez was arrested during…
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Salinas man arrested on drugs, weapons charges
A Salinas man was arrested on multiple drugs and weapons charges Thursday morning. Salinas Police say 36-year old Eric Melendrez was arrested during…
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UPDATE: Delayed PG&E Power Shutdown begins in Santa Cruz County
LATEST 10/9/19 11:55 P.M.: The delayed PG&E Power Shutdown has begun in Santa Cruz County. This second wave of power shutoffs will last through…
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UPDATE: Delayed PG&E Power Shutdown begins in Santa Cruz County
LATEST 10/9/19 11:55 P.M.: The delayed PG&E Power Shutdown has begun in Santa Cruz County. This second wave of power shutoffs will last through…
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California utility faces gripes over deliberate blackouts
Even as the winds gusted dangerously just as forecasters predicted, California’s biggest utility faced gripes and second-guessing Thursday for…
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PG&E beginning power restoration process in parts of Santa Cruz County
Santa Cruz County officials said PG&E is beginning the power restoration process in parts of the county. Right now it is a partial restoration,…
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Restoring Power: What PG&E will do before turning the lights back on
PG&E said Thursday morning that the high winds that prompted a power shutoff are expected to subside in Santa Cruz County around midday, but…
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California bans pesticide linked to brain damage in children
A widely used agricultural pesticide that California environmental officials have said has been linked to brain damage in children will be banned…
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PG&E: Santa Cruz County residents with power expected to keep it
A PG&E representative said on social media that those who still have power in Santa Cruz County are not expected to lose it due to a power…
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Law enforcement issues reminders about inoperable traffic signals
Law enforcement agencies across Santa Cruz County are warning drivers of potential dangers on the road ahead of PG&E’s planned power…
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PG&E releases emergency planning tips for those dependent on electric medical devices
As Pacific Gas and Electric begins to shut off power in 34 California counties, including Santa Cruz County, they are providing suggestions for those…
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Officials release tips for opening a garage door without power
Law enforcement in Marin County, one of the 34 California counties affected by PG&E’s power shut off, have released recommendations for…
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PG&E: More proactive power shutoffs expected in Santa Cruz County
PG&E said that it is expecting additional proactive power shut offs Wednesday afternoon and into the early evening. Santa Cruz County officials…
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PG&E provides generator safety tips ahead of power shutoff
Power outages are expected to start later in the day on Wednesday as a result of PG&E’s power shutoff, and the utility is offering tips to…
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PG&E addresses issues with website ahead of power shutoff
If you are having issues looking at outage information on PG&E’s website, you are not the only one. PG&E said that on Monday it started…
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CHP investigating shooting involving PG&E vehicle in Colusa County
The California Highway Patrol is investigating a shooting on I-5 that involved a Pacific Gas and Electric vehicle Tuesday evening, according to…
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PG&E confirms power shut off in parts of 34 California counties, including Santa Cruz County
UPDATE: PG&E Tuesday afternoon press conference PSPS Update https://t.co/NjM3Bzsn9Z — PG&E (@PGE4Me) October 9, 2019 Pacific Gas and…
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Experts say traditional corn tortillas may be in danger of disappearing
During this year’s Hispanic Heritage Month, there is a renewed effort to save the tortilla as native corn species are in decline. According to…
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California governor signs law capping rent hikes
California is now the second U.S. state to cap rent increases statewide. Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a law Tuesday that will cap rent increases at 5%…
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California governor: Trump ‘corrupt,’ should be removed
California Gov. Gavin Newsom has all the evidence to believe “completely corrupt” President Donald Trump should be removed from office by…
Continue Reading Rep. Jimmy Panetta to meet with Mexican president, discuss trade deal
Rep. Jimmy Panetta’s office announced that Panetta and four other members of the House Ways and Means Committee are traveling to Mexico to meet…
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PG&E says it could cut power in 30 counties to prevent fires
Pacific Gas and Electric says it could cut off power to a large swath of Northern California later this week to prevent its equipment from starting…
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Groups around California petition to recall Gov. Newsom
Several groups around the state are beginning to petition to recall Gov. Gavin Newsom. One of the organizations petitioning for his recall is…
Continue Reading Retrial for man in California warehouse fire that killed 36
The founder of an artists’ work-live collective in the San Francisco Bay Area where a fast-moving fire trapped and killed 36 partygoers three…
Continue Reading 2 dead, 1 injured in shooting in Richmond, California
Police say two men were fatally shot and a third person was wounded in a shooting in a residential area in the Northern California city of Richmond.…
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Merced Cal Fire captain killed in early morning crash Wednesday
Cal Fire announced that a captain with the Madera-Mariposa-Merced unit, Paul Rotondaro, was killed in a vehicle accident early Wednesday morning in…
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$500 a month for free: Data shows how people spent the money
The first data from an experiment in a California city where needy people get $500 a month from the government shows they spend most of it on things…
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Salinas firefighter helps injured hiker in Yosemite
A man has contacted the Salinas City Firefighters Association to thank a firefighter who helped his wife after she fell while off duty. The…
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California governor signs law overhauling charter schools
Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a law overhauling California charter schools Thursday in a move seen as a compromise between the state’s…
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Four Dead In Horrific Wrong-Way Crash On Highway 101 In San Francisco
(CBS SF) — Four people were killed in a wrong-way collision involving a taxi on northbound U.S. Highway 101 early Thursday morning, according…
Continue Reading Tests say liquid thrown by Boulder Creek woman in California Senate was human blood
The red liquid a woman threw onto several California senators last month by a Boulder Creek woman was human blood, but it did not contain pathogens…
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