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PG&E Says Winds Caused 100 Incidents of Infrastructure Damage

PG&E Says Winds Caused 100 Incidents of Infrastructure Damage

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – Pacific Gas & Electric says inspections have found more than 100 places where its system was damaged by recent strong winds that prompted last week’s deliberate power cut to northern and central California. PG&E says the damage included downed power lines and trees that hit lines. The utility says any one…MORE

Missing 4-Month Old Baby & Kidnap Suspect Found in Lemoore

Missing 4-Month Old Baby & Kidnap Suspect Found in Lemoore

(Photo Courtesy:  Hanford Police) (KMJ –  UPDATE — Hanford Police say missing 4-month old Ameliano Jesus Sanchez and suspect Westley Williams were found Tuesday morning in Lemoore. Original story posted below: ——————————————————————- (KMJ) –  The Hanford Police Department is asking all Valley residents to be on the look-out for a kidnapped 4-month old baby and…MORE

Gov. Newsom Demands Accountability from P&GE for “Mismanagment” in Power Shutoffs

Gov. Newsom Demands Accountability from P&GE for “Mismanagment” in Power Shutoffs

  SACRAMENTO, CA (KMJ) – California’s governor demands accountability from P&GE for what he calls the mismanaged power shutoffs. 738,000 customers in than 30 counties lost power as Pacific Gas & Electric tried to prevent its equipment from sparking wildfires by conducting a planned power outage.   On Monday, Governor Gavin Newsom”s Office said he…MORE

Firefighters Finishing Containment of California Wildfires

Firefighters Finishing Containment of California Wildfires

  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Firefighters are dousing remaining smoldering areas from a destructive wildfire that raged along the northern edge of Los Angeles last week. The Los Angeles Fire Department says containment of the approximately 12-square-mile (31-square-kilometer) fire is at 43 percent Monday. Updated assessments lowered the number of destroyed structures to 17 but…MORE

Vandals Cover Bay Area Columbus Statue with Paint & Graffiti

Vandals Cover Bay Area Columbus Statue with Paint & Graffiti

(Photo Courtesey:  KGO) (KMJ) – City crews in San Francisco worked to clean up red paint splashed onto the Christopher Columbus statute that stands near Coit Tower. The vandalism was discovered Sunday and included graffiti painted across the base of the statue that read,” Destroy all monuments of genocide and kill all colonizers.” Now San Francisco Police have…MORE

Search Continues in Sierra For Fresno Man Missing 40 Days

Search Continues in Sierra For Fresno Man Missing 40 Days

  FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – A search continues in the Sierra Nevada for a 65 year-old man who has been missing for 40 days. Fresno County Sheriff’s Spokesperson Tony Botti said Hans Lamaack was last seen in Fresno on August 30. His family reported him missing to the Fresno Police Department at the end of…MORE

Gov. Newsom Slams PG&E Shutoffs: “Greed, Mismanagement”

Gov. Newsom Slams PG&E Shutoffs: “Greed, Mismanagement”

An angry California Gov. Gavin Newsom slammed the state’s largest utility over its power shutoffs, saying they’re the result of years of mismanagement and greed. Pacific Gas & Electric intentionally cut power to almost 800,000 customers in Northern California on Wednesday to prevent wildfires caused by high winds downing live power equipment — a process the utility warned residents about in…MORE