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Twenty-one years after Erin Brockovich discovered the city's water contained high levels of hexavalent chromium , the Lahontan Regional Water Quality Control Board has told Hinkley residents their once-toxic water is now safe to drink.

San Bruno officials said Friday they have discovered at least 40 violations of state law in documents that prove an "illegal, cozy, and inappropriate" relationship exists between the state Public Utilities Commission and PG&E, the latest flap in the aftermath of a lethal natural gas explosion in San Bruno four years ago.

Corp.'s 6% 1st Preferred Non-Redeemable will trade ex-dividend, for its quarterly dividend of $0.375, payable on 8/15/14.

The Sacramento Municipal Utility District received a new 50-year license from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to continue operating the 688 MW Upper American River Project.

On July 21, 2014, the California Court of Appeal's Fourth Appellate District, Division One, affirmed the trial court's decision in Rhea v.

Thousands of Pacific Gas and Electric customers were without electricity Thursday afternoon after power lines came down in the area of a brush fire near Highway 280, officials said.

Utilities in states with progressive policies are leading sales of renewable energy and leading in savings from energy efficiency, according to a report released today by Ceres, a non-profit that seeks to mobilize leadership on clean energy.

UPDATE 5 p.m.: PG&E is reporting that power has not yet been fully restored to customers near Cal Poly off California Boulevard in San Luis Obispo.

Oak Knoll Avenue between Medway Road and San Anselmo Avenue will be closed for Pacific Gas and Electric Co.

Directed by the multi-talented Steven Soderbergh, "Erin Brockovich" is based on the true story of a legal clerk with no formal education in the law who helped settle one of the largest direct-action lawsuits in U.S. history.

Two wood-burning power plants in Tuolumne County are among those selected Wednesday for a federal program that helps supply the fuel.

A gas line break in the 900 block of West El Monte Way in Dinuba has forced people from their homes on Wednesday, police said.

In a filing that ultimately could force PG&E to reduce pressure in some of its natural gas lines, San Bruno city officials and a key unit with a powerful state agency this week demanded that California regulators require the utility to produce improved records for multiple gas pipelines.

A large Geico banner meant to be displayed over San Francisco detached from the plane dragging it, falling onto an unsuspecting woman's Fremont home Monday.

The city has reached an agreement with Pacific Gas & Electric about how to move forward with a plan designed to balance public safety with community character.

A power line that channels electricity from El Portal to Yosemite Valley was severed during the storm, possibly by lightning, and had not been repaired, Yosemite spokesman Scott Gediman said, meaning Yosemite Valley had gone more than 24 hours without power.

Southbound lanes of Newark Boulevard at Lafayette Avenue were shut down after a garbage truck slammed into a power pole Monday morning in Newark, police said.

Already locked in its third dry year, an ongoing drought could complicate California's battle against global warming and make it more expensive, officials said.

Police have issued a warning about a phone scam that has resurfaced in El Cerrito.

Downed electric lines caused by a vehicle accident northeast of Fresno on Friday evening resulted in power outages for more than 500 Pacific Gas & Electric Company customers.