A 30-foot-high shovel went on display at a Woodland Hills fire station Friday as part of a campaign urging residents to dial 811 before doing any digging so authorities can ensure there are no underground utility lines at risk of being damaged. “About 60 percent of pipeline damage due to […]
As the California Public Utilities Commission began a new round of hearings in San Francisco today into PG&E’s pipeline record-keeping, Carmel Mayor Jason Burnett called for sweeping reforms and possibly a break-up of the utility
In the fourth incident cited by PG&E as cause for a restraining order, the utility says Big N Deep drove heavy digging machinery over a gas pipeline near
This month’s fatal pipeline rupture near Bakersfield highlights a challenge that has vexed state, federal and private-sector officials in recent years: how to improve coordination between natural gas utilities and excavation contractors to better protect public s
A third party, more than likely a farmer, hit the line with a piece of heavy equipment,” Kern County Fire Department Capt. Tom Ellison said. “The operator of that vehicle was killed.
A construction worker was critically injured after cutting through a power line and causing a small explosion Monday afternoon in Newport Beach. Police and firefighters were called to the 3 p.m. incident on Via Lido and Via Oporto when people heard the noise of the explosion, said Sgt. John Thulin […]
S itting in his two-story Newport Beach home that he’s owned for 35 years, Jim Young can think of a few ways he could spend the money he saved in his younger years to help sustain him through his retirement. Shelling out tens of thousands of dollars to place the […]
