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PG&E reliability hits new low with anti-fire settings
PG&E suffered its worst reliability in decades, new data shows, as the company embraced new technology to shut off power immediately after incidents to prevent sparking wildfires.
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Real Estate Investment Company at Center of ‘Moms 4 Housing' Saga Hit with $3.5 Million Judgment
The California Attorney General’s Office has issued a $3.5 million judgement against Southern California real estate investment company Wedgewood Inc., which owned the Oakland home famously occupied by the unhoused mothers from Moms 4 Housing in 2019.
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California Seeks to Close Loophole Allowing Schools to Be Built Near Toxic Sites
California lawmakers are pushing for new regulations after the NBC Bay Area Investigative Unit exposed how a lack of oversight in the construction of private schools may be posing a health risk to hundreds of thousands of students.
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Bay Area Sewage Systems at Risk as Seas Rise
When sewage spewed out of a shower in a San Francisco home, climate change experts say it may be a sign of things to come as sea levels rise around the Bay. An NBC Bay Area investigation reveals how low-lying sewage treatment plants could fail in the coming years, four of those facilities are vulnerable to flooding within the next...
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Oakland Landlords Send Hundreds of Eviction Notices for Non-Payment Despite City's Moratorium
Oakland landlords have sent hundreds of eviction notices to tenants during the pandemic, despite the city’s current moratorium banning most evictions, according to records obtained by NBC Bay Area’s Investigative Unit.
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Hunters Point Testing May Defy US Rules
Preliminary testing done by the U.S. Navy to establish baseline cleanup levels of the old Hunters Point shipyard has been done on the site itself, something that appears to be prohibited under the federal government’s own cleanup guidelines, The NBC Bay Area Investigative Unit has learned.
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Donors to Sheriff's Political Campaigns Far More Likely to Get Concealed Gun Permits
Analyzing five years of campaign contribution data combined with sheriff’s office records on permits to carry a concealed weapon, NBC Bay Area’s Investigative Unit found that donors to Santa Clara County Sheriff Laurie Smith’s election campaigns were roughly 14 times more likely to be granted a coveted concealed gun permit by the Sheriff’s office than applicants who did not contribute...
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Do Bay Area Police Departments Look Like the Communities They Serve?
In the wake of widespread protests against police brutality, some believe increasing diversity within law enforcement agencies could help reduce the prevalence of officer misconduct.
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Following the CARES ACT Money: Why Some Small Businesses See Little to No Relief
Since March, in four separate pieces of congressionally approved legislation including the CARES Act, the federal government has spent more than $810 billion backing small business loans, yet several local business owners tell the NBC Bay Area Investigative Unit that those federal dollars have yet to find their way to those who need it the most. Stephen Stock reports.
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COVID-19 Outbreaks May Arise From Immigrant Detention Centers, Doctors Say
Doctors fear a wave of new infections will explode into communities around ICE detention centers.
