Soaring PG&E power rates in 2024 approach Hawaii
With the hefty increase so far this year, PG&E’s rates are now approaching those of Hawaii, a state with the unfortunate distinction of having the most expensive power in the nation.
With the hefty increase so far this year, PG&E’s rates are now approaching those of Hawaii, a state with the unfortunate distinction of having the most expensive power in the nation.
For two years during the pandemic, the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority was unable to process numerous old, retired buses for auction – a process that could have helped the South Bay transit agency recoup tens of thousands of public dollars it spent on the vehicles
One day following an NBC Bay Area story on the possible eviction of Helen Byrne, 94, from her San Francisco apartment of eight decades, the property’s owners say they now plan to allow Byrne and the building’s other tenants to remain in their homes.
The Public Utilities Commission approved a PG&E rate hike Thursday that will add about $5 a month to the average bill – and it could begin as soon as next month.
Despite profits of more than $2 billion last year, PG&E recently told regulators that it is in such a financial bind that it needs more time to make a $1 billion payment.
After real estate investors bought their building, Helen Byrne and her neighbors are at risk of being forced out of their rent-controlled apartments.
NBC Bay Area investigates into a new wave of lawsuits accusing Catholic clergy of sexually abusing children.
Globally, more than 40 tech companies are experimenting with 20 different methods in hopes of recreating the same type of energy process that has powered the sun and other stars for billions of years.
The City of Oakland and the Oakland Police Department launched a new automated answering system for OPD’s non-emergency line in February, aimed at improving long wait times for callers. The city’s non-emergency line is crucial to preventing additional backlog in Oakland’s already struggling 911 system.
An Oakland neighborhood is fighting with the city over who will pay to fix a once innovative, but now failing drainage system built to protect nearly two dozen hillside homes from the risk of landslides.
The engineer of the so-called fix of the troubled Millennium Tower in San Francisco recently acknowledged there’s been less than expected tilt improvement over the first six months of the $120 million project’s completion.
The VTA is starting to take first steps to properly retire 95 paratransit cars and vans after a recent report by NBC Bay Area’s Investigative Unit.
A parking lot filled with dozens of VTA-branded Priuses and vans is finally being cleared out.
After months of declining interview requests, Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao sits down with NBC Bay Area’s Investigative Unit about this life-or-death issue she inherited.
In a lengthy legal battle, hundreds of female prison guards in California are fighting for their rights against the state’s Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.
At a regulatory hearing on Tuesday, Cruise President Craig Glidden explained how the embattled autonomous vehicle company plans to make amends following accusations Cruise tried hiding details about an incident last year involving one of its driverless cars that left a pedestrian serious injured.
The United Nations estimates nearly 20% of food around the globe is wasted and all that rotting grub creates greenhouse gases that threaten our planet. So, what can you do? Here are some tips.