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UC Berkeley Employee Arrested in 27-Year-Old NorCal Rapist Case
Law enforcement officials in Sacramento on Friday announced the arrest of a 58-year-old Benicia man suspected of being the NorCal rapist who terrorized victims for a 15-year period beginning in 1991. Suspect Roy Charles Waller was arrested in Berkeley while on his way to work on Thursday after investigators confirmed his DNA to match the serial rapist who committed “horrific...
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Shelter in Place Area Reduced After Richmond Tanker Fire
Richmond residents are now told to shelter in place due to a chemical fire on I-80. “Go inside, and close all windows and doors,” authorities say.
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Richmond Tanker Fire Prompts Shelter in Place
Eastbound lanes of Interstate Highway 80 in Richmond reopened to traffic shortly after 2 p.m. Saturday, but westbound lanes remain closed for a few more hours while crews offload fuel from a tanker that caught fire, officials said.
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Contra Costa Youth Making Up Increasing Proportion of COVID-19 Cases
As more Contra Costa County residents are being tested for the coronavirus, it has become clearer that an increasing proportion of those who test positive are young, between 20 and 50 years old, county health officials said Tuesday.
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PG&E Restoring Power to Thousands Across Northern California
Pacific Gas & Electric began restoring power Thursday to some of the 120,000 people it intentionally blacked out to ease the risk of catastrophic wildfires.
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PG&E Removes More Areas From Midweek Power Shutoff
PG&E continues to downsize the scope of its latest round of proactive power shutoffs as weather conditions improved Wednesday.
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PG&E Downsizes Power Shutoff Plan, Removes Several Bay Area Counties
PG&E has downsized its power shutoff plan that was set to impact more than 300,000 customers across 25 counties in Northern California.
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Power Restored to ‘Essentially' All Shutoff Customers: PG&E
Power has been restored to “essentially” all customers affected by the PG&E power shutoffs that started Saturday and Tuesday, the utility said late Thursday.
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PG&E Issues Weather ‘All-Clear' for Midweek Shutoff
PG&E on Wednesday issued the weather “all-clear” signal for all Bay Area locations impacted by the midweek power shutoffs, giving crews the green light to inspect utility equipment, make repairs if necessary and restore power.
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PG&E Cancels Many Planned Outages as Weather Conditions Improve
Due to favorable weather conditions PG&E did not shut off power to Alameda, Contra Costa, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz and San Mateo counties Tuesday night, as the utility originally said it would, and according to PG&E officials no additional shutoffs are reportedly set to take place at this time.
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Another Round of PG&E Power Shutoffs Take Hold Across Bay Area
Hundreds of thousands of PG&E customers are without power in the utility’s latest round of outages prompted by what officials forecasted to be the strongest wind event to hit Northern California in years.
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Fires Near Highway 24 Prompt Evacuations in Lafayette
Two “rapidly expanding” fires on each side of state Highway 24 in Lafayette prompted evacuations Sunday, according to a Contra Costa County Fire Protection District spokesman.
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Weekend Blackouts: Extreme Wind Event Prompts PG&E to Roll Out More Power Shutoffs in Bay Area
PG&E began rolling out another round of outages Saturday expected to impact 940,000 customers. This latest round of blackouts are due to an extreme wind event forecasted to hit Northern California, according to the utility.
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PG&E Warns of More Possible Outages This Weekend in Bay Area
An extreme wind event foretasted this weekend may trigger another round of PG&E outages in the Bay Area up to the Central Coast.
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East Bay Water Agency Prepares for Power Shutoff
Emergency generators are being connected at East Bay Municipal Utilities District facilities in the East Bay to ensure that water service in Alameda and Contra Costa counties continues uninterrupted during this weekend’s Public Safety Power Shutoff.
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PG&E Working to Restore Power to 17 Counties After Second Round of Blackouts
PG&E crews are working Thursday to restore power to 179,000 customers across 17 counties after it shut off power due to dangerous fire weather.
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PG&E Shuts Off Power in 17 Counties Amid High Fire Danger
PG&E is in the process of restoring electricity in some areas after shutting off power to roughly 179,000 customers in parts of 17 counties as dangerous fire weather swept across California.
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PG&E Shuts Off Power in 17 Counties Amid High Fire Danger
PG&E has shut off power to roughly 179,000 customers in parts of 17 counties as dangerous fire weather sweeps across California. Kris Sanchez reports.
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PG&E Provides Update on Possible Power Shutoffs
PG&E spokesperson Melissa Subbotin addresses the potential power shutoffs that could leave customers across Northern California in the dark amid high fire danger.