INVESTIGATIVE

The California Public Utilities Commission on Thursday voted unanimously to put PG&E on probation over wildfire safety concerns, the first step towards a possible revocation of the utility’s license to operate.

A former top Recology official is the latest in a string of city officials and contractors to be arrested in the federal San Francisco public corruption investigation.

A former top Recology official is the latest in a string of city officials and contractors to be arrested in the federal San Francisco public corruption investigation. Jaxon Van Derbeken reports.

The San Francisco City Controller’s office issued a report Wednesday urging the city to reexamine its nearly 100-year-old monopoly relationship with the company that overcharged residents some $100 million for garbage collection over four years.

Sonoma County prosecutors on Tuesday filed 33 criminal charges against PG&E for the 2019 Kincade fire, blaming its equipment for the fire that sparked the largest evacuation in the county’s history. Jaxon Van Derbeken reports.

A California prosecutor has filed 33 criminal charges against the troubled Pacific Gas & Electric for a 2019 wildfire.

Internal text messages and emails obtained by the NBC Bay Area Investigative Unit reveal school board members with the now infamous Oakley Union Elementary School District continued to privately poke fun at their profanity-laced comments just hours after publicly apologizing for them.

After first predicting it would trigger a dramatic spike in power shutoffs this fire season, PG&E has revised its estimates and now says carrying out a judge’s wildfire safety plan would lead to 25 percent more outages while preventing up to 94 percent of tree-sparked fires.

After first predicting it would trigger a dramatic spike in power shutoffs this fire season, PG&E has revised its estimates and now says carrying out a judge’s wildfire safety plan would lead to 25 percent more outages while preventing up to 94 percent of tree-sparked fires. Jaxon Van Derbeken reports.

Internal text messages and emails obtained by the NBC Bay Area Investigative Unit reveal school board members with the now infamous Oakley Union Elementary School District continued to privately poke fun at their profanity-laced comments just hours after publicly apologizing for them. Senior Investigative Reporter Bigad Shaban reports.

A 43-year-old homeless woman pleaded not guilty Wednesday to felony assault charges in an attack Monday on Asian victims that San Francisco police say is still being probed as a potential hate crime.

Top city officials were left in the dark even after an outside consulting firm confirmed early last year that ratepayers were being overcharged millions of dollars on their garbage bills, NBC Bay Area’s Investigative Unit has learned.

There are calls for San Francisco to end the century-old contract with its trash company, after recology admitted to overcharging customers some $100 million. Investigative Reporter Jaxon Van Derbeken has learned top city officials were left in the dark, even after multiple people, including an outside consultant, discovered the overcharging and did nothing to stop it.

While we’re still very much battling this pandemic, experts are already worried about new diseases. Despite major advances in technology, the NBC Bay Area Investigative Unit shows us what may end up delaying future vaccines.

While we’re still very much battling this pandemic, experts are already worried about new diseases. Despite major advances in technology, Senior Investigator Bigad Shaban shows us what may end up delaying future vaccines.

Vallejo housing and police officials have decided to permanently discontinue the city’s Crime Free Housing Program citing an investigation by NBC Bay Area’s Investigative Unit.

Vallejo housing and police officials have decided to permanently discontinue the city’s Crime Free Housing Program citing an investigation by NBC Bay Area’s Investigative Unit. Candice Nguyen reports.

NBC Bay Area Investigates an unusual legal fight involving an international student at Berkeley who ended up shackled and deported. Investigative Reporter Jaxon Van Derbeken tells us Cal admits it is in the wrong, but says it’s immune from his lawsuit.

NBC Bay Area Investigates an unusual legal fight involving an international student at Berkeley who ended up shackled and deported. Investigative Reporter Jaxon VanDerbeken tells us Cal admits it is in the wrong, but says it’s immune from his lawsuit.

A PG&E subcontract tree inspector worried back in 2018 that “clueless” crews were missing at-risk trees near where Cal Fire suspects a leaning and possibly burned tree touched off the Zogg fire in Shasta County, according to emails reviewed by NBC Bay Area’s Investigative Unit.