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Records release by the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Agency show the employee who killed nine of his colleagues in a May shooting spree had at least one verbal altercation with a coworker and had several dustups with management over violations of VTA policy and refusals to obey instructions.

Records release by the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Agency show the employee who killed nine of his colleagues in a May shooting spree had at least one verbal altercation with a coworker and had several dustups with management over violations of VTA policy and refusals to obey instructions. Senior Investigator Stephen Stock reports.

PG&E now admits to state regulators that it failed to carry out promised safety inspections on more than 50,000 power poles in high fire risk areas last year, more than 3,000 in areas of extreme fire risk, NBC Bay Area’s Investigative Unit has learned.

As the heart of fire season looms, PG&E is scrambling to carry out overdue safety checks of more than 50,000 power poles in high fire risk areas. Investigative reporter Jaxon Van Derbeken found a whistleblower tip led to these makeup inspections.

A national environmental group is taking legal action against the Biden administration over a lack of protection for endangered whales off the coast of California.

Ships traveling off the California coast could soon be forced to adhere to mandatory speed limits after voluntary restrictions have repeatedly proved ineffective at significantly reducing deadly collisions with whales. An increasing number of whale deaths in and around the San Francisco Bay has pushed a national environmental group to take legal action against the Biden administration in hopes of...

The BART Police Department on Thursday unveiled plans to begin collecting racial data during each and every police stop throughout the transit system.

BART announced a number of reforms Thursday meant to make sure police aren’t racially profiling riders. Black passengers are eight times more likely to be stopped by BART police than white passengers, according to a national research firm the agency hired to study the issue. Bigad Shaban reports.

The Investigative Unit examines how a local pandemic shut-down order forced a San Mateo family out of their own home, they say.

The Investigative Unit examines how a local pandemic shut-down order forced a San Mateo family out of their own home, they say. Candice Nguyen reports.

A woman accused of setting up two fake Mountain View tech companies as part of a bogus F-1 visa fraud scheme now faces prison time and deportation after pleading guilty to her crimes. NBC Bay Area’s Investigative Unit first reported the arrest of Weiyn “Kelly” Huang and her companies “Findream” and “Sinocontech” in April 2019, after the FBI charged her…