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Erin Brockovich Is Back in Hinkley, Calif., Testing Water

HINKLEY, Calif. -- At the end of "Erin Brockovich," a housewife sick from toxic chromium weeps with joy as she's handed her portion of a historic $333 million settlement between residents of this small desert town and the utility that poisoned their drinking water. In real life, that woman is Roberta Walker. She still...

San Bruno Residents Tour Devastated Neighborhood

(Sept. 14) -- They took pictures and wiped away tears, looking amid the debris to where they used to live before an explosion and giant fireball scorched their neighborhood. Residents of San Bruno, Calif., whose homes were destroyed or damaged in Thursday's deadly gas line explosion were taken back for a tour of their...

Feds Faulted PG&E for Shoddy Work in Earlier Blast

(Sept. 10) -- Shoddy repair work and a nearly three-hour delay in getting experienced workers to the scene caused a fatal 2008 residential explosion in a neighborhood served by giant utility Pacific Gas & Electric, according to a federal report released earlier this year. Justin Sullivan, AP PG&E admitted in December...

Huge Gas Explosion Kills 4, Levels Homes in California

(Sept. 10) -- A massive explosion apparently sparked by a ruptured gas line tore through a San Francisco suburb Thursday night, killing at least four people, seriously burning several others and leveling scores of homes. A huge fireball lit up the sky over San Bruno with a thunderous roar, and flames spread quickly...

Background on pacific gas and electric

The Pacific Gas and Electric Company (), commonly known as PG&E, is the utility that provides natural gas and electricity to most of the northern two-thirds of California, from Bakersfield almost to the Oregon border.

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