Hiltzik: PG&E safety questionable
Michael Hiltzik - 09/19/2010
Peter Darbee, the outstandingly complacent chief executive of PG&E Corp., has long made it a talking point that safety is his No. 1 concern.
Michael Hiltzik - 09/19/2010
Peter Darbee, the outstandingly complacent chief executive of PG&E Corp., has long made it a talking point that safety is his No. 1 concern.
Fredricks: San Bruno pride
Darold Fredricks - 09/17/2010
Darold and Margaret Fredricks have lived in San Bruno for close to 50 years.
Darold Fredricks - 09/17/2010
Darold and Margaret Fredricks have lived in San Bruno for close to 50 years.
Kelly: compassion for victims
Walter Kelly - 09/17/2010
I find it very hard to understand the logic of the San Mateo Union High School District when they resumed classes at Capuchino High School in San Bruno on Friday, Sept. 10.
Walter Kelly - 09/17/2010
I find it very hard to understand the logic of the San Mateo Union High School District when they resumed classes at Capuchino High School in San Bruno on Friday, Sept. 10.
Editorial: PUC should be liable for disasters
Editorial Board - 09/17/2010
The catastrophic San Bruno gas line explosion is a reminder that PG&E's record for maintenance and safety has been less than stellar at times.
Editorial Board - 09/17/2010
The catastrophic San Bruno gas line explosion is a reminder that PG&E's record for maintenance and safety has been less than stellar at times.
Walters: Are politicians exploiting?
Dan Walters - 09/16/2010
A key moment in "The Candidate," a 1972 film about California politics, involves a wildfire near Malibu.
Dan Walters - 09/16/2010
A key moment in "The Candidate," a 1972 film about California politics, involves a wildfire near Malibu.
Flaherty: Kudos to communicators
Mike Flaherty - 09/16/2010
Everybody has praises for the first responders to the San Bruno disaster incident, as they so deserve.
Mike Flaherty - 09/16/2010
Everybody has praises for the first responders to the San Bruno disaster incident, as they so deserve.
Durand: Is it time yet?
Michelle Durand - 09/16/2010
Is it time yet? Time to laugh, to smile, to think even ever so briefly about something other than the six-alarm blaze that forever changed San Bruno? Is it time to take a deep breath and then another and slowly let the rest of the world creep back into daily existence?
Michelle Durand - 09/16/2010
Is it time yet? Time to laugh, to smile, to think even ever so briefly about something other than the six-alarm blaze that forever changed San Bruno? Is it time to take a deep breath and then another and slowly let the rest of the world creep back into daily existence?
Bee: PG&E must address public's concerns
Editorial Board - 09/15/2010
Most of us take for granted the pipelines that deliver natural gas to our homes and businesses. These pipelines are underground, and many are very old.
Editorial Board - 09/15/2010
Most of us take for granted the pipelines that deliver natural gas to our homes and businesses. These pipelines are underground, and many are very old.
Journal: Emphasis should be on facts, not fear
Editorial Board - 09/15/2010
The peaceful calm of a normal day was shattered within moments Thursday as the calamity brought forth from a ruptured gas line forever changed the lives of those in a San Bruno neighborhood. The physical, psychological and emotional steps needed to rebuild are steep, but they are ones that each individual must take with the support of loved ones and the community at large, which is now tighter than ever before. But they are steps largely taken alone once the attention wanes and the assistance tents fold up. For many who have lost everything - including loved ones and their homes - no amount of money, assistance or support will make those steps easier. But those are the steps that must be taken. Along the entire way, our thoughts should remain with the victims.
Editorial Board - 09/15/2010
The peaceful calm of a normal day was shattered within moments Thursday as the calamity brought forth from a ruptured gas line forever changed the lives of those in a San Bruno neighborhood. The physical, psychological and emotional steps needed to rebuild are steep, but they are ones that each individual must take with the support of loved ones and the community at large, which is now tighter than ever before. But they are steps largely taken alone once the attention wanes and the assistance tents fold up. For many who have lost everything - including loved ones and their homes - no amount of money, assistance or support will make those steps easier. But those are the steps that must be taken. Along the entire way, our thoughts should remain with the victims.
Vallejo T-H: PG&E owes us answers
Editorial Board - 09/15/2010
Pacific Gas and Electric Co. has 6,438 miles of major high-pressure transmission lines like the one that exploded last week in San Bruno, leveling a neighborhood and killing and injuring many of its residents.
Editorial Board - 09/15/2010
Pacific Gas and Electric Co. has 6,438 miles of major high-pressure transmission lines like the one that exploded last week in San Bruno, leveling a neighborhood and killing and injuring many of its residents.
Durand: Disasters don't happen here
Michelle Durand - 09/14/2010
Disasters happen in other states, other countries, the other end of the television news channel. Disasters are wildfires in Southern California and annual hurricanes in the Caribbean and earthquakes in seismically questionable Third World countries. There are floods in North Korea, tsunamis in Thailand, school campus shootings in Virginia, terrorist attacks in New York City.
Michelle Durand - 09/14/2010
Disasters happen in other states, other countries, the other end of the television news channel. Disasters are wildfires in Southern California and annual hurricanes in the Caribbean and earthquakes in seismically questionable Third World countries. There are floods in North Korea, tsunamis in Thailand, school campus shootings in Virginia, terrorist attacks in New York City.
Alice: A mending heart
Alice Bisson-Barnes - 09/14/2010
"The City With A Heart," San Bruno, is in the midst of a cardiac infarction.
Alice Bisson-Barnes - 09/14/2010
"The City With A Heart," San Bruno, is in the midst of a cardiac infarction.
Clark: Thank you to first responders
Allessandra Clark - 09/14/2010
I am a longtime San Bruno resident and having arrived within two minutes after the blast on San Bruno Avenue, two things became immediately clear.
Allessandra Clark - 09/14/2010
I am a longtime San Bruno resident and having arrived within two minutes after the blast on San Bruno Avenue, two things became immediately clear.
Horgan: San Bruno fire the worst ever here
John Horgan - 09/14/2010
As they have in the past, emergency crews responded with bravery, selflessness and coordinated dedication to last week's horrific events in the hills of San Bruno.
John Horgan - 09/14/2010
As they have in the past, emergency crews responded with bravery, selflessness and coordinated dedication to last week's horrific events in the hills of San Bruno.
Blast probe raises valve regulation questions
Rebecca Smith - 09/14/2010
PG&E Corp. said it took crews one hour and 46 minutes to shut off the flow of natural gas to a fatal fireball that destroyed or heavily damaged 58 homes here last week.
Rebecca Smith - 09/14/2010
PG&E Corp. said it took crews one hour and 46 minutes to shut off the flow of natural gas to a fatal fireball that destroyed or heavily damaged 58 homes here last week.
Blast makes testing all gas lines crucial
Editorial Board - 09/14/2010
In the wake of the deadly and destructive natural gas explosion in San Bruno, the state was right to order a thorough and diligent examination of the giant web of natural gas lines that supply California homes and businesses.
Editorial Board - 09/14/2010
In the wake of the deadly and destructive natural gas explosion in San Bruno, the state was right to order a thorough and diligent examination of the giant web of natural gas lines that supply California homes and businesses.
Mercury: We need answers about pipeline danger
Editorial Board - 09/13/2010
Beneath the ground, 48,580 miles of Pacific Gas & Electric natural gas pipelines lace Northern California.
Editorial Board - 09/13/2010
Beneath the ground, 48,580 miles of Pacific Gas & Electric natural gas pipelines lace Northern California.
Herhold: Peter Darbee should go
Scott Herhold - 09/13/2010
The chief executive officer of PG&E, Peter Darbee, has the kind of corporate pedigree that makes you think he'd want to increase the profitability of the colossus: Dartmouth, Goldman Sachs, Advanced Fibre and, before taking the top spot, CFO of the big utility.
Scott Herhold - 09/13/2010
The chief executive officer of PG&E, Peter Darbee, has the kind of corporate pedigree that makes you think he'd want to increase the profitability of the colossus: Dartmouth, Goldman Sachs, Advanced Fibre and, before taking the top spot, CFO of the big utility.
Readers comment on San Bruno blast
Readers - 09/13/2010
What will it take for us as a community, state and country to come to terms with the costs of fossil fuels?
Readers - 09/13/2010
What will it take for us as a community, state and country to come to terms with the costs of fossil fuels?
Holdeman: San Bruno inferno
Eric Holdeman - 09/12/2010
The gas fired inferno that was created in San Bruno is another reminder of what failed infrastructure can do. While the cause is not yet known, the two things that come to my mind are "backhoe" and "older infrastructure." In this case it could be both.
Eric Holdeman - 09/12/2010
The gas fired inferno that was created in San Bruno is another reminder of what failed infrastructure can do. While the cause is not yet known, the two things that come to my mind are "backhoe" and "older infrastructure." In this case it could be both.