Jaxon Van Derbeken
Public Safety and Investigative Reporter at KNTV-TV (San Jose, CA)
Public safety and investigative reporter for NBC Bay Area covering Millennium Tower, PG&E, Bay Bridge and other stories about critical local infrastructure
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1 week ago |
nbcbayarea.com | Jaxon Van Derbeken
Pacific Gas & Electric is facing a $7 million regulatory fine and potential criminal prosecution for alleged safety lapses tied to the 2022 Edgewood Fire near Redwood City, authorities say. Regulators with the state Public Utilities Commission are seeking the $7 million fine stemming from what they say was a six-year long delay in critical maintenance work that could have prevented the fire.
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2 weeks ago |
nbcbayarea.com | Jaxon Van Derbeken
The electrical fire at BART’s San Leandro station last month exposed potential systemwide vulnerabilities that BART engineers are currently assessing to prevent future incidents, agency officials said Thursday.
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4 weeks ago |
nbcbayarea.com | Jaxon Van Derbeken
PG&E has notified state regulators that Cal Fire investigators have seized the utility’s equipment as part of a probe of the Midway Fire that burned 262 acres and snarled traffic near Tracy last week. The utility told the state’s Public Utilities Commission that at 2:40 p.m. on May 22 it "became aware" of an "abnormal field condition" on its Tesla-Vierra 115,000 volt transmission line in the area, and it was deactivated.
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4 weeks ago |
share.google | Jaxon Van Derbeken
PG&E has notified state regulators that Cal Fire investigators have seized the utility’s equipment as part of a probe of the Midway Fire that burned 262 acres and snarled traffic near Tracy last week. The utility told the state’s Public Utilities Commission that at 2:40 p.m. on May 22 it "became aware" of an "abnormal field condition" on its Tesla-Vierra 115,000 volt transmission line in the area, and it was deactivated.
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1 month ago |
nbcsandiego.com | Jaxon Van Derbeken
A Bayview-Hunters Point community activist is facing four separate counts of murder in slayings spanning two decades, marking the biggest single cold case break in San Francisco Police Department history. Sauntek Harris, 44, appeared in court Wednesday but did not enter a plea to murder charges in a 2019 shooting and three slayings in 2002. He is being held without bail pending a hearing June 6. Harris was working as a life coach at a local community center at the time of the Aug.
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PG&E has notified state regulators that Cal Fire investigators have seized the utility’s equipment as part of a probe of the Midway Fire. Source: NBC Bay Area https://t.co/3rR3xilbh0
A Bayview Hunters Point community activist is facing four separate counts of murder in slayings spanning two decades, marking the biggest single cold case break… Source: NBC Bay Area https://t.co/pYpvxieO6w
BART crews will be working through Memorial Day weekend to re-establish service lost after explosions and fire caused damage to the San Leandro station, officia… Source: NBC Bay Area Shared via the Google app https://t.co/mR4WKzyx4h