
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
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 week 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 week 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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1 week ago |
nbcbayarea.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 but did not enter a plea to murder charges in a 2019 shooting and three slayings in 2002. Watch NBC Bay Area News free wherever you are He is being held without bail pending a hearing on June 6.
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1 week ago |
share.google | 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 but did not enter a plea to murder charges in a 2019 shooting and three slayings in 2002. Watch NBC Bay Area News free wherever you are He is being held without bail pending a hearing on June 6.
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