PG&E Corp said it has about $992 million in insurance coverage for damages caused by a pipeline explosion Thursday in San Bruno.
The company’s financial condition could be “materially adversely affected” if, based on the outcome of an investigation, insurance recoveries are unavailable or insufficient to cover losses, according to a public filing Friday by the San Francisco utility owner. PG&E said it has a $10 million deductible, according to Bloomberg News.
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Two vehicles from the San Francisco Fire Department were still assisting the ongoing firefight this morning at the scene of the San Bruno explosion and fire, according to a fire department spokeswoman.
The fire department still has one California Emergency Management Agency vehicle and one fuel truck at the scene of an explosion that destroyed dozens of homes and killed at least four people in San Bruno Thursday night, San Francisco fire Lt. Mindy Talmadge said.
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The American Red Cross set up two shelters to accommodate residents displaced by Thursday night’s fire, including one at Veterans Memorial Recreation Center, a Red Cross spokesman said.
All evacuated residents requiring overnight shelter were directed to the recreation center located at 251 City Park Way at Crystal Springs Road in San Bruno.
For those people who are still trying to locate family members or make other accommodations, a second shelter was set up at the Church of the Highlands to act as a receiving center, Red Cross spokesman Steve Sharp said.
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All primary schools in San Bruno are closed Friday but a high school in the city remains open following the devastating explosion and fire that rocked the community Thursday night, according to the school district.
The eight schools in the San Bruno Park School District that are temporarily closed include Allen, Belle Air, Crestmoor, El Crystal, John Muir, Portola and Rollingwood elementary schools and Parkside Intermediate School.
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There are now four confirmed deaths due to the explosion and six-alarm fire caused by a ruptured gas transmission line in San Bruno Thursday evening, a San Mateo County coroner’s deputy said Friday morning.
The number currently stands at four, “but I’m sure it could change throughout the day,” said Kristine Gamble, a senior deputy coroner.
Gamble said investigators with the coroner’s office will be accompanying search and recovery teams who will be going through the site of the explosion and fire Friday.
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Death and destruction descended on a quiet residential neighborhood in San Bruno after a natural gas line exploded Thursday evening.
Hundreds of people were forced to flee the neighborhood that sits on a hill above the Bay and oversees San Francisco International Airport following the explosion just after 6 p.m. Dozens of homes were razed near San Bruno Avenue and Skyline Boulevard and hundreds damaged by the blast and subsequent inferno.
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A D.C. special education student said she was impregnated by her teacher and that school officials were aware of the sexual relationship but did nothing to stop it, according to a lawsuit filed in federal court.
Ayanna Blue, who is now a 20-year-old mother, said that she began having sex with Robert Weismiller, 58, when she was an 18-year-old at the Transition Academy at Shadd, the lawsuit said. The school is for students who have been identified as "emotionally disturbed."
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Halle Berry and her latest leading man appear to be practicing their love scenes off camera. While filming in Paris, the “Catwoman” star has been spotted canoodling with French actor Olivier Martinez, with whom she’s filming “Dark Tide” there.
On Sunday, a gawker spotted an intimate kiss they shared on a narrow street in the City of Lights and told People magazine, “It was the classic ‘I’m going to kiss you here in a dark corner’ move. And she was waiting to be kissed.”
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“Eclectic” was an understatement at Tuesday’s opening gala for the San Francisco Symphony’s 99th season, under the direction of Michael Tilson Thomas.
Between Berlioz’s carnal “Roman Carnival Overture” and Ravel’s intricate “Daphnis et Chloé, Suite No. 2” ballet music, there was a surprising amount of religion, some symphonic jazz and Jessye Norman — the entertainer, not the great opera diva.
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It was in June when Jeremy London was — so he claims — kidnapped by thugs and taken on a wild joyride, during which they forced him to buy and smoke drugs. Come again?
The tale just became weirder when we found out that the ultraconsiderate carjackers were kind enough to first drop off the former “Party of Five” star’s wife at home. The skepticism of his family, including twin brother Jason, led to a war of words in the press.
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