Despite an ongoing investigation into the death of a 20-year-old San Bruno woman, it appears to be a suicide at this point, San Bruno police said Monday. After San Bruno resident Leonie Scott was reported missing Saturday morning, an officer located her body in the area of Skyline Boulevard and College Drive around 8:25 a.m. Sunday, San Bruno police Cmdr. Noreen Hanlon said. Read More

Police are searching for an at-risk San Bruno woman who was last seen Saturday morning.Leonie Scott, 20, returned home after a verbal agreement with her boyfriend. She told her mother about the argument and went to her bedroom.A short time later Scott left the house on foot and called her mother and told her that she was very upset, according to police.Scott did not take her purse or her car, police said. Read More

At 6:30 p.m. on Sept. 9, Michael Hickey stood outside his front door, staring to the south, where smoke was pouring into the sky like water from a hose. He knew just what to do. Within moments, he was driving to the PG&E yard where he works. He called his supervisors, he rallied his co-workers, he picked up his truck and his tools. He waited there for instructions from his superiors, but when none came, he decided to take matters into his own hands. Read More

Chris Torres paused to hold back tears as he described how his two sisters’ hair and flesh melted away as they ran from their house, which had exploded into a fireball in San Bruno last September. One sister’s fingers no longer respond, said Torres, who testified Tuesday in San Bruno at the first of three public hearings by the California Public Utilities Commission to solicit feedback about how they might better regulate pipeline safety. Read More