Evoking the firestorm that devoured San Francisco after the 1906 earthquake, a state regulator suggested Thursday that replacement of old cast-iron natural gas lines is being halted by city street-paving guidelines, leaving 43 miles of dangerously unsafe pipes underground. Read More

When Kathryn Chow’s home in San Bruno’s Crestmoor neighborhood is rebuilt, the new home will use less of the Pacific Gas & Electric Co. gas that destroyed her old one when the pipeline running under it exploded. Appliances and fixtures designed to lower heat and water usage will be installed in Chow’s new home, and the roof and windows will be oriented in a way that will provide natural heat, light and shading. Read More

More than one year after the deadly natural gas pipeline explosion in San Bruno's Crestmoor Canyon neighborhood, residents gathered for a quiet ceremony Tuesday morning to shovel dirt into a crater left behind by the blast.Dozens of neighborhood residents and city officials lined up behind San Bruno Mayor Jim Ruane to throw dirt over a portion of the now-inactive pipeline, which exploded Sept, 9, 2010, killing eight people and destroying 38 homes. Read More

Two days after the massive natural gas pipeline explosion that destroyed the Crestmoor neighborhood of San Bruno on Sept. 9, 2010, emergency workers and PG&E inspectors were on the scene to evaluate the devastation. Click on the picture to see the slideshow. Read More