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Report: Safety Failures Led to Largest Methane Leak in U.S. History

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A SoCalGas worker at the company's Aliso Canyon Storage Facility, where a massive leak started spewing natural gas into the air in October, 2015.  (Courtesy of SoCalGas)

Report: Safety Failures Led to Largest Methane Leak in U.S. History

An independent report looking into the root cause of the largest-known methane release in U.S. history has found fault with Southern California Gas Company. The report calls out the utility, which owns the Aliso Canyon storage field, for not doing more to prevent the blowout in late 2015.
Reporter: Larry Buhl

PG&E Changes Wildfire Mitigation Plan, Concerning Some Fire Survivors

Today is the last day that Californians can weigh in in writing on PG&E's proposed plan to prevent and respond to wildfires.

S.F. Court Rejects State Attorney General's Stalling, Rules for Release of Police Records

State Attorney General Xavier Becerra is now releasing records under a new police transparency law on misconduct and shootings involving agents with the California Department of Justice.
Reporter: Alex Emslie

Several California Counties See Spike in Homeless Populations

The results from homeless counts show a spike in homelessness in several counties around the state. Orange County saw a 43 percent rise. In San Francisco, the homeless population has grown by 17 percent in the last two years.
Reporter: Hope McKenney

RV Living

Here in the Bay Area, there are pockets throughout the region where RVs and camper vans are lined up, day in and day out. For the people who call them home, living there is their way of tackling the high cost of living in the Bay Area.
Reporter: Penny Nelson

More Than 1,700 Children May Have Been Separated from Parents, Federal Government Says

A federal judge in San Diego says he's very encouraged by the government's speed in identifying additional migrant children taken from their parents by border officials in the year before the judge ordered an end to family separations.
Reporter: Tyche Hendricks

Kamala Harris Focuses on Black Women Voters in LA Rally

The Democratic presidential hopeful with arguably the deepest roots here in California made her first official appearance in Los Angeles Sunday. California’s US Senator Kamala Harris addressed a friendly crowd in South LA. The event was an attempt to gain volunteers and support from an important voting bloc.
Reporter: Jenny Hamel

LA Comedian Sammy Shore Dies

Sammy Shore — actor, stand-up comedian, and co-founder of LA’s Comedy Store — died Saturday. He was 92. He co-founded the world-famous Comedy Store with his writing partner and his first wife in 1972. The Sunset Strip institution launched many comics’ careers: Robin Williams, Jerry Seinfeld, Garry Shandling, Jim Carrey, to name a few.
Reporter: Avishay Artsy

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