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Companies to pay $17M in San Diego wildfires case
- San Diego Gas & Electric and Cox Communications have agreed to pay $17 million to settle claims by state investigators that poor maintenance led to three huge Southern California wildfires in 2007.
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10 brightest ideas of the week: July 20
- The president checked in on the state’s fire situation, and an S.F. crime-prevention system proved fruitful.
It's a bicycle built for pure water, too
- A group of young Peninsula designers who just wanted to have fun creating a new bicycle ended up making a funky-looking device that could help solve a health issue plaguing 1.1 billion people across the world.
- A group of young Peninsula designers who just wanted to have fun creating a new bicycle ended up making a funky-looking device that could help solve a health issue plaguing 1.1 billion people across the world.
Notification system installed at schools
- When a bathroom at Adelante School caught fire last month, students throughout the school were evacuated while an automated system called their parents to tell them what to do.
David Donadio: Hysterics block clear thought
- The Associated Press ran a story last week on how the California wildfires were spewing millions of tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, suggesting that the emissions could contribute to global warming. Most of us probably found the piece pretty harmless. But if you were one of the unfortunate thousands whose houses had actually burned to the ground, you probably couldn’t help wondering whether reporters were missing the point.
Veto forced unions for public safety workers
- The Public Safety Employer-Employee Cooperation Act (HR 980) has attracted little media attention, which is unfortunate because it provides a federal mandate for union control of every first responder in the nation.
Baseball auction helps wildfire victims
- The Giants and California's four other Major League Baseball teams have joined forces to raise money for victims of the Southern California wildfires.
- The Giants and California's four other Major League Baseball teams have joined forces to raise money for victims of the Southern California wildfires.
