Jason Dearen

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PG&E criminally charged in fatal pipeline blast

Jason Dearen · April 2, 2014 2:40 am

Rare redwood faces chopping block in California

Jason Dearen · March 12, 2014 6:44 pm

$In this Tuesday Jan. 14, 2014 photo, a calf is presented at an auction at the 101 Livestock Market in Aromas, Calif. California's worsening drought is forcing many ranchers to sell their cattle and other livestock because their pastures are too dry to feed them and it's getting too expensive to buy hay and other supplemental feed. California only got a fraction of its normal rainfall last year, leaving reservoirs and groundwater levels at record lows and prompting many cities to cut water usage. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)$ Business

California drought has ranchers selling cattle

Jason Dearen · January 26, 2014 5:39 pm

Report: Caltrans allowed bad welds in Bay Bridge

Jason Dearen · January 23, 2014 2:45 am

Members of the Housing Rights Committee of San Francisco and other activists protest outside of City Hall in San Francisco, Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2014. San Francisco officials are set to vote on a plan to start regulating employee shuttles for companies like Google, Facebook and Apple, charging a fee for those that use public bus stops and controlling where they load and unload. Private shuttle buses have created traffic problems, blocking public bus stops during peak commute hours. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

San Francisco approves employee shuttle rules

Jason Dearen · January 22, 2014 1:17 am

Chevron Corp. failed to maintain equipment at a California refinery and has not responded adequately to multiple airborne chemical releases, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said Tuesday. (AP/Alan Diaz)

Energy and Environment

EPA: Chevron violated law at California refinery

Jason Dearen · December 18, 2013 5:00 am

Official: ‘fighting chance’ for 2013 bridge open

Jason Dearen · May 15, 2013 3:33 am

Docs: Bridge bolt problems noted years ago

Jason Dearen · April 17, 2013 4:00 am

Official: Bay Bridge fix could take weeks

Jason Dearen · April 10, 2013 7:41 pm

Trial begins over baby food lead warning

Jason Dearen · April 8, 2013 11:59 pm

Toll takers Dawnette Reed, left, and Jacquie Dean, right, talk with reporters about their last day on the job at the Golden Gate Bridge Tuesday, March 26, 2013 in San Francisco. The historic bridge will take a high-tech leap forward when it becomes the first California span to replace all human toll takers with an electronic system that ends the need for motorists to stop and pay cash. Toll takers will collect money for the last time early Wednesday before the toll booths are closed for good. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)

Golden Gate Bridge goes to digital toll system

Jason Dearen · March 27, 2013 4:00 am

Suit accuses EPA of ignoring harmful pesticides

Jason Dearen · March 15, 2013 8:15 pm