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  • House fire in Pleasant Hill triggers car explosions
  • A Contra Costa County family is safe after their house caught on fire overnight and triggered their cars to explode.
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  • House fire in Pleasant Hill triggers car explosions
  • A Contra Costa County family is safe after their house caught on fire overnight and triggered their cars to explode.
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  • PG&E is headed back to court over its natural gas pipeline that runs underneath San Carlos.
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  • Los Angeles International Airport.
  • An airport employee has been arrested in connection with dry ice explosions at Los Angeles International Airport.
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  • LAX
  • A dry ice explosion occurred late Monday at Los Angeles International Airport, but there were no reports of any injuries.
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  • Authorities say an explosion from a plastic bottle containing dry ice at a terminal at LAX caused up to four flights to be delayed.
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  • San Carlos is considering hiring technical experts to investigate whether a PG&E gas pipeline under the city poses a danger.
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  • The CPUC ordered PG&E to keep natural gas Pipeline 147 in San Carlos out of service during an investigation.
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  • San Bruno fire
  • The power is off but frustration is still boiling over in San Carlos because of safety issues regarding a PG&E pipeline.
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  • San Bruno fire
  • The power is off but frustration is still boiling over in San Carlos because of safety issues involving a PG&E pipeline.
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san carlos, san bruno fire, explosion, fire safety, gas leak, state of emergency, PG&E, peninsula news, wayne freedman
  • San Carlos gas pipeline
  • PG&E has begun turning off a major pipeline that San Carlos city officials believe is a potential danger to the neighborhood.
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  • San Carlos gas pipeline
  • PG&E has begun turning off a major pipeline that San Carlos city officials believe is a potential danger to the neighborhood.
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  • Soldier with a gun during standoff at Nairobi mall
  • In another blow to al-Qaeda and its affiliated organizations, U.S. special forces captured and killed terrorists in two raids in Africa.
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  • Soldier with a gun during standoff at Nairobi mall
  • In another blow to al-Qaeda and its affiliated organizations, U.S. special forces captured and killed terrorists in two raids in Africa.
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  • A U.S. official says Navy SEALs raided a town looking for an al-Qaida suspect in connection with the Nairobi shopping mall attack.
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  • San Carlos wants PG&E to shut off major pipeline
  • San Carlos wants PG&E to immediately shut off service to a gas pipeline running beneath the city.
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  • San Carlos wants PG&E to shut off major pipeline
  • San Carlos officials activated an emergency operations center in limited capacity due to concerns over the safety of a gas pipeline.
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  • San Carlos wants PG&E to shut off major pipeline
  • San Carlos wants PG&E to immediately shut off service to a gas pipeline running beneath the city.
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  • U.C. Berkeley substation.
  • Officials confirm that stolen copper from a substation caused a campus-wide outage at U.C. Berkeley Monday night.
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  • U.C. Berkeley substation.
  • Officials confirm that stolen copper from a substation caused a campus-wide outage at U.C. Berkeley Monday night.
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  • This image provided by The Daily Californian shows smoke from an explosion on the University of California Berkeley campus on Monday, Sept. 30, 2013 in Berkeley, Calif. At least one person was hospitalized and a mandatory evacuation was ordered after the explosion followed a power outage across campus. Fire crews freed about 20 people trapped in dormitory elevators across campus as a result of the outage, said UC Berkeley spokesman Dan Mogulof. (AP Photo/The Daily Californian, Michael Drummond)
  • Power has been partially restored to the UC Berkeley campus after an explosion that knocked out power last night.
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  • An explosion has been reported on the University of California at  Berkeley Monday evening and the campus has been ordered to evacuate.
  • Power has been partially restored to the UC Berkeley campus after an explosion that knocked out power last night.
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  • Power slowly returns after explosion at Cal
  • As the power slowly returned Monday night, UC Berkeley students were allowed to return to campus.
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  • An explosion has been reported on the University of California at 
Berkeley Monday evening and the campus has been ordered to evacuate.
  • Several people were injured and the campus was evacuated in a power outage and explosion at UC Berkeley Monday evening.
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  • Several people were injured and the campus was evacuated in a power outage and explosion at UC Berkeley.
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  • Smoke plumes following UC Berkeley explosion
  • Seung Y. Lee took video of a plume of the smoke on the UC Berkeley campus. (Video courtesy of Seung Y. Lee/The Daily Californian)
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  • Authorities have reopened the streets near the scene of a fire near a propane tank at a U-Haul facility in Redwood City.
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  • FBI agents have begun fingerprint, DNA and ballistic analysis to help determine the IDs and nationalities of victims at a Nairobi mall.
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  • An injured person is helped on his arrival at the Aga Khan Hospital in Nairobi after an attack at the Westgate Mall, an upscale shopping mall in Nairobi, Kenya Saturday Sept. 21, 2013
  • Security forces battled terrorists at an upscale mall to rescue the last few hostages in a siege that has left 62 people dead.
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  • Kenyan security forces walk back from the Westgate Mall as black smoke billows above, following large explosions and heavy gunfire, in Nairobi, Kenya Monday, Sept. 23, 2013.
  • Four large blasts rocked Kenya's Westgate Mall on Monday, sending large plumes of smoke over an upscale suburb.
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  • Kenyan security forces walk back from the Westgate Mall as black smoke billows above, following large explosions and heavy gunfire, in Nairobi, Kenya Monday, Sept. 23, 2013.
  • Four large blasts rocked Kenya's Westgate Mall on Monday, sending large plumes of smoke over an upscale suburb.
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  • Civilians who had been hiding during the gun battle hold their hands in the air as a precautionary measure before being searched by armed police
  • Kenyan's military says they?ve had rescued "most" of the remaining hostages held by al-Qaida-linked militants in a Nairobi mall.
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  • Oklahoma plant explosion
  • Firefighters are battling a fire and officials are ordering evacuations after a fire rocked a manufacturing site near Oklahoma City.
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  • flowers and flag left in San Bruno at site of PG&E explosion
  • Residents in San Bruno gathered to remember those lost 3 years ago in the PG&E explosion that destroyed their neighborhood.
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  • flowers and flag left in San Bruno at site of PG&E explosion
  • Residents in San Bruno gathered to remember those lost 3 years ago in the PG&E explosion that destroyed their neighborhood.
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san bruno, PG&E, san bruno fire, california public utilities commission, gas leak, explosion, fire, peninsula news, heather ishimaru
  • Some East Bay residents may get a disturbing emergency phone message Wednesday night, but it's just a test.
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  • Conoco-Phillips refinery plant in Rodeo
  • A plan to build a propane storage facility at a Phillips 66 refinery in the East Bay has some residents fearing for their safety.
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contra costa county, rodeo, explosion, oil, construction, highway 4, I-80, east bay news, laura anthony
  • Police are investigating an explosion on a FedEx truck in San Franciscos SOMA District.
  • San Francisco police believe a firecracker was thrown underneath a FedEx truck in the city's SOMA District Wednesday afternoon.
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  • Fire in Lake County, Florida
  • There were multiple explosions at the Blue Rhino gas plant in Lake County, Florida which injured 7 workers.
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  • Crews destroy Florida power plant withe explosives
  • Crews in Florida used 450 pounds of explosives to set off a series of 90 blasts to bring four smokestacks down in less than a minute.
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  • Iraqi authorities say a bomb has exploded at a Sunni mosque in Baghdad, killing at least 11 worshippers and wounding 35.
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  • Explosives used to detonate WWII-era grenades found in home near SJ
  • The bomb squad used explosives to blow up three World War II-era hand grenades outside a home in San Jose Thursday.
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  • Explosives used to detonate WWII-era grenades found in home near SJ
  • The bomb squad used explosives to blow up three World War II-era hand grenades outside a home in San Jose Thursday.
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  • Explosion near Grant and Sutter in SF
  • Traffic near SF's Union Square was shut down for a short time Saturday after a small explosive was thrown at a business.
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  • Explosion near Grant and Sutter in SF
  • Traffic near SF's Union Square was shut down for a short time Saturday after a small explosive was thrown at a business.
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  • The San Francisco Bay Area is a region that is highly vulnerable to natural hazards like earthquakes, wildfires, and severe weather. ABC7 has gathered resources and tips to make it easier for your to access preparedness information all in one place.
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  • The San Francisco Bay Area is a region that is highly vulnerable to natural hazards like earthquakes, wildfires, and severe weather. ABC7 has gathered resources and tips to make it easier for your to access preparedness information all in one place.
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  • A grenade found in a San Jose garage Friday afternoon was safely  detonated and removed.
  • A grenade found in a San Jose garage Friday afternoon was safely detonated and removed, according to police.
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  • A grenade found in a San Jose garage Friday afternoon was safely 
detonated and removed.
  • A grenade found in a San Jose garage Friday afternoon was safely detonated and removed, according to police.
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  • The Boston bombing is prompting tighter security at the Kentucky Derby.
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