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Local: San Joaquin Valley

May 22, 2013

PG&E Sponsors City Cleanup Effort, Program Provides Jobs for the Homeless

A first-time partnership between the City of Bakersfield and PG&E is helping to solve two problems: Litter on busy city roadways and much-needed jobs for homeless residents.

May 20, 2013

PG&E Recognized as Corporation of the Year by Fresno Area Hispanic Chamber

Hispanic Chamber cites PG&E’s ongoing assistance, dedication and financial support of the downtown business incubator program.

May 17, 2013

PG&E, Community Leaders Break Ground on New Electric Distribution Control Center

With shovels in hand, PG&E and local community leaders broke ground Friday on a new 24,000-square-foot electric distribution control center in Fresno that will both improve electric reliability and provide an economic boost to the city.

May 15, 2013

Tennis Courts Receive New Lighting, PG&E Provides Funding

Community ribbon cutting welcomes new court lighting at Mariposa County Park that allows for the return of nighttime tennis play.

May 15, 2013

Fifth-grade Students Hold Solar Car Derby, Part of Project Funded by PG&E Grant

Fifth-graders at Millie Munsey Elementary School in Bakersfield got the chance to show just how well the pint-sized solar cars they had so carefully built could perform. The school received a $5,000 PG&E Bright Ideas grant late last year to purchase the solar car kits and materials used as a part of a fifth-grade project to study solar energy

April 29, 2013

PG&E-sponsored Honor Flight Veterans Return Home, Reflect on Trip of a Lifetime

World War II veterans return from whirlwind weekend Honor Flight trip to see national war memorials honoring their military service.

April 24, 2013

PG&E’s Latino Employees Host Another Successful Youth Achievement Camp

Thirty-seven Central Valley students hiked, fished, planted trees and spent nights around a campfire during a weekend camp organized by the Fresno Chapter of PG&E’s Latino Employee Resource Group.

April 23, 2013

PG&E’s Stavropoulos Stresses ‘Call Before You Dig’; Company Funds Central Valley 811 Task Force

Public safety officials from Fresno and Madera counties are now armed with $25,000 from PG&E to help launch a new Central Valley Task Force on public safety and raise awareness of calling 811 before a digging project. PG&E’s Nick Stavropoulos, executive vice president of gas operations, announced the gift and formation of the Central Valley 811 Task Force.

April 22, 2013

PG&E Hosts Open House on Environmental, Community Programs

More than 25 Hinkley residents came to the Hinkley School on Saturday (April 19) to learn more about PG&E’s environmental remediation efforts and community programs.

598x270 Stockton Pipe Event: Ribbon Cutting

April 18, 2013

New Gas Pipe Yard Will Boost Local Economy, Support Diverse Business

PG&E and S&S Service Solutions celebrated the opening of a new pipe yard in Stockton today. It’s the first new pipe-storage yard for PG&E in a decade. The facliity will be managed by a diverse supplier. And the business will help Stockton’s economy.

April 17, 2013

Fresno Horse Park, PG&E Work Together As Pipeline Work Moves Forward

In a unique business arrangement, Fresno County Horse Park — one of the nation’s oldest competitive equestrian event centers — has leased property from PG&E since 1957. Through decades, the two have fostered a relationship that works. The collaboration is even more critical today as PG&E soon will start a gas pipeline construction project that will run directly through the horse park arena this summer.

April 16, 2013

Bass Lake Residents Celebrate Completion of Crane Valley Dam Seismic Retrofit

Madera County’s Bass Lake residents are celebrating the completion of a seismic retrofit project at Crane Valley Dam now that PG&E has wrapped up two years of construction that ensures the dam’s safety for years to come.

April 12, 2013

PG&E Helps Veterans Take Flight to See War Memorials in Washington

In Bakerfield today, 31 veterans, most of whom served in World War II, left on an all-expense-paid trip to see the war memorials in Washington, D.C., as part of Honor Flight Kern County. For many, this is their first and only opportunity to see the monuments dedicated to their service, and PG&E helped make it happen.