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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.

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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.

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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 11, 2013

Baseball Team’s Reading Program Hits Milestone with PG&E’s Help

Fresno Grizzlies reading program supported by PG&E enrolls 100,000 students with baseball game tickets and prize incentives.

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April 3, 2013

Snow Survey a Career Highlight

Tagging along with PG&E’s snow survey team high in the Sierra provided some stunning photos and proved to be a moving experience for one newspaper photographer.

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March 26, 2013

PG&E, Boys & Girls Clubs Launch Expanded Summer Jobs Program

Representatives from PG&E, the Boys & Girls Clubs of Fresno County, local business partners and elected officials today kicked off this year’s newly-expanded PG&E’s Summer Jobs Program that will provide more jobs for local teens.

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March 25, 2013

PG&E, Recognized at Red Cross Real Heroes Event, Awarded Highest Corporate Honor

PG&E and 15 other recipients were honored by the American Red Cross Central Valley chapter as Real Heroes on March 22. PG&E was given the Spirit of the American Red Cross award for coming to the aid of Northeasterners affected by Superstorm Sandy last fall and for its ongoing support of the American Red Cross.

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March 8, 2013

PG&E Honors Crew Involved in Incident That Injured Employee

PG&E honored a crew of electric workers who came to the aid of a fellow employee who was injured in an incident last month when someone intentionally drove into their work site. Said PG&E President Chris Johns, “These are guys who understand what it means to be their brothers’ keeper.”

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February 7, 2013

PG&E and Employees Go Red for Women, Increase Awareness of Dangers of Heart Disease

PG&E and employees support effort to increase awareness of heart disease in women

November 28, 2012

Power Your Community Grant Helps Spanish Radio Program

For years, Eladio Castro, a PG&E gas distribution engineer in Fresno, believed there was an untapped market in local radio. So, after a Catholic radio station operated by a local priest went off the air in Fresno, he and a friend saw their chance and in 2008 launched Radio Guadalupe Mission Inc. The nonprofit radio program was named a winner of a $1,000 Power Your Community grant from PG&E after being nominated by Castro.

November 27, 2012

Home Energy Tune-Up Program Making a Difference

The success and benefits of the Home Energy Tune-Up program were touted Monday (Nov. 26) by Fresno Mayor Ashley Swearengin and California Energy Commission Chair Robert Weisenmiller at a Fresno home that already has undergone energy upgrades.

October 31, 2012

PG&E Energy Lab dedicated at Edison High School

Students enrolled in the New Energy Academy program at Edison High School in Fresno will now learn in the PG&E Energy Lab, dedicated Oct. 31 at the high school. Representatives from PG&E and State Center Community College District (on behalf of Fresno City College) joined New Energy Academy students, school officials and teachers, as they celebrated with a ribbon cutting.

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September 25, 2012

How One Real Estate Development Company is Reducing its Carbon Footprint

Lance-Kashian & Co. has set out to become one of the greenest development companies in the Central Valley. And PG&E is helping the company reach its full potential with energy-efficient lights and other upgrades.

With help from PG&E programs, such as On-Bill Financing, the company retrofitted exterior lighting at two of its large commercial office complexes in north Fresno.

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September 10, 2012

Red Cross, PG&E Mark National Preparedness Month with Attempt at World-Record CPR Event

PG&E and the American Red Cross Central Valley Chapter teamed up for two events this month in Fresno, both aimed at promoting emergency preparedness and safety.

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August 23, 2012

Hispanic Chamber Honored, PG&E Support Cited

The Fresno Area Hispanic Chamber of Commerce – which PG&E has supported for more than a decade — was named as one of the best in the state. And Dora Westerlund, the organization’s president and CEO, was named Executive of the Year by the California Hispanic Chambers of Commerce at its recent convention.

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