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he cited 7,000 private communications between pg&e officials and commission president michael peavy and his staff that were released just last week. >> other the past 36 months they have made efforts to influence themselves to protect the utility's financial interest. sadly and shockingly they have participated in the illegal conduct. >> now, those communications include them offering public relations advice to pg&e and another instance where pg&e said, love you. they said that's too cozy of a relationship to remain objective. they have begun an internal investigation. >> what we're going do is go through all of these different communications and make sure no one fell short tom be clear, if they did, we'll take the appropriate action. >> reporter: . >> in addition, they want the officials to resign, the utility fined and an inpen department group to take over the explosion investigation. >>> a judge ruling against donald sterling. the team can now be sold to former microsoft ceo michael balmer for $2 million. she sought the court's approval to take control after two doctors found sterli
he cited 7,000 private communications between pg&e officials and commission president michael peavy and his staff that were released just last week. >> other the past 36 months they have made efforts to influence themselves to protect the utility's financial interest. sadly and shockingly they have participated in the illegal conduct. >> now, those communications include them offering public relations advice to pg&e and another instance where pg&e said, love you. they...
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the city of san bruno has filed various legal motions demanding the removal of cpuc president michael peavy from his position. it wants k-pg&e executives to be removed as well. it wants pg&e penalized for illegal influence peddleling. it wants law enforcement officials from the attorney general to the county prosecutor to make inquiries as to the pg&e/cpuc relationship and bring actions as necessary. it wants an independent monitor to oversee the relationship between pg&e and the cpuc going forward. >> if the cpuc leadership during the past three and a half years has made no effort to respect the arm's length relationship they are supposed to have with pg&e. >> in a statement sent to san bruno, the cpuc and the news media, the ceo says i want to assure you that we'll review the e-mails involved in the matter to ensure this high standard was upheld, if not we'll take action. and then the cpuc issued this statement, the cpuc takes seriously all allegations of bias and will evaluate the motions when filed by the city of san bruno, including providing an opportunity for parties to comment. a lo
the city of san bruno has filed various legal motions demanding the removal of cpuc president michael peavy from his position. it wants k-pg&e executives to be removed as well. it wants pg&e penalized for illegal influence peddleling. it wants law enforcement officials from the attorney general to the county prosecutor to make inquiries as to the pg&e/cpuc relationship and bring actions as necessary. it wants an independent monitor to oversee the relationship between pg&e and...
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reporter: among other things, the mayor and others are calling on the resignation of cpuc president michael peavy and other high-level employees. >> pg&e has invested millions of dollars over decades into chumming up with commissioners and their staff, rubbing elbows in all expense paid international trips. pg&e is now calling in those favors. >> reporter: in a letter to the commission and san bruno, they said in part, the company is committed to conducting itself in an ethical manner. we will review the e-mails to ensure that the high standard was up held. if it was not, we'll take appropriate action. the cpuc has not returned our calls but in the past has called the communications routine and pg&e has not received favorable treatment. live in nbc bay area, nanette miranda. >>> palestinians say at least ten people were killed, including children and palestinian spokespeople say the children were on a playground when the rockets hit the refugee camp in gaza city. officials say the deaths are caused by israeli air strikes but an israeli spokesperson says that the playground was hit by gaza militan
reporter: among other things, the mayor and others are calling on the resignation of cpuc president michael peavy and other high-level employees. >> pg&e has invested millions of dollars over decades into chumming up with commissioners and their staff, rubbing elbows in all expense paid international trips. pg&e is now calling in those favors. >> reporter: in a letter to the commission and san bruno, they said in part, the company is committed to conducting itself in an...
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. >> reporter: sam bruno mayor reserved his harshest criticism for president michael peavy. >> he hasnowingly and illegally participated in illegal communications as they received fees for the 2010 gas line explosion and fire in our community. >> reporter: it reveals they violated their own rules by receiving privileged information from the utility on its internal deliberations and financial conditions stemming from the pipeline disaster. in one e-mail after a hearingñr peavy's chief of staff tells a pg and e official, thing you have two ways of going. you may want to chat with your let puig, send back a sweet note saying the issue is moot, answer the simple questions and reject the others. and in another e-mail a staffer gives a heads-up to them on the you talt's financial status. fyi, they notified us they'll be downgrading pg&e's rating by onó not today. >> the utility funded national junkets for which they've accepted more than $230,000 in gifts since becoming president, those have not stopped. >> pg and e responded by saying it holds the employees to the highest standard of condu
. >> reporter: sam bruno mayor reserved his harshest criticism for president michael peavy. >> he hasnowingly and illegally participated in illegal communications as they received fees for the 2010 gas line explosion and fire in our community. >> reporter: it reveals they violated their own rules by receiving privileged information from the utility on its internal deliberations and financial conditions stemming from the pipeline disaster. in one e-mail after a hearingñr...
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the city is that the pnc president michael peavy remove himself from any decisions or discussions involvings of san bruno's 2010 pipeline explosion. it also wants governor brown to remove them altogether and for pg & e to pay a fine for its inappropriate communications. in one e-mail, the executive signed off with the phrase, love you, thanks. >> pg & e has made illegal efforts to protect the utility's financial interests, sadly and shockingly, they have participated in the illegal conduct. >> they say they are taking this matter very seriously. >>> livermore is known for its nuclear lab, its wineries, the new high end mall and baseball. the city is hosting the little league world series intermediate division. >> little leaguers will be buzzing around the tri-valley this week. let's bring in cheryl herd from what looks like a field of dreams behind you. >> it is indeed. organizers have been working really hard on this event. that's why tonight i am throwing out the unofficial first pitch of the little league intermediate baseball world series. a few hundred baseball players from around the
the city is that the pnc president michael peavy remove himself from any decisions or discussions involvings of san bruno's 2010 pipeline explosion. it also wants governor brown to remove them altogether and for pg & e to pay a fine for its inappropriate communications. in one e-mail, the executive signed off with the phrase, love you, thanks. >> pg & e has made illegal efforts to protect the utility's financial interests, sadly and shockingly, they have participated in the...
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. >> reporter: in one e-mail, cpuc president michael peavy writes to pse&g's vice president of regulatory relations regarding the 2010 explosion and fire and an e-mail that pse&g anticipated facing criminal charges. peavy wrote, "pse&g's decision to issue a press release last week anticipating all of this only meant that the public got to read two big stories rather than one. i think this was inept." said peavy. why peavy would offer advice to pse&g on how to avoid bad publicity is a question we could not answer. we got a statement saying the commission takes seriously all allegations of bias and rule violations, which is pretty much what we got from pse&g's spokesman. >> we're taking this matter very seriously and hold all employees to a high standard when it comes to ethics and how to conduct yourself. >> reporter: do you think looking at these e-mails they held themselves to that high standard? >> we need to do a thorough review of all these communications. >> reporter: how long is this going to take? >> as fast as we possibly can and as soon as we do, we'll know exactly what we need t
. >> reporter: in one e-mail, cpuc president michael peavy writes to pse&g's vice president of regulatory relations regarding the 2010 explosion and fire and an e-mail that pse&g anticipated facing criminal charges. peavy wrote, "pse&g's decision to issue a press release last week anticipating all of this only meant that the public got to read two big stories rather than one. i think this was inept." said peavy. why peavy would offer advice to pse&g on how to...
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now then that was a few weeks before our report, and puc michael peavy chose to attend a conference and dinner in napa instead of answering critical questions about the cozy relationship at a senate hearing in sacramento. what is the message you sent by coming here to napa instead of going to speak to the senate. >> you're very antagonistic, you know. you're reading a script. >> reporter: sir, i'm not reading a script. i want to give you an opportunity to respond. >> but your questions are the wrong questions. you got a job to do. it's pathetic what you're doing. >> reporter: we reached out to the puc for a response. in a press release, it says it complied with san bruno's request for information, but the puc did not comment on the city's accusations of breaking the law. so here is your takeaway. the puc is supposed to be a regulatory body with oversight authority over pg&e. the e-mails appear to show a close and somewhat cozy relationship between the leadership of the puc and top management of pg&e, which leads to utility matt question, jess and raj, can the puc impartially determine p
now then that was a few weeks before our report, and puc michael peavy chose to attend a conference and dinner in napa instead of answering critical questions about the cozy relationship at a senate hearing in sacramento. what is the message you sent by coming here to napa instead of going to speak to the senate. >> you're very antagonistic, you know. you're reading a script. >> reporter: sir, i'm not reading a script. i want to give you an opportunity to respond. >> but your...
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michael schumacher, five wins in a major race at indy. kiss the bricks and then some. looks like a makeout session. >>> meanwhile, espn's sunday night baseball, jake peavy, giants debut, taking on the dodgers. the pitch gets away, and gonzalez is thrown out at first by buster posy. but gordon able to score. that's how the dodgers tied it. next batter, ramirez. and puig scores. 3-2, l.a. 4-3 in the bottom of the ninth, jansen in to throw the gas to brandon crawford. he strikes out the side, dodgers sweep the giants, and up by a game and a half in the west. for more, check out a live "sportscenter" from studio excellent at 9:00 a.m. time on espn. have a great day. >>> up next in the pulse, wonder woman's new look. >>> plus the internet abuzz over the weekend with the release of the new "hunger games" trailer. stay tuned for that. and "multiple choice," come to walgreens for help finding the one that's right for you... ...like centrum. select products are now just $9.99 with card. at the corner of happy and healthy. your eyes. even 10 miles away... they can see the light of a single candle. look after them... with centrum silver. multivitamins for your eye
michael schumacher, five wins in a major race at indy. kiss the bricks and then some. looks like a makeout session. >>> meanwhile, espn's sunday night baseball, jake peavy, giants debut, taking on the dodgers. the pitch gets away, and gonzalez is thrown out at first by buster posy. but gordon able to score. that's how the dodgers tied it. next batter, ramirez. and puig scores. 3-2, l.a. 4-3 in the bottom of the ninth, jansen in to throw the gas to brandon crawford. he strikes out the...