THIS SATURDAY: San Bruno Fire Victims Benefit and Christmas Toy Drive

Come enjoy some good music and raise funds for San Bruno fire victims this Saturday at Rockit Room on Clement St in San Francisco.  21+, $6, doors at 8:30pm, show at 9:00pm

For details, check out the San Bruno Fire Victims Benefit page on Facebook.

For location information, visit the Rockit Room website.

Monetary donations for Fire Victims:

Please send check and make it payable to:

Glenview Fire Recovery Fund
First National Bank of Northern California
Attn: Marina
1551 El Camino Real
Millbrae, CA 94030

Toy Drive for the Philippines:

People are encouraged to bring a small-sized new or clean/used toys (dolls, little trucks, small boxed legos etc), or plush/stuffed. This coming December, some members of the BMW organization will be travelling to Samar, a province in Philippines. The members will be bringing the donated toys and will give them to a group of less fortunate children from Samar.

What the PUC? Are they doing enough to protect consumers from gasline explosions?

"A Chronicle review this month found that the PUC has not levied a single fine against PG&E over the past six years for violations of natural gas safety laws, even though the utility racked up more infractions than the rest of the state's major pipeline operators combined."

"'I have lost something irreplaceable - the love of my precious daughter,' said Rene Morales, whose 20-year-old daughter, Jessica, was killed in the explosion. 'I will never recover from this loss, ever. ... Nothing can bring her back, but I do want to be part of the solution.'"

Read more: San Bruno fire panel questions PUC enforcement

 

"As much as two-thirds of Pacific Gas and Electric Co.'s network of major natural gas pipelines is vulnerable to failure because it was made before 1970, using welding techniques that have been outmoded for four decades, a Chronicle investigation shows."

Read more: Welds put most of PG&E pipelines at risk of failure (includes map of problem pipelines throughout the region)

Please Help!

This blog was created to help victims of the San Bruno fire, their families, and members of the community.  A one-stop-shop for resources, support and information. 

Alas, the creator of this blog (a prior resident of Pacifica, with family still there) resides in Brooklyn, NY.  This blog needs local information, not re-posts of information already available on google.

Are you in a position to take over?  Do you know someone who is?  

Please, please, please - let's find someone to take over full administration - or even just contributors - so there continues to be a source for the folks affected (there is even an email address associated with it that you can use for blog-related correspondence).

Thank you!

More Insurance Tips

From SFGate:

Even with insurance, being made whole takes work

What to Expect From Insurance Companies

From KGO's 7 On Your Side:

Article and Video: What to Expect From Insurance Companies

Community Support

Monetary donations are needed now.  

Please contact the Red Cross to donate to their San Bruno Fire Fund.

Community Rallies To Help Explosion Victims - Video - KCRA Sacramento

Locations of Damaged Homes Released

From South San Francisco.Patch.com:

The following are the locations of the homes that were destroyed:

• Glenview Drive: 970, 971, 981, 991, 1100, 1110, 1115, 1121, 1127
• Earl Avenue: 1701, 1711, 1721
• Claremont Drive: 1621, 1631, 1641, 1642, 1645, 1646, 1650, 1651, 1655, 1660, 1661, 1670, 1680, 1690, 1700, 1701, 1710
• Fairmont Drive: 1101, 1106, 1110, 1115, 1121
• Concord Avenue: 2731, 2735, 2741

Here are the locations of the homes that suffered major damage:

• Glenview Drive: 960
• Claremont Drive: 1636

Here are the locations of the homes that suffered minor damage:

• Fairmont Drive: 1120, 1127
• Glenview Drive: 1127
• Claremont Drive: 1720, 1721
• Earl Avenue: 1731

Interactive Map from California Beat.org

Printable PDF from KRON4.