Justice Department Scrutinizes Child Welfare Algorithm for Possible Bias February 6, 2023 By Sally Ho and Garance Burke The Justice Department has been scrutinizing a controversial artificial intelligence tool used by a Pittsburgh-area child protective services agency following...
Prevalent, Discredited Building Technique Raised Mexico’s Quake Deaths: Engineers October 12, 2017 By Garance Burke Warm lighting would enhance the wood floors’ natural glow, the developer promised, so when all the custom lightbulbs burnt out,...
Bolts On Northern California Bridge That Haven’t Failed May Go April 26, 2013 By Garance Burke Long seismic safety bolts on the new eastern span of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge that haven’t failed may have...
PG&E: Progress On Safety Recommendations at California Plant March 28, 2013 By Garance Burke More than two and a half years after a pipeline explosion killed eight people in a San Francisco suburb, a...
While Debate Over Safety Valve Goes On, Gas Explosions Continue: AP July 25, 2012 By Garance Burke and Matthew Brown The bulldozer was clearing land outside a day care center in Hapeville, Ga., when it broke open a buried 1-inch...
PG&E Says New Gas Safety Plan Will Cost $5B March 1, 2012 By Garance Burke Pacific Gas & Electric Co. on Tuesday proposed for its customers to pay the lion’s share of a $5 billion...
Aging Gas Pipe at Risk of Explosion Nationwide September 16, 2010 By Garance Burke and Jason Dearen The tragic gas pipeline explosion in a San Francisco suburb has shed light on a problem usually kept underground: Communities...
Salmonella Found in Central California Pistachio Plant April 8, 2009 By Garance Burke Federal officials confirmed they found traces of salmonella in a central California pistachio processing plant that sparked a nationwide recall...
More Farm Deaths in California Heat August 22, 2008 By Garance Burke California, the nation’s leader in heat-related deaths among farmworkers, sought to turn that trend around three years ago with new...
Calif. Citrus Growers Expected to File 3,000 Claims from Cold Snap January 24, 2007 By Garance Burke Freezing temperatures that destroyed a wide swath of crops in California are expected to bring in a flood of claims,...