News and Announcements

Three People Killed by Downed Powerlines
A man, woman and their grown son died Friday morning when they were electrocuted by power lines that had fallen in the backyard of their San Bernardino home. Read the article in the L.A. Times.

Uptown News Article About Undergrounding

Questions for Utility Companies. The Kensington-Talmadge Planning Group's Subcommittee on Transportation and Safety developed questions for the three utility companies involved in undergrounding (SDG&E, Cox, and AT&T) and the City of San Diego. SDG&E, Cox and the City have responded so far. To read their responses click here for SDG&E, click here for Cox and here for the City.

North Park Planning Committee Utility Box Issue Paper. The North Park Planning Committee has formed a "Utility Box Task Force, which has released an Issue paper. North Park is not scheduled for any major undergrounding work for 5 or more years, so their situation is different from Kensington's. But many of the issues discussed in the paper are relevant. Download the issue paper here.

July 24, 2010, "No Welcome Wagon for Power Transformer," San Diego Union Tribune

Doctored Photos. A group critical of undergrounding is distributing a flier with a doctored photo of a historic Kensington house. Utility boxes were apparently "Photoshopped" onto the photo. We drove by the house, and, sure enough, no boxes. We have no evidence that any of the other photos this group has distributed have been doctored, but now we're not sure. Click here to see the flier. If you have any comments regarding this, please add them on the Comments page.

Presentation to KTPG on June 9, 2010. You can download the presentation here.

Hawk hits power lines, sparks blaze in canyon, San Diego Union Tribune, May 31,2010. Read article.