Avila Beach: PG&E Grant Benefits Sea Life Center
PG&E recently provided a $5,000 financial boost to the Avila Beach Sea Life Center to help further the nonprofit’s mission of marine life education. The grants will help more than 1,000 students...
View ArticleWorking with Students, Native American Tribes to Explore the Past Near Diablo...
By James Park Cal Poly students and instructors worked with PG&E and Native American tribal representatives to investigate the eroding midden near a rocky cliff near Diablo Canyon. AVILA BEACH — On...
View ArticleSan Luis Obispo County: Diablo Canyon Powers Down after Sea Salp Migration
Diablo Canyon Power Plant in San Luis Obispo County AVILA BEACH – PG&E has powered down Unit 2 at its Diablo Canyon Power Plant after a migration of small jellyfish-like creatures known as sea...
View ArticleAvila Beach: PG&E Volunteers Help Improve Community Center
PG&E volunteers came together to beautify the entrance to the Community Center in Avila Beach. (Photos by John Lindsey.) AVILA BEACH – On Tuesday, Dec. 18th, 15 members of the government relations...
View ArticleSan Luis Obispo County: Antioch High School Students Win Grant and Trip to...
AVILA BEACH – Antioch High School students got an in-depth, behind the scenes look at Diablo Canyon Power Plant on Tuesday (March 19) in a PG&E-funded field trip. About 30 students enrolled in the...
View ArticleAvila Beach: PG&E Volunteers Support Tour of California Bike Race
AVILA BEACH – The fifth stage of the Amgen Tour of California Bicycle Race rolled into San Luis Obispo County today (May 16) and PG&E was there to greet the winners. Rebecca Weber, a PG&E...
View ArticleCentral Coast: PG&E Donates $25,000 to Nonprofit that Provides Clothing,...
AVILA BEACH — PG&E has donated $25,000 to a nonprofit that provides used clothing and school supplies to thousands of disadvantaged children and at-risk teenagers along the Central Coast. PG&E...
View ArticleNRC: Diablo Canyon Power Plant Operated Safely in 2013
AVILA BEACH – The Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s (NRC) latest annual assessment of Diablo Canyon Power Plant continues to find PG&E is operating the facility safely, and is meeting all of the...
View ArticleSan Luis Obispo County: Diablo Canyon Unit 1 Returns to Full Power
AVILA BEACH — Operators at PG&E’s Diablo Canyon Power Plant returned Unit 1 to full power on Saturday (March 29). The unit was taken offline on Feb. 9 for a planned refueling and maintenance...
View ArticleSan Luis Obispo County: PG&E to Hold Hiring Fair on May 30 to Support Diablo...
AVILA BEACH — With another planned maintenance and refueling outage scheduled at Diablo Canyon Power Plant later this year, PG&E is again looking to hire workers to support this and future outage...
View ArticleEngineer’s Inventions Make Diablo Canyon Power Plant Safer, More Reliable
By Colette Joyce AVILA BEACH — In April 2012, high concentrations of small barrel-shaped jellyfish-like sea creatures called salp clogged the Diablo Canyon Power Plant ocean water cooling intake...
View ArticleAdvanced Seismic Research Confirms Earthquake Safety at Diablo Canyon Power...
AVILA BEACH — Extensive scientific research performed in the area surrounding PG&E’s Diablo Canyon Power Plant demonstrates the facility remains seismically safe and able to withstand the largest...
View ArticleSan Luis Obispo County: Diablo Canyon Unit 2 Safely Returns to Full Power
AVILA BEACH — PG&E today (Nov. 10) announced that Unit 2 at Diablo Canyon Power Plant safely returned to 100 percent power after a scheduled refueling and maintenance outage that began on Oct. 5....
View ArticlePG&E Announces Leadership Promotions at Diablo Canyon Power Plant
AVILA BEACH — PG&E today (Jan. 28) announced several promotions among the senior leadership team at Diablo Canyon Power Plant. Barry Allen, who served as site vice president, assumed a new position...
View ArticleAvila Beach: PG&E Donates Life Jackets to Central Coast Aquarium
AVILA BEACH — The Central Coast Aquarium recently received new life jackets from PG&E’s Diablo Canyon Power Plant for children who participate in the aquarium’s marine science floating lab program...
View ArticlePG&E’s Diablo Canyon Seeking Volunteer Pecho Coast Trail Guides
PG&E is seeking new volunteer trail guides, or docents, to lead public tours on its Pecho Coast Trail. Interested community members who wish to become docents are invited to attend an upcoming...
View ArticleSan Luis Obispo County: Weathering the Elements as a Central Coast Naturalist
By John Lindsey AVILA BEACH — No matter what your line of work may be, weather affects everyone’s profession to some extent; some more than others. PG&E's Sally Krenn, right, and her daughter...
View ArticleSan Luis Obispo County: Scheduled Refueling and Maintenance Outage Begins at...
AVILA BEACH — Unit 1 at PG&E’s Diablo Canyon Power Plant has been safely shut down to begin a refueling and maintenance outage that puts more than 2,500 skilled professionals to work and enhances...
View ArticleVeterans Day 2015: Diablo Canyon Scheduler Has Passion for Supporting Local Vets
Editor’s note: Veterans Day is Wednesday (Nov. 11). This is the first in a three-part series of articles about PG&E’s commitment to honoring military veterans. By Lindsey Miller AVILA BEACH —...
View ArticleDiablo Canyon Power Plant, Central Coast Aquarium Partner to Launch ‘Tide...
By Hillary Kaiser PG&E partnered with the Central Coast Aquarium to create an on-the-go marine biology educational experience for students called the “Tide Pools on Tour” program, which debuted at...
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