News: PG&E customers face higher monthly bills during early 2018

Problem viewing email? [View in browser]( or [visit our website]( [eastbaytimes.com]( Saturday, December 9, 2017 Top Headlines [] [Learn more about RevenueStripe...]( [PG&E customers face higher monthly bills during early 2018]( Under the PG&E proposal, customers would face a 0.5 percent increase Jan. 1 and another 2.3 percent increase on March 1. [Read More]( ADVERTISEMENT [Learn more about RevenueStripe...]( [Alt Text To Be Here]( [Drug companies sue California over drug pricing transparency law]( The lawsuit says California's SB 17 creates bureaucracy, thwarts private market competition, and ignores the role of insurers, pharmacy benefit managers and hospitals in what patients pay for their medicines. [Read More]( [Alt Text To Be Here]( [Attorney General sides with Oakland in coal ban]( The state Attorney General filed an amicus brief Friday in support of Oakland's coal ban. [Read More]( [Another California lawmaker resigns after sexual misconduct allegations]( Assemblyman Matt Dababneh is accused of cornering a lobbyist in a hotel bathroom and masturbating in front of her. [Read More]( [Learn more about RevenueStripe...]( [Fugitive in $6 million Bay Area Chinese buffet labor theft case arrested in Wisconsin]( Lin Jiang was arrested while on the lam in Wisconsin, and promptly accepted a plea deal with a one-year jail sentence. [Read More]( [After seven-month manhunt, East Bay gang murder suspect nabbed in Mississippi]( Giovante Keith Boyd, 22, was formally charged last week with murdering a man during a March shooting in Pittsburg. [Read More]( [Both sides in Oakland worker strike call for mediation]( Striking workers gathered Friday outside city offices, after labor unions rejected the latest contract offer from the Oakland City Council. One union sent a late-night counter offer, which the city declined. [Read More]( [Berkeley allocates additional $2.4 million for homeless shelter beds]( The city also allocated $50,000 to help homeless store items downtown, and $100,000 to clean up illegal dumping near encampments. [Read More]( [The Latest: Woman, 70, is California fire death victim]( FALLBROOK, Calif. (AP) — The Latest on Southern California wildfires (all times local): [Read More]( [Editorial: For the Oakland A’s, the Coliseum grass is greenest]( It's time for the Oakland A's, back to the start in their search for a new ballpark site, to recognize they're sitting on the best location right now. [Read More]( You Might Like [Learn more about RevenueStripe...]( FOLLOW US [facebook]( [twitter]( google plus linkdin max-width:356px; [Daily News San Mateo Country times]( [RETURN TO TOP](#top) Copyright © 2017 [The East Bay Times](, All rights reserved. ABOUT THIS E-MAIL This email newsletter is brought to you by the East Bay Times. You are receiving this email because you have opted in to the program. If you do no longer wish to receive this email, please click to [MANAGE YOUR PREFERENCES.]( To advertise in this newsletter, click to [CONTACT A SALES AGENT](mailto:mturpin@bayareanewsgroup.com). MediaNews Group, 101 W. Colfax Ave., Suite 950, Denver, CO 8022