Criminal
Jan. 31, 2019
Judge blasts PG&E, which pushes back during contentious hearing
A federal judge blasted Pacific Gas & Electic Co. Wednesday for failing to do enough to reduce wildfire risk during a contentious hearing in which he contemplated various proposals for violating its criminal probation.
U.S. District Judge William Alsup of San Francisco contemplated proposals for dealing with Pacific Gas & Electric Co's violation of its probation, including ordering it not to start a fire.
SAN FRANCISCO -- A federal judge blasted Pacific Gas & Electric Co. Wednesday for failing to do enough to reduce wildfire risk during a contentious hearing in which he contemplated proposals for violating its criminal probation.
The ideas included everything from prohibiting PG&E from starting a fire -- "one simple thing," U.S. District Judge William Alsup of ...
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