Federal judge asks California attorney general if PG&E committed state crime - SFChronicle.com

Federal judge asks California attorney general if PG&E committed state crime - SFChronicle.com: California’s attorney general was asked by a federal judge Wednesday to weigh in on whether Pacific Gas and Electric Co. committed a state-level crime if it maintained its equipment poorly, sparking recent destructive wildfires. U.S. District Judge William Alsup asked the office of Attorney General Xavier Becerra to answer the extent to which any “reckless operation or maintenance of PG&E power lines would constitute a crime under California law.” Alsup is overseeing PG&E’s probation due to the 2010 San Bruno pipeline explosion, which killed eight people and destroyed 38 homes. On Nov.