The reckoning that wasn’t: how the largest US power firm avoided a trial for a deadly wildfire

Families of victims who died in the 2020 Zogg fire hoped to hold PG&E accountable, but as it has done before, the company agreed to a settlementIt was supposed to be a public reckoning. On Tuesday, America’s largest utility was set to go on trial in an effort to hold it accountable for sparking a wildfire that claimed the lives of four people.Family members of the victims of the 2020 Zogg fire planned to face PG&E executives as the company stood trial in a northern California court