Brandon Rittiman
ABC10
Sacramento, CA, United States
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PG&E victims ask bankruptcy judge for more money
With payments coming in low and slow for 70,000 PG&E fire victims, some of them hatched a plan to try to get more money in the company’s bankruptcy. → Read More
PG&E attempts to dismiss manslaughter case
The nation’s largest power monopoly is charged with four felony manslaughters and reckless arson for starting the 2020 Zogg Fire. → Read More
PG&E workers irked by safety chief's promotion
Employees are pushing back on the promotion of PG&E safety chief Sumeet Singh, just days after the CEO warned workplace safety was getting "dramatically worse." → Read More
PG&E execs cut ‘tone-deaf’ music video ahead of manslaughter plea
PG&E CEO Patti Poppe dances and lip-syncs in a video released the day before the utility’s court appearance to enter its plea for 11 felonies. → Read More
PG&E enters manslaughter pleas for 2020 Zogg Fire
PG&E Corporation pleaded not guilty to four felony counts of manslaughter and other criminal charges in the 2020 Zogg Fire on Wednesday. → Read More
Art activist takes on PG&E in response to wildfires
A student vents her anger over PG&E's connection to deadly wildfires by creating protest art. → Read More
PG&E Zogg Fire Hearings: Day 4
Updates on the Zogg Fire hearings on Wednesday, January 25, 2023 from Shasta County Superior Court. → Read More
PG&E Zogg Fire Hearings
ABC10 is in court, where day 3 of PG&E’s Zogg Fire manslaughter hearing began. → Read More
At PG&E manslaughter hearing, family asks utility to plead guilty
The power company is defending itself against four felony manslaughter counts, and 27 other alleged crimes, after starting the Zogg Fire in Shasta County. → Read More
PG&E Zogg Fire Hearings
ABC10 is in court, where day 2 of PG&E’s Zogg Fire manslaughter hearing began. → Read More
PG&E manslaughter hearing begins with arguments, tree evidence
The charges stem from the 2020 Zogg Fire, which PG&E admits was sparked by one of the company's power lines. → Read More
PG&E faces manslaughter counts, family urges court transparency
Family members of people killed in the Zogg Fire want Judge Bradley L. Boeckman to reconsider a ban on audio recordings of PG&E’s criminal court hearings → Read More
Crews fight heavy winds to clear backlog of tree damages in Sacramento
Even with multi-person crews, some of Sacramento’s beefier trees can take teams hours to cut apart and clear. → Read More
Suit: Solano County mishandled PG&E worker’s death in wildfire
Veteran PG&E troubleman Steve Wink died in 2020 on the job inside the LNU wildfire complex. Due to the way evidence was handled, his death may never be explained. → Read More
Motion filed to remove PG&E bankruptcy judge
Amid frustration over slow payments to fire victims and a lack of information, the backlash is growing against the federal judge who helmed two PG&E bankruptcies. → Read More
California 2022 election
On Election Day, November 8, 2022, Californians will vote on seven statewide ballot propositions, each a would-be new law that needs voter approval to take effect. → Read More
Secrets of the Camp Fire: Revealed
After fighting for the public’s right to know, ABC10 is releasing thousands of pages of grand jury records, detailing PG&E’s crimes in the 2018 Camp Fire. → Read More
Butte County officials: PG&E fire victim trust 'told us to pound sand'
County supervisors voted unanimously to seek more transparency from the trust fund, which represents tens of thousands of Camp Fire survivors. → Read More
PG&E pleads not guilty to Zogg Fire manslaughter charges
Prosecutors accuse the company of criminally reckless behavior by failing to cut a known hazardous tree before it fell onto power lines. → Read More
Behavioral Threat Assessment expert: Indicators exist '99.9%' of the time in mass killings
He also said California already has the tools to further prevent mass killings and instigate interventions when people show signs of threatening behavior. → Read More