"PG&E Pleads Not Guilty in Gas Explosion Case"

"SAN BRUNO -- PG&E pleaded not guilty Monday to a new federal criminal indictment on felony charges linked to a fatal 2010 natural gas pipeline explosion here, and hours later, San Bruno officials requested that the state Public Utilities Commission preserve computer drives and digital data that could shed light on ties between the PUC and the utility it oversees.

The city of San Bruno, where eight people were killed in the pipeline explosion, says it's concerned that key emails, texts and other electronic documents, as well as paper documents, voice mails and handwritten notes could vanish amid a current effort by the PUC to swap out hard drives on its computers.

San Francisco-based PG&E is charged with 28 federal criminal counts, including obstruction of justice for allegedly impeding an investigation into the explosion and violations of the pipeline safety act that led to the explosion."

George Avalos reports for the San Jose Mercury News August 18, 2014.

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"PG&E Pleads Not Guilty To Obstruction of Justice, 27 Other Charges" (KTVU)

"San Bruno Seeks Court-Appointed Overseer for PG&E" (KQED)