To get to a point where its ratcheted down significantly. I think it will be better every year. I think everybody gets better every year and every event. We learn a lot from each other but the risk is significant. Reporter a tenyear plan so more blackouts to come. The ceo and other officials apologized but defended them saying there were no catastrophic wildfires started. They work swiftly to cover wires in high fire threat areas, to underground wires, to trim back trees and strengthen the website to handle the immense traffic these blackouts brought. The website went down several times. They also addressed that lavish party last week, pg e holding a party for its gas customers. Two days of wine tasting. It was on the anniversary of the north bay fires in 2017 that killed so many people and destroyed so many homes. Pg e said that wont happen again and ratepayers will not pay the bill for that party. Coming up at 11 00, i took a closer look at how we got to the blackouts and whats being
Evening. Maureen kelly is at the Alameda County courthouse with the reaction from daraa come in as attorney and we begin with kron fours michelle kingston she has been following this trial from the very beginning michelle. The emotional day for everyone involved here in oakland max harris, hes a free man tonight Derick Almena the Master Tenant of that go ship warehouse where he remains in his santa rita jail cell tonight now we spoke to his attorneys they say that he is on a happy tonight, he is thinking about that fire. The party and all the victims involved. I just had a conversation with derick before they took him back the holding cell and he said that while he was. Really not to have been convicted. He has not and will not. Lose sight of the terrible tragedy. That occurred. The fact that he was somehow involved in it the fact that 36 families were shattered. The fact that there was the most. Unspeakable. While hes happy. In a sense to be on convicted. Hes very unhappy. When he thi
Innocent young client has spent in jail. I think this is a time to thank the community, thank all of the community for their tremendous outpouring of support for max harris throughout this process. And what we both look forward to is the next trial. And in the next trial we will do better. You know it may hang again, it may be acquitted, but were not going to lose. Now we know what their witnesses have said. We now know our strengths and our weaknesses. Reporter a little more about how this went down inside the courtroom. After max harris was found not guilty on those 36 counts, he and his attorneys were excused by the judge. Then Derick Almenas verdict or lack of a verdict, was announced. The judge asked the jurors if there was any chance that if they deliberated some more, they might reach a verdict. She asked them what the count was, 102 in favor of guilt, but then she declared a mistrial saying at this point it appeared this jury was hopelessly dead locked. A little more about the
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Convict but to others were not leading to the hung jury. Prosecutors talk to the jurors as well as victims family members for feedback on whether or not to retry Derick Almena. While he is happy in a sense, to be on convicted he is very unhappy when he thinks about what happened. Our hearts have been with the families of the 36 victims that died in this unspeakable tragedy. That still remains our focus. Max harris was released from jail in dublin last night. This afternoon he remains in jail. His next Court Appearance is scheduled for october 4 deputies talk with max harris before releasing him. Authorities say he was quite and reflective and they drove him to an undisclosed location. Deputies added that he did not want to make any public statements at the time. His attorney said he will not stop until his client is out of jail as well. My position very strongly right now is try your best to get him bail, set a jury trial and as quickly as i am available and then in the interim prepare