California Gov. Gavin Newsom is urging residents across the state to not threaten or harass workers with Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) as angry customers continue to vent their frustrations about widespread power outages aimed at preventing wildfires.
Some PG&E workers have reported objects being thrown at them and damage to offices and company vehicles.
“They’re your community members. They send their kids to the same school you send your kids to,” Newsom said during a news conference in El Dorado County on Thursday. “They didn’t create this mess. They’re trying to fix it.”
Far-left group with foreign ties undermining US under guise of protest, report warns
SCOOP: Trump ally Kid Rock jumps into key governor’s race with high-profile endorsement
The world’s top nuclear powers have no arsenal limits, here are the countries with nukes
Affirmative Action Quotas in Question as Female, Minority Pilots Caused Half of Pilot-Error Crashes
The single crushing problem American cattle ranchers wish Trump would fix instead
‘The View’ Under FCC Investigation Over Interview with Texas Dem
‘We Will Pay’: Savannah Guthrie Responds to Kidnapper Demands Via Video
Turning Point USA’s ‘All-American Halftime Show’: Everything you need to know
American Skiers Buried Under Avalanche of Criticism Over Anti-ICE Comments
Super Bowl Sunday: Here are some of the political, social commercials you can expect during the big game
Op-Ed: In a Politically Divided America, Where Does Relocation Fit In?
LA city councilwoman previously backed by DSA running for mayor in primary challenge to former ally Bass
Details on Maine Plane Crash Victims Released: They Were Researching up to $30k-per-Night Destination for Wealthy Travelers
Chief CNN Analyst: Not One Racial Group in America Is Falling for the Dems’ Lies on Voter ID Laws
Tom Homan Reveals How Many Anti-ICE Agitators Have Been Arrested: Many Are Paying the Price
The planned outages have impacted hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses. Earlier this month, PG&E cut power in portions of 17 counties in Northern California as concerns grew over strong winds.
Customers have taken out their anger on PG&E, with one office being vandalized with eggs and a utility truck being shot at in Colusa County.
In one case, Newsom said a worker on the way to inspect power lines was run off a road. The utility has described similar incidents in recent weeks where its employees were targeted.
Far-left group with foreign ties undermining US under guise of protest, report warns
SCOOP: Trump ally Kid Rock jumps into key governor’s race with high-profile endorsement
The world’s top nuclear powers have no arsenal limits, here are the countries with nukes
Affirmative Action Quotas in Question as Female, Minority Pilots Caused Half of Pilot-Error Crashes
The single crushing problem American cattle ranchers wish Trump would fix instead
‘The View’ Under FCC Investigation Over Interview with Texas Dem
‘We Will Pay’: Savannah Guthrie Responds to Kidnapper Demands Via Video
Turning Point USA’s ‘All-American Halftime Show’: Everything you need to know
American Skiers Buried Under Avalanche of Criticism Over Anti-ICE Comments
Super Bowl Sunday: Here are some of the political, social commercials you can expect during the big game
Op-Ed: In a Politically Divided America, Where Does Relocation Fit In?
LA city councilwoman previously backed by DSA running for mayor in primary challenge to former ally Bass
Details on Maine Plane Crash Victims Released: They Were Researching up to $30k-per-Night Destination for Wealthy Travelers
Chief CNN Analyst: Not One Racial Group in America Is Falling for the Dems’ Lies on Voter ID Laws
Tom Homan Reveals How Many Anti-ICE Agitators Have Been Arrested: Many Are Paying the Price
“I know the anger’s there but please, please don’t take it out on the people in the field,” PG&E President Andy Vesey said Monday.
Newsom has derided PG&E for making the outages necessary by failing to maintain its equipment. The company has been blamed for several devastating wildfires in recent years. Its power lines were found to have caused the Camp Fire, California’s most destructive blaze, which wiped out the town of Paradise last year.
The Democratic governor said outrage should be directed toward the company’s corporate owners, not workers in the field.
“You can be rightfully outraged, and I will be right there front and center with you, about the corporate mismanagement,” Newsom said. “But the individual workers that are out there on the lines, please respect them.”
Story cited here.
