In June, Pacific Gas and Electric crews came to a Vallejo backyard to take down an overgrown tree that was leaning toward power lines. The tree came down. The wood stayed.
Four months later, the homeowner, an elderly woman identified only as Catherine, is still looking at a large pile of heavy logs she says she cannot move by herself. She told NBC Bay Area on Oct. 19 that she will pursue legal action if the problem is not fixed that week.
A Promise She Says Was Never Kept
Catherine says a PG&E inspector told her, in person, that someone would come back to haul the logs away or cut them into manageable pieces. No one did, she says.
She has nothing in writing. The promise was verbal, which leaves her word against the utility’s records…