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February 5, 2016

Prosecutor files charges against utility for gas leak that has been gushing nonstop nearly 15 weeks

  • SoCalGas has spent more than $50 million trying to cap the leak and relocate people.
    • By BRIAN MELLEY
    Associated Press

    LOS ANGELES — Top prosecutors in Los Angeles County and the state of California are the latest to make moves against a utility for a massive and still-flowing gas leak, joining a growing group that now includes several levels of government along with parts of the private sector.

    LA County’s District Attorney Jackie Lacey filed misdemeanor criminal charges Tuesday against Southern California Gas Co. for failing to immediately report the natural gas leak that has been gushing nonstop nearly 15 weeks.


     
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