Hey, forum listeners. It's Alexis. Did you hear that forum is launching a video podcast? It is true.

Each week we'll drop a video recording of a recent forum episode on the KQED News YouTube channel.

We can't wait to bring you into the studio for our conversations on Bay Area Culture, California News, and beyond.

Our first few episodes are out now. Just visit YouTube.com slash KQED News to see it all.

That's YouTube.com slash KQED News.

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From KQED.

Welcome back to Forum. I'm Michael Krasny. In the wake of the 2018 campfire that decimated

the Northern California City of Paradise, PG&E officials framed such devastating wildfires

as a relatively new phenomenon exacerbated by climate change.

A frontline KQED investigation found that in reality, PG&E was well aware of the threat

and resisted implementing safety protocols to prevent wildfires for over a decade.

The investigation uncovered repeated pushback against regulations that perhaps could have

saved lives. And also at fault is the California Public Utilities Commission, which was too

overwhelmed and under-resourced to properly regulate PG&E. We want to discuss the investigation

as we head into yet another wildfire season with Kate Words. She's an investigative reporter

for Frontline, co-author of an

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