Daisy Nguyen

Associated Press

In this Dec. 12, 2017 file photo, city attorney Dennis Herrera, center, speaks at a news conference next to acting mayor London Breed, left, at City Hall in San Francisco. San Francisco officials are offering to buy Pacific Gas & Electric's power lines and other infrastructure in the city for $2.5 billion. Mayor London Breed and City Attorney Dennis Herrera presented the offer in a letter sent to the utility Friday, Sept. 6, 2019.

PG&E Offers Wildfire Victims Billions

The preliminary plan filed in federal court is part of its effort to exit from Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection by next year.

This photo of Paradise, CA shows the aftermath of a November fire that wiped out most of the town.

Jury to Decide PG&E's Role in Fire

If a jury decides the company is responsible for the fire, PG&E could face a far more costly exit from bankruptcy.

This Nov. 15, 2018, aerial file photo shows the remains of residences leveled by the Camp wildfire in Paradise, Calif. A group of insurance companies are offering a plan to take over Pacific Gas & Electric, the latest to offer competing proposals to pay the utility's wildfire liabilities and pull it out of bankruptcy. In court filings Tuesday, July 23, 2019, the insurers said PG&E Corp. owes them more than $20 billion in claims paid to victims of recent California wildfires caused by PG&E equipment and offered a 'viable path' to emerge from bankruptcy.

CA Gets Time to Consider P&G Bids

The San Francisco-based utility filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in January after it said it could not afford an estimated $30 billion in liabilities from wildfires.

CA Botulism Outbreak Isolated

Investigators found no traces of the toxin when they tested another unopened bag of nacho cheese seized from Valley Oak Food and Fuel station.