Utilities delayed effort to map power line risk to wildfires

FILE – In this Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2017 file photo, people walk past a fallen transformer and downed power lines on Parker Hill Road in Santa Rosa, Calif. A report says California utilities have delayed efforts for nearly a decade to map where power lines pose the greatest wildfire risk. The report Sunday, Oct. 22, in The Mercury News comes as the state investigates whether downed power lines owned by Pacific Gas & Electric Co. sparked the deadliest wildfires in California history. (Nhat V. Meyer/San Jose Mercury News via AP, File)