News PG&E pleads guilty to 84 counts of involuntary manslaughter for 2018 Northern California fire June 16, 2020 Jorge L. Ortiz, USA TODAY Comments Off on PG&E pleads guilty to 84 counts of involuntary manslaughter for 2018 Northern California fire The nation's biggest utility acknowledged its neglected equipment set off the fire that destroyed most of the Northern California town of Paradise.