https://www.siliconvalley.com/2025/04/10/pge-target-of-lawsuit-after-capitola-village-apartment-explosion/

CAPITOLA — A Sacramento-based law firm filed a class action lawsuit against Pacific Gas and Electric Co. Tuesday, on behalf of Capitola Village home and business owners it says have suffered in the aftermath of a Christmas morning apartment explosion last year.

The lawsuit, filed in Santa Cruz County Superior Court by Kershaw Talley Barlow, alleges that the pre-dawn apartment building explosion was caused by a failure in PG&E’s underground infrastructure. According to the filing, the plaintiffs contend that electrical overheating in PG&E’s wiring melted through a gas service line it shared a utility trench with, causing gas to escape for nearly two hours before it found an ignition point and leveled the two-story residential building at 105 Lawn Way.