The whole point of PG&E's power shut offs is to prevent any accidents that could spark a wildfire. But now with reports emerging that a piece of PG&E equipment malfunctioned nearby the source of the Kincade fire the possibility has emerged this effort didn't work.

For more on how this revelation may change the utility's handling of safety power shutoffs in the future KCBS anchor Rebecca Chorral spoke with Michael Wara, senior research scholar at the Woods Institute for the Environment at Stanford University.