Berkeley officials urge PG&E to underground power lines

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Berkeley officials urge PG&E to underground power lines

City officials have asked PG&E to include Berkeley in its plans to underground 10,000 miles of power lines in areas facing the highest fire danger.Officials sent a letter to PG&E last week to alert them of the request, which dates back to a January vote by the Berkeley City Council.An undergrounding project in Berkeley's "Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zone" — on Panoramic Hill as well as in the northeast section of the Berkeley Hills — would he…