Low-flying PG&E helicopter takes to the skies above Mendocino and Sonoma counties
A Pacific Gas and Electric Co. helicopter Wednesday flew just a few hundred feet above Cotati, Santa Rosa and Windsor surveying the extent of dead trees in the area.
The flight is part of a weeklong effort to assess the regional fire and public safety risk dead trees pose to power lines in Mendocino and Sonoma counties, PG&E said in a statement.
Utility teams plan to fly over Covelo and Dos Rios today and over Laytonville Friday. The helicopter will fly 200 to 300 feet off the ground, PG&E said.
-Nick Rahaim
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