. >> reporter: prosecutors have now charged morio simmons bayless and malerough. >> on the interviews we never got the answers to that. >> reporter: the district attorney says the three suspects collectively face more than 300 years prison time. but the case does not meet the standards to prosecute them with hate crimes. >> the hate crime statute has some components to it that require a certain element of proof. >> reporter: our investigator told me today that breaking down the language barriers between the victims and police helped them to connect all 24 cases. investigators are still looking to see if this trio may be responsible for even manufacture unsolved home invasions. christien kafton, ktvu news. >>> the utility commission's meeting turned into a blame game over pipeline safety in the deadly san bruno explosion. >> this commission has failed the people of california and especially the residents of my district. >> thank you mr. hill. >>> commissioner hill says that pg & e as well as the upc are to blame. >> rerealize the fault at upc. we realize that there's fault all the way