Headline Roundup • October 29th, 2019
CA Blackouts Persist as Wildfires Worsen
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Los Angeles Times
Californians are bracing for major power outages throughout the state as utilities consider sweeping blackouts amid returning high winds.
Pacific Gas & Electric Co. announced Monday it could shut off power to 605,000 customers Tuesday and Wednesday in its latest bid to reduce the wildfire risk.
Associated Press
SANTA ROSA, Calif. (AP) — Frustration and anger mounted across Northern California as the state’s biggest utility began another round of fire-prevention blackouts Tuesday that could leave millions of people without electricity, some for five days or longer.
The shut-offs, aimed at keeping windblown electrical equipment from sparking wildfires, came as fire crews raced to contain two major blazes in Northern and Southern California before the winds picked up again. The fires have destroyed dozens of homes in Los Angeles and in Sonoma County wine country.
About 25,000 Southern California Edison customers were without power Monday, Oct. 28, and the utility was considering cutting power to areas serving 350,000 more in 10 counties where Santa Ana winds were raising the fire danger.
As of 6 p.m. Monday, that included:
Los Angeles County: About 8,200 customers without power, 104,600 considered for outages
Orange County: No customers without power, 15,400 considered for outages
Riverside County: 167 without power, 60,300 considered for outages
San Bernardino County: About 6,300 without power, 67,400 considered for outages
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