Power Cut To Hundreds Of Thousands In California To Prevent Wildfires: 'This Is A Last Resort'

<p>Hundreds of thousands of people in California could be without power for days in the largest public-safety outage in the state's history. Pacific Gas &amp; Electric started shutting off power overnight Tuesday in more than half of California's 58 counties because of what the company called an unprecedented wildfire danger.</p>

Wednesday, October 9th 2019, 11:46 am

By: News 9


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