Responding to more than a dozen wildfires across California, Governor Gavin Newsom declared a state of emergency and ordered 180,000 people to evacuate Sonoma County, where winds gusting to 80 miles per hour had fanned the flames.1 Pacific Gas & Electric, which has admitted in court that sparks from its equipment had likely caused at least 10 wildfires in central and northern California this year, preemptively cut power to about three million people—interrupting cell-phone service and preventing some residents from receiving evacuation notices or placing emergency calls—the largest planned outage in state history and the fourth time this month the company has caused mass blackouts.
Weekly Review
Weekly Review
Weekly Review
Responding to more than a dozen wildfires across California, Governor Gavin Newsom declared a state of emergency and ordered 180,000 people to evacuate Sonoma County, where winds gusting to 80 miles per hour had fanned the flames.1 Pacific Gas & Electric, which has admitted in court that sparks from its equipment had likely caused at least 10 wildfires in central and northern California this year, preemptively cut power to about three million people—interrupting cell-phone service and preventing some residents from receiving evacuation notices or placing emergency calls—the largest planned outage in state history and the fourth time this month the company has caused mass blackouts.