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Utility cuts power to 26,500 Californians over wildfire risk

by Amy TaxinOlga R. Rodriguez
| October 25, 2020 12:30 PM

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Pacific Gas & Electric started cutting power Sunday to tens of thousands of customers in Northern California and planned outages for many more to prevent the chance of sparking wildfires due to extreme fire weather.

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