Hundreds Of Thousands Lose Power With PG&E Shutoffs
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Local residents pick up meals from El Coyote food truck, one of the few food trucks open in the area, in Sonoma, California, on October 9, 2019, after the Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) utility company began planned power outages. - Rolling blackouts set to affect millions of Californians began on October 9 as a utility company started switching off power to an unprecedented number of households in the face of hot, windy weather that raises the risk of wildfires. (Photo by Brittany Hosea-Small / AFP) (Photo by BRITTANY HOSEA-SMALL/AFP via Getty Images)
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A customer peers in a closed Safeway grocery store which is closed after the power was shut down as part of a statewide blackout in Santa Rosa, California on October, 10, 2019. - Rolling blackouts set to affect millions of Californians began October 9, as Pacific Gas & Electric started switching off power to an unprecedented number of households in the face of hot, windy weather that raises the risk of wildfires. PG & E, which announced the deliberate outage, is working to prevent a repeat of a catastrophe last November in which faulty power lines it owned were determined to have sparked California's deadliest wildfire in modern history. (Photo by Josh Edelson / AFP) (Photo by JOSH EDELSON/AFP via Getty Images)
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A Jack in the Box restaurant drive-thru has a sign posted indicating closure as a statewide blackout takes effect in Santa Rosa, California on October, 10, 2019. - Rolling blackouts set to affect millions of Californians began October 9, as Pacific Gas & Electric started switching off power to an unprecedented number of households in the face of hot, windy weather that raises the risk of wildfires. PG & E, which announced the deliberate outage, is working to prevent a repeat of a catastrophe last November in which faulty power lines it owned were determined to have sparked California's deadliest wildfire in modern history. (Photo by Josh Edelson / AFP) (Photo by JOSH EDELSON/AFP via Getty Images)
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A Safeway grocery store and Starbucks Coffee are closed after the power was shut down as part of a statewide blackout in Santa Rosa, California on October, 10, 2019. - Rolling blackouts set to affect millions of Californians began October 9, as Pacific Gas & Electric started switching off power to an unprecedented number of households in the face of hot, windy weather that raises the risk of wildfires. PG & E, which announced the deliberate outage, is working to prevent a repeat of a catastrophe last November in which faulty power lines it owned were determined to have sparked California's deadliest wildfire in modern history. (Photo by Josh Edelson / AFP) (Photo by JOSH EDELSON/AFP via Getty Images)
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A Valero gas station sits vacant after power was shut down as part of a statewide blackout in Santa Rosa, California on October, 10, 2019. - Rolling blackouts set to affect millions of Californians began October 9, as Pacific Gas & Electric started switching off power to an unprecedented number of households in the face of hot, windy weather that raises the risk of wildfires. PG & E, which announced the deliberate outage, is working to prevent a repeat of a catastrophe last November in which faulty power lines it owned were determined to have sparked California's deadliest wildfire in modern history. (Photo by Josh Edelson / AFP) (Photo by JOSH EDELSON/AFP via Getty Images)
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A Valero gas station sits vacant after power was shut down as part of a statewide blackout in Santa Rosa, California on October, 10, 2019. - Rolling blackouts set to affect millions of Californians began October 9, as Pacific Gas & Electric started switching off power to an unprecedented number of households in the face of hot, windy weather that raises the risk of wildfires. PG & E, which announced the deliberate outage, is working to prevent a repeat of a catastrophe last November in which faulty power lines it owned were determined to have sparked California's deadliest wildfire in modern history. (Photo by Josh Edelson / AFP) (Photo by JOSH EDELSON/AFP via Getty Images)
Massive Planned Power Outages Affect Large Swaths Of California
VALLEJO, CA - OCTOBER 09: Cars line up to get gas at the Costco gas station October 9, 2019 in Vallejo, California. PG&E plans on cutting power to hundreds of thousands of customers across central and northern California as a precaution against starting wildfires as low humidity and high winds increase the threat in the area. (Photo by Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Images)
Massive Planned Power Outages Affect Large Swaths Of California
NAPA, CALIFORNIA - OCTOBER 10: Stop signs are displayed at an intersection where traffic lights are out due to a PG&E power outage October 10, 2019 in Napa, California. PG&E has continued plans to cut power to hundreds of thousands of customers across central and northern California as a precaution against starting wildfires as low humidity and high winds increase the threat in the area. (Photo by Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Images)
Massive Planned Power Outages Affect Large Swaths Of California
NAPA, CALIFORNIA - OCTOBER 10: Tesla charging stations are tied off with caution tape to prevent cars from charging on October 10, 2019 in Napa, California. PG&E has continued plans to cut power to hundreds of thousands of customers across central and northern California as a precaution against starting wildfires as low humidity and high winds increase the threat in the area. (Photo by Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Images)
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Patrons sit at a candle-lit bar at Reel and Brand in Sonoma, California, on October 9, 2019, during a planned power outage by the Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) utility company. - Rolling blackouts set to affect millions of Californians began on October 9 as a utility company started switching off power to an unprecedented number of households in the face of hot, windy weather that raises the risk of wildfires. (Photo by Brittany Hosea-Small / AFP) (Photo by BRITTANY HOSEA-SMALL/AFP via Getty Images)
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Patrons sit at candle-lit tables at Reel and Brand in Sonoma, California, on October 9, 2019, during a planned power outage by the Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) utility company. - Rolling blackouts set to affect millions of Californians began on October 9 as a utility company started switching off power to an unprecedented number of households in the face of hot, windy weather that raises the risk of wildfires. (Photo by Brittany Hosea-Small / AFP) (Photo by BRITTANY HOSEA-SMALL/AFP via Getty Images)
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A sign calling for PG&E to turn the power back on is seen on the side of the road during a statewide blackout in Calistoga, California, on October, 10, 2019 - Rolling blackouts set to affect millions of Californians began October 9, as Pacific Gas & Electric started switching off power to an unprecedented number of households in the face of hot, windy weather that raises the risk of wildfires. PG & E, which announced the deliberate outage, is working to prevent a repeat of a catastrophe last November in which faulty power lines it owned were determined to have sparked California's deadliest wildfire in modern history. (Photo by Josh Edelson / AFP) (Photo by JOSH EDELSON/AFP via Getty Images)
Massive Planned Power Outages Affect Large Swaths Of California
SAUSALITO, CALIFORNIA - OCTOBER 10: Akber Jiwani, the owner of New Bait Shop, helps a customer in his shop that lost power on October 10, 2019 in Sausalito, California. Power outages were scheduled as preemptive moves by PG&E to address hot, dry and windy weather and the risk of wildfires, according to the company. (Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images)
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