San Francisco — More than half a million people have lost power across California as part of a deliberate blackout designed to keep power lines from igniting wildfires. Meanwhile, a blaze has erupted.
PG&E Corporation and other utilities have cut services to nearly 200,000 homes and businesses in shut-offs that could eventually affect 1.5-million people as wind storms threatens to knock down power lines...
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