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Blackout Round 2?

Californians brace for

possible outage

By JOCELYN GECKER and on emergency supplies. "I
CHRISTOPHER WEBER think it's not panic per se,
Associated Press just 'Eh, we gotta do this
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — AGAIN?'" said Kim Schefer,
Hundreds of thousands of manager of Village True
Northern California resi- Value Hardware in Santa
dents braced for another Rosa. Schefer was busy
possible power outage Tuesday directing custom-
as the state's largest util- ers to gas cans and bat-
ity warned that a return teries as they prepared for
of dangerous fire weather what many see as a costly,
could prompt shut-offs frustrating new routine.
across 16 counties. It would be the second
The warning from Pacific blackout in two weeks for
Gas & Electric about a pos- much of the state. A firefighter gets caught off-guard by a flare up of the Palisades Fire in the Highlands neighborhood
sible blackout Wednesday PG&E cut power to more in the Pacific Palisades area of Los Angeles, Monday, Oct. 21, 2019.
prompted a feeling of res- than 2 million people Associated Press
ignation among residents across the San Francisco lyzing parts of the region in history. Schools and uni- forced to close.
and business owners and Bay Area in rolling black- what was the largest de- versities canceled classes
renewed rushes to stock up outs from Oct. 9-12, para- liberate blackout in state and many businesses were Continued on Page 3