Second Round of Power Outages Underway in California Amid Fire Fears

Second Round of Power Outages Underway in California Amid Fire Fears
A helicopter makes a water drop as flames threaten homes on a ridgeline as a wildfire threatens homes in the Pacific Palisades area of Los Angeles on Oct. 21, 2019. Reed Saxon/AP Photo
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SAN FRANCISCO—The state’s largest utility began another widespread blackout Wednesday that could affect hundreds of thousands of people as dangerous fire weather returns to California.

The Santa Rosa Fire Department tweeted that shutoffs had started in the city and it was getting multiple reports of outages.