More Blackouts Possible as Fire Danger Looms in California

Palisades residents flee the area as a wildfire erupts in the Pacific Palisades area of Los Angeles, on Oct. 21, 2019. Christian Monterrosa/AP Photo

Less than two weeks after blacking out much of Northern California, the state’s largest utility warned that dangerous fire weather could prompt another power shut-off to about a half-million people.

Pacific Gas & Electric notified customers that it could begin precautionary shut-offs to parts of 16 counties as soon as Wednesday, mostly in the Sierra foothills and north of the San Francisco Bay Area.