Huge swath of Northern California could have power turned off as fire danger rises
In what could be the biggest implementation yet of California's strategy of shutting off power to prevent wildfires, the state's largest utility announced Monday that blackouts were possible later this week in a large swath of the Bay Area and Northern California.
Citing the potential for extremely dry air and steady winds of up to 30 mph, with gusts that experts say could be twice as
