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PG&E announces planned power shutoffs in Northern California during heat wave
PG&E has announced planned Public Safety Power Shutoffs for parts of Solano, Lake, Colusa, Glenn, Butte, Tehama and Shasta counties on Tuesday and Wednesday, with community resource centers set up in each affected county.
Update: Heat advisory for Klamath Basin, Northern and Eastern Klamath County and Western Lake County and Central and Eastern Lake County until Monday night
The National Weather Service issued an updated heat advisory at 9:27 a.m. on Thursday in effect until Monday at 9 p.m. for Klamath Basin, Northern and Eastern Klamath County and Western Lake County and Central and Eastern Lake County. "High temperatures of 95 to 100 degrees with lows in the...
‘Immediate’ evacuations underway for fire in California town of Lower Lake, sheriff says
Residents of a small Northern California town were asked Wednesday to immediately evacuate the areas around a swift fire moving rapidly along a busy thoroughfare, authorities said. Flames broke out at a commercial structure in the 16200 block of Main Street in Lower Lake, Lake County, Cal Fire said at...
Woman killed in Lake County crash ID’d
Authorities identified a 76-year-old woman who died in early June after a pickup truck she was driving went off a Lake County highway and crashed into a tree. Linda Jean Smith, of Lakeport, was traveling about 65 mph in a Toyota Tacoma north on Highway 29 when the truck traveled across the median and southbound lanes, went through a barbed wire fence, crossed Mountainview Road and drove down an embankment before crashing.
Adams Fire contained; crews now in mop-up mode
A Lake County building fire that spread Wednesday afternoon to vegetation has been contained to 15 acres after forcing evacuations in Lower Lake, Cal Fire reported. The Adams Fire ignited just after 3 p.m. behind a business in the 16200 block of Main Street. Within less than an hour, Cal...
PG&E warns of potential power shut off to nearly 12,000 customers in Northern California Tuesday
YOLO COUNTY – Nearly 12,000 Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) customers across eight Northern California counties could be impacted by a potential Public Safety Power Shutoff (PSPS) on Tuesday.Which counties could be impacted by the PSPS?PG&E says the PSPS could affect customers in Colusa, Glenn, Lake, Napa, Shasta, Solano, Tehama and Yolo counties. PG&E said nearly 12,000 customers across those eight counties may be affected by the shutoff. Most of those customers are in Shasta County, where PG&E said nearly 8,900 customers could be affected. About 1,900 customers in Tehama County and 500 in Colusa County could see their power go...
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