Blackouts possible again as fire danger looms in California

Less than two weeks after blacking out much of Northern California, Pacific Gas & Electric is warning it might shut off power to about a half-million people.
The utility says it’s begun notifying about 200,000 homes and business that they may lose electricity as early as Wednesday to prevent gusty winds from downing power lines and sparking wildfires.
The shutoffs could last 48 hours and affect parts of 16 counties, mostly in the Sierra foothills and to the north of the San Francisco B