POWER LINES WERE DOWN ACROSS FREMONT, CAUSING OUTAGES THAT COULD LAST FOR DAYS. NO MATTER WHO I ASKED, I HEARD A SIMILAR MESSAGE FROM THE FREMONT STREET DEPARTMENT. THIS IS MY FIRST EXPERIENCE ...

“It has been talked about for years,” she said, adding that safety is No. 1 but also, removing power lines clears site view of the mountains. “For security and safety, it just makes sense ...

including schools in the East Mountains. Merz described the planned outage as "a proactive measure," a public safety power shutoff, to avoid a possible wildfire sparking from downed lines in high ...