Thousands of people in wine country were without power on Thursday amid a fall heat wave that brought another round of extreme wildfire danger to large portions of already battered Northern California.
Pacific Gas and Electric cut power starting Wednesday evening to more than 45,000 customers about 100,000 people mainly in the Sierra Nevada foothills and the San Francisco Bay Area. Some restorations began on Thursday afternoon, and by evening the number of customers without power was about 30,000, the utility said. All power was expected to be restored by Friday night.
Many in wine country north of San Francisco were feeling drained by what seems like a never-ending wildfire season in the region.
